JR Kyushu - Southern Kyushu Area 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):
Kumamoto Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:30AM to 11PM
Oita Station Ticket Office, daily from 4:50AM to 10PM
Kagoshima-chou Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:30AM to 10PM
Miyazaki Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:30AM to 10:30PM
Miyazaki Airport Station Ticket Office, daily from 8:10AM to 9:20PM

The pass is valid for :

• Reserved and non-reserved seats for all local trains and limited express trains within the designated covered area.
• Reserved and non-reserved seats for all Shinkansen (MIZUHO, SAKURA and TSUBAME) within the designated covered area (between Kumamoto and Kagoshima-chuo).

The pass is NOT valid for:

• Shinkansen rides between Hakata and Kokura since this portion is a part of the Sanyo Shinkansen operated by JR-WEST.
• Shinkansen ride between Hakata and Kumamoto
• SONIC, KAMOME, MIDORI, HUIS TEN BOSCH, YUFUIN NO MORI, YUFU, KAWASEMI YAMASEMI, SL HITOYOSHI and ISABURO / SHINPEI trains.
• Subways, buses or railways owned by other companies or organizations.
• JR Kyushu buses, B&S Miyazaki buses, the Cruise Train Seven Stars in Kyushu and the ARU RESSHA(Sweet Train).

• No additional fee is required when reserving seats at JR Kyushu ticket counter.
• Non-reserved Ordinary cars can be accessed freely.
• Additional fees & seperate tickets are required if traveling by express train, bullet train and local services under first class (Green cars*).
  *The Green Car is a first-class car with wider seats and other upgrades/amenities.
• Travel on trains outside of the designated coverage area of your pass is subject to an additional fee/charge.
• JR Kyushu Rail Pass can be passed through the automatic ticket gate.
• Reserved seat ticket cannot be used to pass through automatic ticket gate.
• 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.
  
  **Bringing oversized baggage(total dimensions more than 160 cm but less than 250 cm on three sides) on Tokaido - Sanyo - Kyushu Shinkansen are required to reserve a seat with an oversized baggage area.**

• 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