Southern Kyushu Rail Pass: three-day routes, prices and exchange locations

The map includes Kumamoto, Oita, Kagoshima-Chuo Station, Miyazaki · 宮崎 and Miyazaki Airport · 宮崎空港. Hakata and Fukuoka Airport are outside the Southern Kyushu pass’s area and do not exchange this pass.

Compare this pass if you travel from Kumamoto to Kagoshima and continue on eligible southern routes, including Miyazaki. If you start in Fukuoka, budget separately for Hakata–Kumamoto and check where you can exchange the Southern Kyushu order. Compare All Kyushu too if your itinerary covers both north and south.

This pass is for travellers living outside Japan who hold a non-Japanese passport and enter for sightseeing with Temporary Visitor status. Check the evidence in your original passport and carry it while using the pass.

Adults are aged 12 or over; children are aged 6–11. For an overseas-agency exchange order, the child’s age is assessed on the purchase date. For a pass bought in Kyushu or through JR’s official online service, it is assessed on the start date. The table gives the official agency/station JPY prices. Check official online discounts and Trip.com’s displayed selling price separately.

Use the pass on consecutive dates from your chosen start date. For example, a three-day pass starting on 6 October covers 6, 7 and 8 October. Check the exchange deadline attached to your purchased product separately.

Exchange the order for a paper pass before boarding. Agency vouchers are valid for three months after issue under JR’s rules; your seller may specify a separate booking deadline. Bring the exchange order and every traveller’s original passport. Passport photographs and copies are not accepted. A reserved-seat ticket is separate from the pass.

For a purchase through JR KYUSHU RAIL PASS Online Booking, bring the special QR exchange order, every traveller’s original passport and the physical credit card used to pay. JR does not accept virtual cards for that purchase route or issue the tickets if the payment card is missing. An agency confirmation can use a reservation number instead of that QR format; follow its collection instructions. A code on an exchange order is not a QR boarding ticket.

Eligible local and limited-express trains around Kumamoto and south of Oita are covered, along with the Kumamoto–Kagoshima-Chuo Kyushu Shinkansen. The Hakata–Kumamoto Kyushu Shinkansen and Takeo-Onsen · 武雄温泉–Nagasaki · 長崎 Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen are excluded.

Subways, non-JR railways, JR Kyushu buses and B&S Miyazaki buses are excluded. The pass also excludes Seven Stars in Kyushu, ARU RESSHA and KANPACHI/ICHIROKU. Green Car travel requires extra charges, and the pass does not give access to Green private compartments.

Use designated exchange locations at Oita, Kumamoto, Kagoshima-Chuo, Miyazaki or Miyazaki Airport. The pass-processing list gives Miyazaki Airport hours as 10:00–12:10 and 12:50–17:30. These differ from the general station information, so confirm with the pass counter before visiting. Hakata and Fukuoka Airport do not exchange the Southern Kyushu pass.

Free Ordinary Car reserved-seat bookings are limited to six. Reserve at an eligible JR Kyushu counter or reserved-seat machine. Paid advance online reservations do not count towards the free allowance. Green Car requires separate charges.

Paid advance reservations through JR KYUSHU RAIL PASS Online Booking are separate KRP Option Tickets. The published per-section charge is JPY 1,500 for Design & Story sightseeing trains or JPY 1,000 for regular Shinkansen, limited-express and rapid trains; child charges are half. Availability and eligible agency vouchers are limited. The Green-only 36+3 has section-specific charges. Check that your actual voucher supports this service before booking.

As checked on 6 October 2026, the Kagoshima Main Line between Uto · 宇土 and Yatsushiro · 八代 is suspended through 9 October, with reopening scheduled from the first service on 10 October. Weather and other conditions may change that date. The Hisatsu Line between Yatsushiro and Yoshimatsu · 吉松 remains under a long-term suspension. A line appearing on a coverage map does not guarantee that trains are currently operating; check service information for your travel date.

For an agency order not yet exchanged, ask the seller about a refund. JR Kyushu does not refund agency exchange orders directly. For an actual pass already issued, ask the issuing JR counter by the day before its validity starts; official guidance specifies a fee of 10% of the JPY selling price. No refund is offered from the start date onwards. Check Trip.com’s selected-option cancellation conditions separately.

Official JR KYUSHU RAIL PASS Online Booking purchases have a separate online refund route, a 23:00 deadline on the first valid day and a 10% fee. Once the actual pass has been issued at a JR counter, the issuing-counter procedure and day-before-start deadline described above apply. Paid KRP Option Tickets have their own departure-time deadlines and cancellation fees; cancelling a seat option is not the same as cancelling the pass.