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JR West - Kansai-Hokuriku Area Pass

JR West - Kansai-Hokuriku Area Pass

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City: West Japan

Tour: 7 Day

Adult (12+)

* 175.00 SGD / Person

Child (6-11 years old)

* 88.00 SGD / Person

Product Description

The JR Kansai Hokuriku Area Pass is a rail pass exclusive for foreign tourists, providing 7 consecutive days of unlimited train rides with reserved seats(up to 6 times) from Kansai to Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui region. The pass is applicable for Sanyo Shinkansen (between Shin-Osaka and Okayama), Hello Kitty Shinkansen, Hokuriku Shinkansen (between Kanazawa and Joetsu-Myoko), express trains(include Haruka, Thunderbird, Kuroshio, Kounotori, etc), special rapid services, rapid services, local trains on JR West conventional lines and West Japan JR buses within the valid routes(exclude expressway buses). The pass is not applicable for Hokuriku Shinkansen (between Joetsu-Myoko and Tokyo), Tokaido Shinkansen (between Shin-Osaka and Tokyo), Sanyo Shinkansen (between Okayama and Hakata) and the special rapid "A Seat" paid seating service.

Conditions

*Rates may change without prior notice.
*No amendment or reissuance is allowed under any circumstance (loss, damages, name mistakes, date changes, etc...)

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  • 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
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
Sannomiya Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:30AM to 11PM
Nara Station Ticket Office, daily from 6:30AM to 10PM
Wakayama Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:30AM to 10PM
Okayama Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:30AM to 11PM

The pass is valid for :

  • Reserved seats on Bullet Train SANYO SHINKANSEN (between Shin-Osaka and Okayama) *Can be used for Hello Kitty Shinkansen as well.
  • Reserved seats on Bullet Train HOKURIKU SHINKANSEN (between Kanazawa and Joetsu-Myoko)
  • Reserved seats on Express Trains HARUKA, THUNDERBIRD, KUROSHIO, KOUNOTORI, SUPER HAKUTO (between Kyoto and Kamigori), etc.
    *Separate fare is required for traveling on SUPER HAKUTO (between Kamigori and Tottori) and SUPER INABA (between Kamigori and Tottori)
  • Special Rapid Services, 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 Joetsu-Myoko and Tokyo)
  • Bullet Train TOKAIDO SHINKANSEN (between Shin-Osaka and Tokyo)
  • Bullet Train SANYO SHINKANSEN (between Okayama and Hakata)
  • The Special Rapid "A Seat" paid seating Service
  • IR Ishikawa Railway / Ainokaze Toyama Railway
  • No additional fee is required when reserving seats for Ordinary cars (up to 6 times only).
  • 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) and GranClass seats.
  • Reserved seat tickets can be reserved at a green ticket-vending machine or a station ticket office.
    * Click here for information on how to reserve seat tickets from a green ticket-vending machine.
  • 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 Sanyo Shinkansen are required to reserve a seat with an oversized baggage area.**
Details on Oversized Baggage

  • 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