Choose a pass around your actual destinations and travel dates. A JR pass covers specified routes for a set period; it can save money on several long journeys, but compare the pass price with the tickets you would otherwise buy. A region’s name does not mean every railway in that region is included.
Use the filters to compare duration, ticket format and eligibility. Open a guide for the exact routes, JPY prices, collection and seat-reservation steps. Most visitor passes require Temporary Visitor status; other products have different eligibility rules.
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Nationwide
The Japan Rail Pass is a 7, 14 or 21-day pass jointly offered by Japan’s six passenger JR companies. Choose Ordinary or Green Car. To take Nozomi or Mizuho services, you need both a valid pass and the dedicated supplementary ticket.
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The Hokkaido Rail Pass covers eligible trains across JR Hokkaido for 5, 7 or 10 consecutive days. It excludes the Hokkaido Shinkansen. Reserve an Ordinary Car seat before boarding a limited-express train.
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The Sapporo–Noboribetsu Area Pass covers designated JR routes linking New Chitose Airport · 新千歳空港, Sapporo · 札幌, Otaru · 小樽 and Noboribetsu · 登別 for four consecutive days. Toya · 洞爺 is outside the area, and the bus from Noboribetsu Station to the hot-spring town is not covered.
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The Sapporo–Furano Area Pass covers designated JR routes linking New Chitose Airport · 新千歳空港, Sapporo · 札幌, Otaru · 小樽, Furano · 富良野, Biei · 美瑛 and Asahikawa · 旭川 for four consecutive days. Tomamu · トマム is excluded, and buses to sightseeing destinations require separate tickets.
Check routes and how to use it →Tohoku · Tokyo and nearby · Hokuriku and central Japan
The JR EAST PASS covers designated railway routes towards Aomori · 青森, Sendai · 仙台, Nagano · 長野 and Niigata · 新潟 for 5 or 10 consecutive days. It excludes the Tokaido Shinkansen, Izukyu Railway and Fujikyu Railway.
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The JR TOKYO Wide Pass covers Ordinary Car travel on designated routes in and around Tokyo · 東京 for three consecutive days. Eligible JR East Shinkansen and limited-express services and some other railways are included. The Tokaido Shinkansen and JR buses are excluded.
Check routes and how to use it →Tokyo and nearby · Tohoku · Hokkaido
The JR East–South Hokkaido Rail Pass covers the official railway area from Tokyo · 東京 to Hakodate · 函館, Sapporo · 札幌 and Otaru · 小樽 for six consecutive days. Eligible Ordinary Car reserved and unreserved seats are included. This is not a pass for all of Hokkaido.
Check routes and how to use it →Tohoku · Hokkaido
The JR Tohoku–South Hokkaido Rail Pass covers the official railway area from the Tohoku region, including Sendai · 仙台, to Hakodate · 函館, Sapporo · 札幌 and Otaru · 小樽 for six consecutive days. Eligible Ordinary Car reserved and unreserved seats are included. This is not a pass for all of Hokkaido.
Check routes and how to use it →Tokyo and nearby · Hokuriku and central Japan · Kansai
The Hokuriku Arch Pass covers designated routes from Tokyo · 東京 via Hokuriku to Kyoto · 京都 and Osaka · 大阪 for seven consecutive days. It includes the Hokuriku Shinkansen between Tokyo and Tsuruga · 敦賀, but excludes the Tokaido Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto or Shin-Osaka and the Sanyo Shinkansen.
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The Kansai Wide Area Pass covers designated routes in Kansai and towards Okayama · 岡山, Tottori · 鳥取 and Takamatsu · 高松 for five consecutive days. Shinkansen coverage is limited to the Sanyo Shinkansen between Shin-Osaka · 新大阪 and Okayama.
Check routes and how to use it →Kansai · Sanyo and Sanin
The Kansai–Hiroshima Area Pass covers designated routes for five consecutive days, including the Sanyo Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka · 新大阪 to Hiroshima · 広島. Reserve an Ordinary Car seat before boarding if you want to travel in a reserved seat.
Check routes and how to use it →Kansai · Hokuriku and central Japan
The Kansai–Hokuriku Area Pass covers designated routes for seven consecutive days. It includes the Sanyo Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka · 新大阪 to Okayama · 岡山 and the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tsuruga · 敦賀 to Joetsu-Myoko · 上越妙高; travel towards Tokyo is excluded.
Check routes and how to use it →Kansai · Sanyo and Sanin · Shikoku and Setouchi · Kyushu
The Sanyo–San’in Area Pass covers designated Kansai, Sanyo and Sanin routes for seven consecutive days. It includes the Sanyo Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka · 新大阪 to Hakata · 博多, but excludes the Kyushu and Hokuriku Shinkansen.
Check routes and how to use it →Sanyo and Sanin · Kyushu
The Okayama–Hiroshima–Yamaguchi Area Pass covers designated routes for five consecutive days. Its Sanyo Shinkansen section is Okayama · 岡山–Hakata · 博多; reserve before boarding if you want an Ordinary Car reserved seat.
Check routes and how to use it →Hokuriku and central Japan · Kansai · Sanyo and Sanin
The JR-WEST All Area Pass covers designated railway, bus and ferry routes in western Japan for seven consecutive days. It includes the Sanyo Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka · 新大阪 to Hakata · 博多 and the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tsuruga · 敦賀 to Joetsu-Myoko · 上越妙高. It is a regional product, separate from the nationwide Japan Rail Pass.
Check routes and how to use it →Kansai · Sanyo and Sanin · Shikoku and Setouchi
The Kansai WIDE Area Excursion Pass covers designated routes around Kansai, Okayama and Tottori for three consecutive days. It is available to visitors and foreign residents of Japan holding a non-Japanese passport, and is separate from the standard five-day Kansai Wide pass.
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The WEST QR Kansai Area Pass covers eligible JR local trains and Haruka for 1–4 consecutive days. Haruka unreserved seats are included and dedicated reserved seats can be booked twice. The Shinkansen is excluded.
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The WEST QR Kansai Mini Pass covers eligible JR local, rapid and special rapid trains for three consecutive days. Haruka and other limited expresses require a separate limited-express ticket. The Shinkansen is excluded.
Check routes and how to use it →Kyushu
The All Kyushu Rail Pass covers designated JR Kyushu routes for 3, 5 or 7 consecutive days. Compare it if you will travel in both northern and southern Kyushu. It includes the Kyushu Shinkansen from Hakata · 博多 to Kagoshima-Chuo · 鹿児島中央 and the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen from Takeo-Onsen · 武雄温泉 to Nagasaki · 長崎.
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The Northern Kyushu Rail Pass covers designated JR routes in northern Kyushu for three or five consecutive days. Compare it for trips around Fukuoka · 福岡, Saga · 佐賀, Nagasaki · 長崎, Oita · 大分 and Kumamoto · 熊本. Its Kyushu Shinkansen coverage is limited to Hakata · 博多–Kumamoto.
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The Southern Kyushu Rail Pass covers designated JR Kyushu routes around Kumamoto · 熊本 and south of Oita · 大分 for three consecutive days. It includes the Kyushu Shinkansen from Kumamoto to Kagoshima-Chuo · 鹿児島中央. You cannot exchange it at Hakata · 博多 or Fukuoka Airport · 福岡空港.
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The JR Kyushu Mobile Pass Fukuoka Wide covers unreserved seats on designated local, rapid and limited-express trains near Fukuoka for two consecutive days. It stays on your smartphone without paper exchange; Shinkansen, subways and buses are excluded.
Check routes and how to use it →Tokyo and nearby
The Tokyo 1-Day Ticket covers designated JR local and rapid trains within Tokyo’s 23 wards, plus Tokyo Metro, Toei Subway, the Nippori-Toneri Liner, Tokyo Sakura Tram and eligible Toei buses for one day. Toei late-night and reserved-seat buses are excluded.
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The Tokyo Metropolitan District Pass, also called the Tokunai Pass, covers unreserved Ordinary Car seats on designated JR local and rapid trains within Tokyo’s 23 wards for one day. Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway are excluded.
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The NONBIRI Holiday Suica Pass is a one-day IC-card ticket for designated JR routes around Tokyo, the Rinkai Line and Tokyo Monorail. It is valid on weekends, Japanese public holidays and specified seasonal dates; the Shinkansen is excluded.
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The N’EX TOKYO Round Trip Ticket covers one journey from Narita Airport · 成田空港 to the designated JR area and one return to the airport within 14 days. It is not an unlimited pass: each one-way journey ends when you leave the ticket gates.
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The Sendai Area Pass covers designated JR routes, the Sendai Airport Access Line, Sendai Subway and eligible buses including Loople Sendai for one day. Carry a valid non-Japanese passport when buying and using it.
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The Sendai Marugoto Pass covers designated JR, airport rail, subway and bus routes around Sendai for two consecutive days. Insert a paper pass into compatible rail gates; show a TOHOKU MaaS digital pass at a staffed gate.
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A JR pass is a ticket for specified JR routes over a set period at a fixed price. It may save money on several intercity or long-distance journeys, but compare the pass price with the tickets for your actual itinerary.
No. Coverage depends on the product, route, train and seat type. A Shinkansen and a conventional train between the same stations may have different coverage. Open the individual guide and official map before buying.
Not necessarily. An electronic exchange order must be exchanged for the actual pass before use. A WEST QR boarding ticket has its own activation and gate procedure. Check the exact product and ticket format.
No. Most visitor passes require it, but some products have different passport or residence conditions. Check the official eligibility for the exact pass and any additional selling-channel conditions.
No. Obtain the required reserved-seat ticket before boarding. Advance online reservations, collection deadlines and machine limits differ by pass and purchase channel.
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