Kansai-Hokuriku Area Pass: seven days, routes and seat reservations

Osaka · 大阪; Kyoto · 京都; Kanazawa · 金沢; Toyama · 富山; Fukui · 福井; Tsuruga · 敦賀; Shin-Osaka · 新大阪; Okayama · 岡山; Joetsumyoko · 上越妙高.

Compare it for journeys from Kansai to Kanazawa and Toyama. Travel to Tokyo or west of Okayama towards Hiroshima and Hakata requires tickets outside this pass’s coverage.

You need a passport issued by a government outside Japan and Temporary Visitor status. Japanese nationals cannot use the pass. Carry your passport while travelling. Duplicate purchases of the same pass for the same period and sharing one pass between travellers are not allowed.

The seven-day pass costs JPY 19,000 for adults and JPY 9,500 for children. Japanese conditions assess children as aged 6–11 on the payment date. Check Trip.com’s actual option price and currency on the purchase screen.

Each adult or child pass holder can accompany up to two children aged 1–5 free. A child pass is required for the third child onwards, for a child using their own reserved seat or travelling alone. Children under one travel free.

The pass is valid for 7 consecutive days, from midnight at the start of day one to midnight at the end of the final day. If the same train journey continues past midnight on that final day, the basic fare remains valid until you leave the gate and the train charge until you leave that train. This does not cover unlimited new journeys the following day.

Exchange your agency electronic Exchange Order, or E-MCO, for the actual pass. You cannot board with the voucher alone.

Alongside the included Shinkansen sections, covered JR local, Rapid, Special Rapid and limited express services are available. The map also includes Noto Railway between Nanao (七尾) and Wakuraonsen (和倉温泉), specified Kyoto Tango Railway sections and Wakayama Electric Railway between Wakayama (和歌山) and Kishi (貴志). Super Hakuto and Super Inaba travel via Chizu Express between Kamigori (上郡) and Tottori (鳥取) requires a separate fare.

IR Ishikawa between Kanazawa and Tsubata (津幡), Ainokaze Toyama between Takaoka (高岡) and Toyama, and HAPI-LINE FUKUI between Echizen-Hanando (越前花堂) and Fukui are restricted to through-travel for JR connections. Getting off at intermediate stations or travelling beyond the permitted sections needs separate fares. Ainokaze and HAPI-LINE coverage is for local trains only.

Only covered local West Japan JR Bus routes are included; highway buses are excluded. Take one numbered slip per person when boarding. When getting off, show the pass to the driver and put only the slip in the fare box.

Exchange the voucher within three months of issue and no later than the travel date. A paper MCO needs a designated counter; an E-MCO can use a counter or PASSPORT-marked machine supporting this product. Check the column for your purchase channel in the exchange table, rather than relying only on a passport-reader symbol.

Select the language, then collect reserved tickets → Exchange Order (E-TICKET). Scan the voucher QR or enter its number and choose the start date. Confirm the conditions and privacy notice, then scan the photo page of your IC-chip passport. If the passport cannot be read, use a counter.

Ordinary Car seat reservations are unlimited. After six machine reservations, use a counter. Green Car, GranClass and A-seat require separate charges. Sunrise Seto and Sunrise Izumo are excluded, including Nobi Nobi seats.

Agency vouchers need exchange before reservations. Direct WEST-TR purchases can reserve up to six trains before collection, with a combined limit of 28 booking, change and cancellation actions. Check processing deadlines, including departure of the first reserved train.

Trains with only reserved seats have no non-reserved seating. If you miss your train, reserve a seat on a later one. Standing accommodation applies only to services that provide it and are full when you request the reservation.

For an unexchanged voucher, contact the selling agency within one year of issue; the agency and product’s fees apply. After collection, an unused agency-exchanged pass has a 10% fee, minimum JPY 220; a direct WEST-TR purchase has a JPY 560 fee per person. Refund locations and deadlines differ by channel. No refund is available after use starts or because of suspended or delayed services.