JR-WEST All Area Pass: seven-day routes, exchange and reserved seats

Compare it with narrower regional passes if your seven-day itinerary includes both Sanyo and Hokuriku. If you stay in one area, compare the tickets or regional passes for the routes you actually need first.

You need a passport issued by a government other than Japan and must have entered Japan with Temporary Visitor status. Your eligibility is checked at collection. Carry your passport while travelling. You cannot buy duplicate passes of this type for the same validity period or share one pass between travellers.

The official seven-day price is JPY 26,000 adult or JPY 13,000 child. The Japanese terms assess child ages 6–11 on the payment date. Check Trip.com’s displayed currency and actual selected-option price separately on the sales page.

Each pass holder may bring up to two children aged 1–5 free of charge. A child pass is needed for the third or any additional child, for a child occupying their own reserved seat, or for a child travelling alone. Infants under one year travel free when they do not need their own reserved seat.

The pass is valid from 00:00 on your chosen start date to 24:00 on the seventh consecutive day, Japan time. If you are already on a train when the final day ends, an exception continues the basic-fare coverage until you leave the ticket gate and the train-charge coverage until you get off that same train.

The electronic voucher issued by an agency must be exchanged for the actual pass. You cannot board with the voucher alone. The activation and QR-gate procedure for WEST QR tickets does not apply.

Select the JR West All-Area seven-day electronic exchange-order option. Exchange the voucher for a JR paper pass before use. The seller states an exchange period of 90 days from booking; do not treat that as identical to JR’s three-month-from-issue rule. Exchange on a date that satisfies both the deadline on your voucher and JR’s exchange conditions.

Check the selected option’s cancellation deadline and fees before paying. The seller also restricts cancellation after activation or reservation, so the headline “free cancellation” wording does not describe every situation. Contact the seller to cancel an exchange order; after exchange, ask about refunds under JR’s issued-pass rules.

JR assesses child fares using ages 6–11 on the payment date. If a child turns six or twelve between purchase and travel, confirm the correct selling option with the seller before buying. Plan from the official coverage described here rather than translated train names on the sales page.

The official map also includes Noto Railway between Nanao · 七尾 and Wakura-Onsen · 和倉温泉, Kyoto Tango Railway and Chizu Express. IR Ishikawa Railway, Ainokaze Toyama Railway and Hapi-Line Fukui are covered only under specified through-travel conditions; intermediate stops or journeys outside those conditions require separate fares. The Tokaido and Kyushu Shinkansen are excluded.

For IR Ishikawa Railway, travel through the full Kanazawa · 金沢–Tsubata · 津幡 section on an eligible local or limited express, without getting off at an intermediate station. For Ainokaze Toyama Railway, take a local train through Toyama · 富山–Takaoka · 高岡 without getting off at an intermediate station. Hapi-Line Fukui covers only the local connection between Fukui · 福井 and Echizen-Hanando · 越前花堂. These exceptions connect to JR routes; extending beyond the permitted section requires a separate fare.

Sanyo Shinkansen S Work cars are excluded: buy separate basic-fare and train-charge tickets for the whole section. Ordinary private compartments on conventional limited expresses, including WEST EXPRESS Ginga Family Cabins and Yakumo semi-compartments, have basic-fare coverage only; buy the separate charge tickets before boarding.

Eligible local West Japan JR Bus routes and designated Chugoku JR Bus routes within the map area are covered. West Japan JR Bus highway services are excluded, but the Japanese terms specifically include Chugoku JR Bus’s Super Hagi service. Do not apply one rule to all highway buses. The Miyajima ferry requires a separate visitor-tax payment.

On West Japan JR Bus, take one numbered boarding ticket per traveller. When you get off, show the pass to the driver and put only the numbered ticket into the fare box. Keep your pass.

Exchange an E-MCO at a designated location with your passport within three months of issue and no later than the travel date. For a direct official online purchase, bring the reservation number, your chosen four-digit identification number, the physical payment card and your passport. If your passport has no IC chip, collect at a staffed counter.

Ordinary Car reserved-seat use is unlimited, but reserve before boarding. With an agency exchange order, exchange for the actual pass first. After collection, ticket-machine reservations are limited to six; use a counter from the seventh reservation onwards. Green Car, GranClass, sleeping accommodation and A-Seat require separate charges.

For Green Car or sleeper accommodation on a limited express or Shinkansen, obtain the separate accommodation and express tickets before boarding. Local-train Green Cars need their separate Green ticket. Paid A-Seat seating also needs its own charge. The Ordinary Car pass does not cover an upgrade simply by paying a difference between pass prices.

A pass bought directly through JR’s WEST-TR service allows reservations for up to six trains before collection. This facility does not apply to agency exchange orders. Before collection, the combined total of reservations, changes and cancellations is limited to 28 per booking.

A train with reserved seats only has no unreserved car. If you miss your reserved train, reserve a seat on a later service. Standing is possible only where that specific service provides a standing-ticket arrangement; check the train’s conditions first.

For an unexchanged E-MCO, contact the selling agency within one year of issue; its cancellation fees apply. After exchange, ask at an authorised counter about an unused pass: the agency-exchange-order refund fee is 10%, with a minimum of JPY 220, while a direct WEST-TR purchase has a JPY 560 fee per person. Direct purchases have separate deadlines, including those linked to the first reserved train’s departure. Refunds are not offered after use begins or for service cancellations and delays.