Valid Train Routes

･ Sanyo-Shikoku-Northern Kyushu ver. is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map
･ Valid trains are below;
- Reserved seats on Bullet Train "SANYO/KYUSHU SHINKANSEN" (Shin-Osaka⇔Kumamoto)
- Reserved seats on Express Trains
- Special Rapid Services, Rapid Services, and Local trains on Conventional lines

• These trains below cannot be used
• - Bullet Train "TOKAIDO SHINKANSEN" (Shin-Osaka⇔Tokyo)
• - Bullet Train "KYUSHU SHINKANSEN" (Kumamoto⇔Kagoshima-Chuo)

Prices

• ･ A Child is supposed to be aged between 6 and 11 on a rail pass collection date.
• ･ An Adult's or Child's rail pass holder can accompany up to 2 infants aged 5 or younger for free.

Purchasing a rail pass

Purchasing a rail pass exchange order overseas

･ A MCO (Miscellaneous Charges Order―an exchange order for a rail pass) is available at sales locations overseas.
･ After entering in Japan, this order can be exchanged for a raill pass at exchange locations.
･ When exchanged, a MCO must be submitted with a passport, also an application form must be filled with necessary details.
･ All the following conditions must be met:

• 1. A visitor must be holding a passport issued by a foreign government and entering in Japan as a "Temporary Visitor".
• "Temporary Visitor" is a status of residence defined under Japanese immigration law.
  ※日本国籍のお客様は使用できません。
• 2. Once issued, MCO must be exchanged in 3 months.

[Sales locations]
Overseas branches of Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, JTB, Nippon Travel Agency, Kinki Nippon Tourist, Top Tour and JALPAK, and travel agents specified by these companies.

[MCO exchange locations]
･ JR-WEST Area :Shin-Osaka, Osaka, Sannomiya, Kansai-airport, Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimonoseki, Kokura, Hakata stations
･ JR-Shikoku Area : Warp Takamatsu, Warp Matsuyama, Warp Tokushima, Warp Kochi, Warp Umeda
･ JR-Kyushu Area: -Hakata, Kokura, Mojiko stations
-JR Kyushu Travel Agency offices in Kokura, Hakata, Kumamoto, Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, Miyazaki Airport stations
-the Beppu Station Travel Center.

Purchasing a rail pass in Japan

• ･ A rail pass is available at sales locations in Japan
• ･ When purchasing, a passport, a departure card (embarkation card), and a return plane/boat ticket (including a printed e-ticket) must be presented, also an application form must be filled with necessary details.
  *An e-ticket must be printed out.
• ･ All the following conditions must be met:

• ･ A visitor must be holding a passport issued by a foreign government and entering in Japan as a "Temporary Visitor".
• "Temporary Visitor" is a status of residence defined under Japanese immigration law.
  ※日本国籍のお客様は使用できません。

[Sales locations]
･ JR-WEST Area :Shin-Osaka, Osaka, Kobe, Shin-Kobe, Sannomiya, Nishi-Akashi, Himeji, Kitashinchi, Kyobashi, Tsuruhashi, Tennoji, Shin-Imamiya, Bentencho, Nishikujo, Kansai-airport, JR-Namba, Okayama, Hiroshima, Shin-Shimonoseki, Shimonoseki, Kokura, Hakata stations ･ JR-Shikoku Area : Warp Takamatsu, Warp Matsuyama, Warp Tokushima, Warp Kochi, Warp Umeda
･ JR-Kyushu Area: -Hakata, Kokura, Mojiko stations
-JR Kyushu Travel Agency offices in Kokura, Hakata, Kumamoto, Saga, Nagasaki, Oita, Miyazaki Airport stations
-the Beppu Station Travel Center.

Availability and Use

･ A rail pass is available and usable all year around.
･ A rail pass is valid for consecutive days.
･ The validity of a rail pass starts from 12 O'clock at night.

Train Accommodations

Sanyo-Shikoku-Northern ver. is usable
Additional separate tickets are required

• 1 First Class(Green)/Sleeper Tickets and separate Express Tickets are required.
• 2 Separate Express Tickets are required.
• 3 Separate Liner Tickets or numbered tickets are required.
• 4 Only JR-WEST Miyajima Ferry Company's services are valid.
  
  
• When purchasing additional tickets is required, obtain such tickets at a JR-WEST, JR-Shikoku, or JR-Kyushu station before boarding.

Seat reservations

Obtaining a reserved seat ticket

• ･ When reserving trains, reserved seat tickets or other additional tickets must be obtained at stations or other sales locations before boarding.

Canceling/Changeing reservations

• ･ Reservations can be changed or cancelled as long as it is before the departure time of reserved trains.

Boarding a train without making advance seat reservations

• ･ A rail pass holders who have not made seat reservations may use ordinary non-reserved seats on applicable trains.
• ･ If there are empty seats in Ordinary Reserved Car after boarding, a rail pass holder may use these seats as long as there is no operational problem.

Changes

• ･ The date a rail pass will start to be used from cannot be changed.
• ･ The duration or the type of a rail pass cannot be changed.

Refunds

• ･ Refund location: only where a rail pass was issued or exchanged
• ･ Refund price: the sale price minus a handling fee (210 yen per rail pass)
• - No refund will be given if a magnetic ticket is removed from a rail pass book.
• - No refund will be given after a rail pass is start to be used or expired.
• - No refund will be given due to non-availability of service, delays, or similar issues.

Miscellaneous information

• ･ A rail pass is only valid for its rail pass holder only.
• ･ A passport must be carried when a rail pass is used and presented when a JR staff asks to.
• ･ A rail pass will be void if the magnetic ticket is detached from a rail pass book.
• ･ A rail pass will not be reissued even if lost or stolen.
• ･ Conditions of use for a rail pass are stipulated by JR's carriage conditions and laws of Japan.
• ･ Conditions of use for an exchange order are stipulated by regulations and contracts of issuing companies.
• ･ If any discrepancies arise between the foreign language and Japanese versions of the carriage conditions, the Japanese version has precedence.