Northern Kyushu Rail Pass: 3 or 5 days, prices, exchange and six seat bookings

Fukuoka / Hakata Station / Saga / Nagasaki / Beppu · 別府 / Oita / Kumamoto / Misumi Station · 三角駅 / Takeo-Onsen · 武雄温泉.

Compare this pass with individual tickets if you make several trips from a Fukuoka base to eligible northern destinations such as Nagasaki, Beppu and Kumamoto. If you want to continue to Kagoshima by Kyushu Shinkansen, first note that the section south of Kumamoto is excluded.

This pass is for travelers 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.

An agency exchange order is not a ticket that you insert into an automatic gate. Collect the actual pass at a designated exchange location before traveling. A reserved-seat ticket is also separate from the actual pass.

Eligible local and limited-express trains around Kumamoto/Misumi and north of Oita are covered. Shinkansen coverage includes Hakata–Kumamoto and Takeo-Onsen–Nagasaki. The Hakata–Kokura · 小倉 Sanyo Shinkansen and Kumamoto–Kagoshima-Chuo · 鹿児島中央 Kyushu Shinkansen are excluded.

Exchange a Northern Kyushu order for the actual pass at the JR Kyushu counter in the Access Hall, first floor of Fukuoka Airport · 福岡空港 International Terminal. It opens 09:00–17:00 and does not handle new purchases, changes or refunds. At Hakata Station or another designated location, check the specific pass-processing hours.

Free Ordinary Car reserved-seat bookings are limited to six. Reserve at a JR Kyushu counter or reserved-seat machine. A connecting booking on Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen Kamome and its connecting limited express counts as one booking. Paid advance online reservations do not count towards this free allowance.

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.