Sanyo–San’in Area Pass: seven-day Hakata and Tottori routes

Main destinations and connecting stations include Hiroshima · 広島, Tottori · 鳥取, Takamatsu · 高松, Kamigori · 上郡, Chizu · 智頭, Kojima · 児島 and Utazu · 宇多津, alongside Shin-Osaka and Hakata.

Compare it with individual fares if you are traveling from Kansai to Hiroshima and Hakata while also visiting Sanin destinations such as Tottori. Including Hakata does not mean that all onward trains across Kyushu are covered.

You need a passport issued by a government other than Japan and Temporary Visitor status. Japanese nationals are not eligible. Bring every traveler’s passport when collecting the passes and carry your passport during travel.

The seven-day pass costs JPY 23,000 adult or JPY 11,500 child. The Japanese terms define children as aged 6–11 on the payment date. Check the actual selling option’s price on its sales page.

Each adult or child pass holder may bring up to two children aged 1–5 free. A child pass is required 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 seventh 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.

Exchange an agency order for the actual pass. An electronic order’s QR code is not a ticket for boarding the train.

The pass covers Ordinary Car reserved and unreserved seats on the Sanyo Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka to Hakata, plus eligible JR local, rapid, special rapid and limited-express trains within the map. It also includes Chizu Express from Kamigori to Chizu and the mapped Kyoto Tango Railway sections. The Shikoku connection is Kojima–Utazu–Takamatsu; the pass does not cover all of Shikoku.

Eligible local West Japan JR Bus routes within the map are included, but that operator’s highway buses are excluded. JR Bus Chugoku local routes, the Hiroshima Meipuru-pu sightseeing bus and Super Hagi highway bus 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.

Exchange within three months of issue and no later than the day of use. Take a paper MCO to a designated counter, or an E-MCO to a machine or counter supporting the exact pass and purchase channel. Takamatsu Station is listed for counter collection only.

Ordinary Car reservations are unlimited. Use a counter after six machine bookings. Reserve before boarding; a reserved-seat-only train has no unreserved car.

Agency-order purchasers reserve seats after exchanging for the actual pass. Direct WEST-TR purchasers may reserve up to six trains before collection. These direct-purchase functions do not apply to an agency exchange order.

Green Car, sleeper accommodation and A-Seat require separate charges. Sanyo Shinkansen S Work cars require separate payment of both basic fare and train charges. The Tokaido Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka to Tokyo · 東京 and the Kyushu Shinkansen from Hakata to Kagoshima-Chuo · 鹿児島中央 are excluded.

Ask the original agency about an unexchanged order within one year of issue; its product-specific fees apply. For an exchanged, unused pass, agency-order refunds cost 10% of the selling price, with a minimum of JPY 220, while direct WEST-TR refunds cost JPY 560 per person. Processing places and deadlines differ by channel. Used passes are not refunded, and no refund is given for cancellations or delays.