Fantastic price for this ticket to ride expansion especially compared to the Amazon Au price of $69.27
great buy if you love TTR
this is an expansion so you need the base tickets and trains to play, although it comes with "bullet trains"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbU5eVqfyYc
Amazon Description
Zoom across Japan in a bullet train admiring Mount Fuji through the mist or take the Tokyo subway to your final destination. On this map, you face a dilemma between investing in the Bullet Train network, routes that can be used by all players to complete Destination Tickets or focusing on your individual tracks. This Ticket to Ride expansion also includes the Italy map which is focused on the Regions in this country and on a brand new type of Ferry Route. Connect cities from all Regions in the same network to score extra points. Contains : Maps of Japan and Italy, Rules and Tickets for each map, 16 Bullet Train miniatures and associated Progression Markers (Japan), 10 Ferry Cards (Italy).
I have this expansion. As stated you do need base game but it doesn't need to be TTR base as you just need to components to complete the game.
For Japan it's a 110 card train deck. 20 trains per player. And a score marker.
For Italy it's a 110 card train deck. 45 trains per player. And a score marker.
You can get the 110 card train deck from Europe, 1910 (not 1912), Germany, Nordic Countries or UK. (USA has a 110 card train deck too but it might still be the small cards.)
45 trains per player can be found in the USA, Europe, or Germany base game. (Nordic countries only has 3 sets of 40 trains instead of 5 sets of 45 trains.)
If you're playing 2 player you can use Germany, and Nordic instead, not enough components for more than 2 olayer in these games.