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

Main destinations and connecting stations include Hiroshima · 広島, Tottori · 鳥取, Takamatsu · 高松, Kamigori · 上郡, Chizu · 智頭, Kojima · 児島 and Utazu · 宇多津, alongside Shin-Osaka and Hakata.

Sanin destinations shown on the map include Yonago · 米子, Matsue · 松江, Izumoshi · 出雲市 and Sakaiminato · 境港. Tsuruga · 敦賀 is on the conventional railway coverage map; it does not make the Hokuriku Shinkansen eligible.

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. Adult fares apply from age 12.

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 start date to 24:00 on the seventh day, Japan time. If you remain on a train across midnight at the end of validity, basic-fare coverage continues until you exit the gate and train-charge coverage until you get off that same 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 unreserved seats on the Sanyo Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka to Hakata, plus eligible JR local, rapid, special rapid and limited-express trains within the map. It also includes Chizu Express from Kamigori to Chizu and the mapped Kyoto Tango Railway sections. The Shikoku connection is Kojima–Utazu–Takamatsu; the pass does not cover all of Shikoku.

Eligible local West Japan JR Bus routes within the map are included, excluding the Kanazawa area, but that operator’s highway buses are excluded. JR Bus Chugoku local routes, the Hiroshima Meipuru-pu sightseeing bus and Super Hagi highway bus are included. Take one numbered boarding ticket per person. When getting off, show the pass and put only the numbered ticket in 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.

For direct WEST-TR collection, bring your reservation number, chosen four-digit identification number, original payment card and passport. Use a ticket office if your passport has no IC chip. Payment is made in advance by card; virtual or numberless cards cannot be used.

If you arrive at Yonago Airport · 米子空港 with an exchange order, the official map directs you to Yonago Station to exchange it. The order itself cannot pay for the journey to the exchange counter. Confirm your collection arrangements before boarding.

Ordinary Car reservations are unlimited. Machines record up to six reservation marks; use a counter once that limit is reached. Reserve before boarding; a reserved-seat-only train has no unreserved car.

For passes collected from a travel-agency counter from 1 October 2024 onwards, the current Japanese conditions allow reservations at compatible machines and JR ticket counters in the pass area, as well as JTB and Nippon Travel Agency counters. The restriction on machine reservations applies to agency-collected passes received by 30 September 2024. Use a ticket counter for a train or seat the machine cannot reserve.

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.

Before collection, WEST-TR allows a total of 28 seat-booking, addition, change and cancellation operations per pass reservation. Complete permitted operations before the earliest reserved train departs and within WEST-TR operating hours on the validity start date.

For Green and sleeper travel on covered routes, basic fare is covered but the required train, Green or sleeper charges are extra. Local-train Green travel needs its Green ticket. A-seat covers basic fare only; buy the seating ticket. Sanyo Shinkansen S Work cars require separate basic fare and train charges. The Tokaido Shinkansen to Tokyo · 東京, the Kyushu Shinkansen to Kagoshima-Chuo · 鹿児島中央 and all Hokuriku Shinkansen services are excluded.

On an eligible train with an unreserved car, you can use an Ordinary Car unreserved seat. A reserved-seat-only train has no such car: reserve a later service if you miss your train. Standing is available only on a service offering a standing arrangement that is full when you request a reservation.

After collection, you cannot change the pass type or validity start date. Change or cancel a reserved seat at a JR-WEST or JR Shikoku ticket counter before that train departs. For an agency-counter-collected pass, JTB and Nippon Travel Agency counters also handle seat changes. Cancelling a seat does not remove the reservation marks printed on the pass.

For an unexchanged agency MCO or E-MCO, ask the original seller for a refund within one year of issue. Fees and other conditions depend on the seller and product.

After exchanging an agency order, an unused pass can be refunded before its start date or during validity at a designated exchange counter. The fee is 10% of the sale price, rounded down to JPY 10, minimum JPY 220. Passes sold domestically by an agency must be returned to the selling agency.

For a direct WEST-TR purchase, the fee is JPY 560 per person. Before collection, cancel online before the earliest reserved train departs and within WEST-TR operating hours on the validity start date. After collection, take an unused pass to a WEST-TR collection counter before validity starts or during validity; if seats are reserved, the earliest reserved train’s departure is the deadline.

There is no refund after use begins, or for service cancellation or delay. Lost passes are not reissued.