Apart from the airline sites , there are several other useful travel Web sites in English that can help you plan your journey around Japan.

Travel Expert

www.businessinsightjapan.com/cgi-bin/expwww/exp.cgi

Gives alternative routes for journeys within Japan by train and plane, showing journey time, one-way fares and transfers.

Japan Biker FAQ

homepages.go.com/~nishijin/bikerfaq-toc.html

All you ever wanted to know about motorbiking in Japan. Useful for car drivers too, since it has information on touring, traffic law and licences.

Japan Rail ( JR )

www.japanrail.com

Information on rail passes, train and ferry schedules and some fares.

Hyperdia-timetable

www.hyperdia.com/english

English-language timetable information for travel by train (JR plus selected private lines), plane and a few bus routes, including details of fares and transfers.

Online Odakyu

www.odakyu-group.co.jp/english

Details of Odakyp Railway Company's tours, discount tickets and service centre in Tokyo's Shinjuku Station. Also sightseeing information around the Odakyp network, which covers Hakone and Kamakura.

The Subway Page

www.reed.edu/~reyn/transport.html

Global resource of subway maps; for Japan, you'll find maps for Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo and Kyoto