JR West - Hokuriku 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. ):
Toyama Station Ticket Office, daily from 7AM to 9:30PM
Shin-Takaoka Station Ticket Office, daily from 7AM to 8:30PM
Kanazawa Station Ticket Office, daily from 7AM to 9PM
Komatsu Station Ticket Office, daily from 7AM to 8PM
Fukui Station Ticket Office, daily from 7AM to 8PM
Tsuruga Station Ticket Office, daily from 7AM to 8PM
Kyoto Station Ticket Office, daily from 6:30AM to 9PM
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

The pass is valid for :

• Non-reserved seats on Bullet Train HOKURIKU SHINKANSEN (between Kanazawa and Kurobe-Unazukionsen)
• Non-reserved seats on Express Trains 'THUNDERBIRD' etc.
• Rapid Services and Local trains on JR-WEST Conventional lines
• WEST JAPAN JR BUS route buses within the valid area (exclude expressway buses).

The pass is NOT valid for:

• Bullet Train HOKURIKU SHINKANSEN (between Kurobe-Unazukionsen and Tokyo)
• IR Ishikawa Railway / Ainokaze Toyama Railway

• 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), GranClass seat, reserved seating and private compartment under Ordinary cars. 
• 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