WEST QR Kansai Mini Pass: 3-day QR ticket and HARUKA rules

Compare it with ordinary fares for three days mainly using local, rapid and special rapid trains. The operator's main-route diagram shows Kansai-airport · 関西空港, Osaka · 大阪, Kyoto · 京都, Nara · 奈良 and Kobe · 神戸, with Maiko · 舞子, Hozukyō · 保津峡 and Yamashina · 山科 at the edges. Unlike the Area pass, the Mini diagram does not extend to Himeji or Wakayama; city subways and private railways are not included just because their cities appear. If taking Haruka, compare the Mini pass plus a separate limited-express ticket with the Area pass.

You need a passport issued by a government other than Japan and Temporary Visitor status. Carry your passport and proof of status during use. Japanese nationals are not eligible.

The official three-day price checked on 6 October 2026 is JPY 3,000 adult or JPY 1,500 child. Children are aged 6–11 on the payment date. Check the seller’s currency, selling price and exact option conditions separately.

Each adult or child pass holder may bring up to two children aged 1–5 free. A child pass is needed 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.

The pass is valid for three consecutive calendar days. Its first day begins at 04:00 and its last day ends at 24:00; validity is not counted in 24-hour periods from activation. On your first travel day, tap ‘Use ticket’ after 04:00.

Open the user website through the overseas agency voucher’s link. Register your account and ticket, then start use on the actual travel day to display the boarding QR. No paper-pass exchange is required. Use the live ticket on an internet-connected smartphone; a screenshot or printed QR cannot be used at the gate.

Select Link this ticket to your account on the voucher. For a new account, enter your email and password, then the email verification code, which is valid for five minutes. If you already have an account, sign in, check the ticket number and account, then select Register. Confirm that the ticket appears under Tickets and bookmark the login page. Registration does not start use; do not press Use ticket before your first travel day.

Eligible local, rapid and special rapid trains’ Ordinary Car unreserved seats are included. Haruka and other limited expresses require a separate limited-express ticket, and paid seats such as A-Seat cost extra. Sunrise Seto/Izumo are excluded, including Nobinobi seats. The Shinkansen requires entirely separate tickets. The official English diagram simplifies the main routes. Area and Mini have different boundaries: use your purchased product’s map.

The Mini pass does not include Haruka reserved-seat bookings. Buy a separate limited-express ticket for Haruka or another limited express. The Area pass’s two-reservation benefit does not apply.

Refresh the ticket screen and try again. If it still fails, show staff the Ticket No. and follow their instructions. At an unstaffed gate, use the call button.

Before starting use, contact the purchasing agency within the voucher’s usability period. Fees and conditions depend on the seller; JR stations do not refund these tickets. The product-specific Japanese rules exclude refunds after use starts and for service cancellations or delays.