I am not familiar with the Japan transit system, and I was hoping for some insight from people living in Japan if this program is worth using while over there.
The program works good. Except that it doesn't include the actual time schedule of the trains (at least in the version I used a couple of years ago). It just shows you the best connection, which is often all you want to know.
That site will be good as long as I am by a Wi-Fi hotspot, since my PDA is just by Wi-Fi. But its good to know about the program I found. That will really help out in a fix. Thanks
this site is all you need
input your originating train station, and your destination
then it maps out several ways to achieve your goal with different lengths of trips, cost, and express options as well.
I just used a paper map - you don't need times unless you HAVE to be somewhere, in which case spending a few minutes looking at a site like hyperdia is all you need.
wlel, its good to nkow time tables to schedule lunch, and if you want to stop somewhere along the way, so your not at the train station, just missing the next train and waiting 20 minutes for the next..... (has happend a few times to me)