Sanyo–San’in Area Pass: seven-day Hakata and Tottori routes

Key stations and cities: Shin-Osaka · 新大阪, Hakata · 博多, Hiroshima · 広島, Tottori · 鳥取, Takamatsu · 高松, Kamigori · 上郡, Chizu · 智頭, Kojima · 児島, Utazu · 宇多津.

Compare it with individual fares if you are travelling from Kansai to Hiroshima and Hakata while also visiting Sanin destinations such as Tottori. Including Hakata does not mean that all onward trains across Kyushu are covered.

You need a passport issued by a government other than Japan and Temporary Visitor status. Japanese nationals are not eligible. Bring every traveller’s passport when collecting the passes and carry your passport during travel.

The seven-day pass costs JPY 23,000 adult or JPY 11,500 child. The Japanese terms define children as aged 6–11 on the payment date. Check the actual selling option’s price on its sales page.

One adult or child pass holder may bring up to two children aged 1–5 without a child pass. A child pass is required from the third child onward, or if a child occupies their own reserved seat or travels alone. Children under one year old travel free.

The pass is valid from 00:00 on the start date through 24:00 on the seventh consecutive day. If you remain on the same train past midnight on the final day, the fare portion applies until you leave the ticket gates and the train charge until you leave that train.

Exchange an agency order for the actual pass. An electronic order’s QR code is not a ticket for boarding the train.

The pass covers Ordinary Car reserved and non-reserved seats on the San’yō Shinkansen between Shin-Osaka and Hakata, plus eligible JR local, rapid, special rapid and limited-express trains shown on the map. It also includes the specified Chizu Express section from Kamigōri to Chizu and Kyoto Tango Railway sections. In Shikoku, the map shows the connection from Kojima through Utazu to Takamatsu; the pass does not cover all of Shikoku.

For JR West Bus, only regular routes shown within the pass area are included; highway buses are excluded. JR Chūgoku Bus includes its regular routes, the Hiroshima Meipuru-pu sightseeing loop and the Super Hagi highway bus. Take one numbered boarding ticket per person when boarding. When getting off, show the pass to the driver and put only that ticket into the fare box.

Exchange within three months of issue and no later than the day of use. Take a paper MCO to a designated counter, or an E-MCO to a machine or counter supporting the exact pass and purchase channel. Takamatsu Station is listed for counter collection only.

Ordinary Car reservations are unlimited. Use a counter after six machine bookings. Reserve before boarding; a reserved-seat-only train has no unreserved car.

Agency-order purchasers reserve seats after exchanging for the actual pass. Direct WEST-TR purchasers may reserve up to six trains before collection. These direct-purchase functions do not apply to an agency exchange order.

Green Car, sleeper accommodation and A-Seat require separate charges. Sanyo Shinkansen S Work cars require separate payment of both basic fare and train charges. The Tokaido Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka to Tokyo · 東京 and the Kyushu Shinkansen from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chuo · 鹿児島中央 are excluded.

Ask the original agency about an unexchanged order within one year of issue; its product-specific fees apply. For an exchanged, unused pass, agency-order refunds cost 10% of the selling price, with a minimum of JPY 220, while direct WEST-TR refunds cost JPY 560 per person. Processing places and deadlines differ by channel. Used passes are not refunded, and no refund is given for cancellations or delays.