WEST QR Kansai Mini Pass: three days, QR gates and Haruka charges

Compare it with ordinary fares for three days mainly using local, rapid and special rapid trains. If taking Haruka, compare the Mini pass plus a separate limited-express ticket with the Area pass.

In Kansai · 関西, the official main-route diagram shows Kansai-airport · 関西空港, Osaka · 大阪, Kyoto · 京都, Nara · 奈良 and Kobe · 神戸. Its outer stations include Maiko · 舞子, Hozukyō · 保津峡 and Yamashina · 山科. It does not extend to Himeji or Wakayama as the Area pass does. A city name does not include its subway or private railways.

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.

Validity is counted in consecutive calendar days, from 04:00 on the first day to 24:00 on the last day, Japan time. It is not a series of 24-hour periods from activation. Press Use ticket after 04:00 on the day you intend to start.

If the pass expires while you are already on a train on the final day, the basic-fare validity continues into the next day until you leave the station. Covered train charges continue only until you get off that train. This exception does not let you start a new journey after midnight.

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.

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.