JR Central-West - Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass

• Eligible for foreign tourist entering in Japan as a "Temporay Visitor" for sight-seeing, and has a passport(issued by a foreign government) stamped with status under “Temporary Visitor”.
• Please note that according to strict interpretation of the Japanese Immigration Law, “Temporary visitor” status differs even from other types of stays that are also for only short time periods.
• Japanese passport holders can NOT use this pass. (May require to present passport and documents for verification purpose)
• ONLY allowed for original Exchange Orders which have not activated are allowed for refund within 12 months from the issuance date. Exchange order is totally non-refundable once exchanged and used.
  The refund process will take approximately 2 months or more to be completed.

To exchange date of the pass, once the pass has been obtained, can no longer be changed.
JR Exchange Offices (Offices and service hours are subject to change or discontinuation without notice):
Toyama Station Ticket Office, daily from 7:00AM to 9:30PM
Kanazawa Station Ticket Office, daily from 7:00AM to 9PM
Komatsu Station Ticket Office, daily from 7:00AM to 8PM
Kyoto Station Ticket Office, daily from 6:30AM to 9PM
Fukuchiyama Station Ticket Office, daily from 4:30AM to 10PM
Shin-Osaka Station, daily from 5:30AM to 11:30PM
Osaka Station, daily from 5:30AM to 11PM
Kansai Airport Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:30AM to 11PM
For more details on exchange locations

The pass is valid for:

• JR Lines
  

Non-reserved seats of ordinary cars of JR limited express, express, rapid, and ordinary trains:
- Between Nagoya and Toyama station (via Tokaido/Takayama lines)
- Between Kanazawa and Kyoto station
- Stations within Osaka City area (via Hokuriku/Kosei/Tokaido lines)
- Between stations within Osaka City area and Kansai-airport station (via Hanwa/Kansai-airport lines)

• Shinkansen

Non-reserved seats of ordinary cars of the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Toyama and Kanazawa station

Nohi Bus - Toyama Chitetsu Bus / Hokutetsu Bus:

Shirakawa-go/Kanazawa line and Takayama/Toyama line between Takayama Nohi Bus Center, Shirakawa-go and Kanazawa/Toyama
*With some exceptions; reservations in advance will be required (reservations can be made up to a month before the date of travel at the reservation centers).
*Bus routes between Shin-Takaoka and Shirakawa-go do not require any reservation.

Kaetsuno Bus:

World Heritage Bus between Shirakawa-go and Shin-Takaoka station

*For routes where more than one bus company operates, you can make a reservation with any of the bus operators.

The pass is NOT valid for:

- The Tokaido Shinkansen between Kyoto and Shin-Osaka station. Travel by Tokaido Shinkansen, basic fare and additional fee will be required.

• No additional fee is required when reserving seats for JR limited express(up to 4 times only). * It exclude “HARUKA”.
• Additional fees will be required for reseved seats of the Hokuriku Shinkansen.
• Non-reserved Ordinary cars can be accessed freely.
• Unavailable seats due to full occupancy shall not be subject to refunds.
• It is a personal pass. Make sure to bring your passport when using the Pass as station and train staff may check it.
• The starting date of the rail pass and the duration cannot be changed after purchasing.

• Adult / Child rail pass holder can accompany up to 2 infants (1-5 years old) for free.
• The infants from the third one will require Child's rail passes for each.
• Babies aged under 1 year old can be accompanied for free.
• Child's rail passes will be required for each infant in the following situations:
  *When accompanied infants use Reserved seats by themselves
  *When infants travel by themselves