Kansai WIDE Area Excursion Pass: three days, eligibility and exchange

Shin-Osaka · 新大阪, Okayama · 岡山, Tottori · 鳥取, Takamatsu · 高松, Wakayama · 和歌山 and Kishi · 貴志 are key stations on the map.

Compare it with individual fares for a short trip from Kansai to Okayama or Tottori while living in Japan. For Shinkansen travel to Hiroshima · 広島 or journeys lasting four days or more, compare other passes’ dates and coverage.

You need a passport issued by a government other than Japan. Both Temporary Visitors and foreign residents of Japan are eligible. Bring every traveler’s passport when collecting passes. Do not buy multiple overlapping passes for the same period.

The three-day pass costs JPY 12,000 adult or JPY 6,000 child. Current Japanese terms define children as aged 6–11 on the payment date and adults as 12 or over. Check the agency’s actual selling price and order 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 traveling alone. Infants under one year travel free.

Validity runs from 00:00 on the start date to 24:00 on the third 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.

The E-MCO supplied by the agency is an exchange order. Exchange it at a designated counter for the actual pass before travel. It differs from WEST QR, whose boarding QR is used at the gate.

Sanyo Shinkansen coverage is Shin-Osaka–Okayama, with eligible limited-express, local, rapid and special rapid trains within the map. Chizu Express from Kamigori · 上郡 to Chizu · 智頭, and mapped Kyoto Tango Railway and Wakayama Electric Railway routes are included. Shikoku coverage is the connection towards Takamatsu, rather than the whole island.

Eligible local West Japan JR Bus routes within the map 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; keep your pass.

Exchange the E-MCO within three months of issue and no later than the day of use at a designated counter. The location table lists Kyoto Station’s foreign-traveler counter, Travel Service Center Shin-Osaka and TiS Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Osaka and Sannomiya · 三ノ宮. Do not use ordinary machines or station counters not designated for this exchange.

Reserve after collecting the actual pass. Ordinary Car reservations are unlimited; after six machine bookings, use a counter. Reserve a seat before boarding a reserved-seat-only train.

This pass is sold through agencies and is not a direct JR-WEST ONLINE TRAIN RESERVATION product. Seats cannot be reserved before exchange. Collect the actual pass, then reserve through eligible machines or designated counters in the area.

The only included Shinkansen section is Shin-Osaka–Okayama on the Sanyo Shinkansen. The Tokaido, Hokuriku and Kyushu Shinkansen and Sunrise Seto/Izumo are excluded. S Work cars require separate payment of both basic fare and train charges; Green Car and A-Seat also require additional charges.

Ask the original agency about an unexchanged E-MCO within one year of issue. Fees depend on the agency and product. For an exchanged, unused pass, apply before its start date or during its validity period at the agency counter where you exchanged it. The fee is 10% of the selling price with a minimum of JPY 220. No refund is given after use starts or for cancellations and delays.