JR West - Setouchi 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. ):
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
Okayama Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:30AM to 11PM
Takamatsu Station Ticket Office, daily from 4:20AM to 11PM
Matsuyama Station Ticket Office, daily from 4:50AM to 9PM
Hiroshima Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:30AM to 11PM

★Unlimited use of Ordinary car, reserved and non-reserved seats.

The pass is valid for :

• Bullet Train SANYO SHINKANSEN (between Shin-Osaka and Hakata). *Can be used for Hello Kitty Shinkansen as well.
• Limited Express trains HARUKA, SHIOKAZE, NAMPU, etc.
• JR-WEST and JR-SHIKOKU Rapid Service Marine Liner and local service trains (including Special Rapid and Rapid Service trains).

The pass is NOT valid for:

• Bullet Train TOKAIDO SHINKANSEN (between Shin-Osaka and Tokyo)
• Bullet Train KYUSHU SHINKANSEN (between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo)
• The Special Rapid "A Seat" paid seating Service

• No additional fee is required when reserving seats for Ordinary cars.
• 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 Sleeper 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