Kansai–Hiroshima Area Pass: five-day routes, pickup and seats

Shin-Osaka · 新大阪 / Hiroshima · 広島 / Takamatsu · 高松

Compare it with individual fares if you are travelling from Kansai to Hiroshima and visiting nearby cities. A Shinkansen journey west from Hiroshima to Hakata · 博多 falls outside this pass.

You need a passport issued by a government other than Japan and Temporary Visitor status in Japan. Present your own original passport and proof of entry status when collecting the actual pass. You cannot buy or exchange duplicate passes of the same type with overlapping validity periods.

The official five-day price checked on 6 October 2026 is JPY 17,000 adult or JPY 8,500 child. The Japanese terms define children as aged 6–11 on the payment date. Check the seller’s child-option conditions as well.

Each adult or child pass holder may bring up to two children aged 1–5 free. A child pass is required for the third or any additional child, for a child occupying a separate reserved seat, or for a child travelling alone. Infants under one year travel free.

Validity runs from 00:00 on the first day to 24:00 on the fifth day, Japan time. If you remain on a train across midnight at the end of the fifth day, basic-fare coverage continues until you exit the gate and train-charge coverage continues until you get off that same train. This does not cover unrestricted new journeys the next day.

An agency’s paper MCO or electronic E-MCO must be exchanged before boarding. Under the official rules, exchange is permitted within three months of issue and no later than the day of use.

Sanyo Shinkansen coverage runs from Shin-Osaka to Hiroshima. Alongside the JR conventional lines shown on the map, designated Kyoto Tango Railway and Wakayama Electric Railway routes are included. Conventional trains reach Iwakuni · 岩国, but the Sanyo Shinkansen west of Hiroshima is excluded. The Tokaido and Kyushu Shinkansen are also excluded.

Eligible local West Japan JR Bus routes are included, excluding the Kanazawa · 金沢 area. Eligible local JR Bus Chugoku routes around Hiroshima and the Hiroshima Meipuru-pu sightseeing bus are also covered. On West Japan JR Bus, take a numbered boarding ticket; when getting off, show the pass to the driver and put only the numbered ticket in the fare box.

The official exchange-location table applying from April 2026 lists counters at Kyoto · 京都, Shin-Osaka, Osaka · 大阪, Kansai-airport · 関西空港 and Hiroshima, among others. Exchange a paper order at a supported counter, or an electronic order at a compatible counter or machine. A passport-reader symbol alone does not prove that a station supports your pass and purchase channel.

Ordinary Car seat reservations are unlimited. After exchanging for the actual pass, reserve at a compatible machine or JR ticket counter. Machines handle up to six reservation transactions; use a counter from the seventh. This is not a limit of six journeys.

A pass bought directly through JR-WEST ONLINE TRAIN RESERVATION (WEST-TR) can have up to six trains reserved before collection. An agency MCO or E-MCO cannot use this pre-exchange booking procedure. Exchange it in Japan first, then reserve locally.

A train with reserved seats only has no unreserved car. If you miss your reserved train, reserve a seat on a later train. Standing is permitted only when the particular service offers a standing arrangement and is full when you request a reservation.

Cancel an unexchanged agency order through its seller. An exchanged, unused pass may qualify for refund at a designated exchange counter before its start date or within its validity period. The fee is 10% of the selling price, rounded down to the nearest JPY 10, with a minimum of JPY 220. No refund is given after use starts, and lost passes are not reissued.