SANYO-SHINKANSEN One-way Ticket

One-way Tickets

  • Osaka
  • Kobe
  • Okayama
  • Hiroshima
  • Yamaguchi
  • Fukuoka (Hakata)

Save on Shinkansen tickets between Shin-Osaka and Hakata!

Pass Prices

Service section Adult Child
Osaka City

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Okayama, Kurashiki 5,100YEN 2,550YEN
Fukuyama, Onomichi 6,800YEN 3,400YEN
Hiroshima City

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7,900YEN 3,950YEN
Shin-Yamaguchi 9,400YEN 4,700YEN
Kokura, Hakata 10,900YEN 5,450YEN
Kokura, Hakata Okayama 8,900YEN 4,450YEN
Fukuyama, Onomichi 8,300YEN 4,150YEN
Kokura Hiroshima City

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5,300YEN 2,650YEN
Shin-Yamaguchi 2,600YEN 1,300YEN
Hakata Hiroshima City

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6,300YEN 3,150YEN
Shin-Yamaguchi 3,600YEN 1,800YEN

Train Accommodations

  • SANYO-SHINKANSEN One-way Ticket can be used.
  • Additional separate tickets are required.
  • SANYO-SHINKANSEN One-way Ticket cannot be used.

* When additional tickets are required, obtain the tickets at a JR-WEST station before boarding.

Train
Bullet Train "SANYO
SHINKANSEN" in the
valid area * Including
"Hello Kitty Shinkansen"
Limited Express /
Express Trains in valid area
Special Rapid Services/
Rapid Services/
Local Services in the valid area
Type First Class
(Green) Car
*1 *1 *3
Private room
Ordinary Car
(Reserved
Seating)
*2 *5
Ordinary Car
(Non-reserved
Seating)
*2
  • * 1 First Class (Green) Tickets and separate Express Tickets are required.
  • * 2 Separate Express Tickets are required.
  • * 3 Separate First Class (Green) Tickets for Local Services are required.
  • * 4 Separate Reserved Seat Tickets are required.
  • * 5 Separate charges are required when using paid seating services (such as A-seat) on Local, Rapid, and Special Rapid trains in the Kansai area.

Eligibility

Temporary visitor's visa

- "Discounted One-way Ticket" user must be holding a passport issued by a foreign government.

※外国での永住権を持っているお客様を含め、日本国籍のお客様は使用できません。

- "Discounted One-way Ticket" user must be entering in Japan as a "短期滞在(Temporary Visitor) ".

* "短期滞在(Temporary Visitor) " is a status of residence defined under Japanese immigration law.

- Individual customers are not allowed to purchase or exchange more than one of the same ticket for the same use period.

- You must present your passport to receive a pass.

Purchasing a "Discounted One-way Ticket"

* Available from select overseas travel agencies.

Purchasing Exchange Order through a Travel Agency outside Japan

  • Step 1. Purchase an exchange order (E-TICKET) at sales locations outside Japan.
    • * Once issued, the E-TICKET must be exchanged within 3 months.
  • Step 2. Exchange the E-TICKET for a "Discounted One-way Ticket" at an exchange location in Japan.
    • * The E-TICKET exchange locations: Click here for details
    • * Receiving an E-TICKET: Click here for details
    • * The E-TICKET that could not be exchanged can be refunded at the overseas travel agency where the pass was originally purchased. (*A separate handling fee will be applied.)

* The "Discounted One-way Ticket" is not available for purchase within Japan.

Availability and Use

  • · The "Discounted One-way Ticket" is available and usable all year around.

Reserving a Reserved Seat Ticket

Changes

  • · Changing the validity period start date is allowed only once.
  • · The ticket cannot be changed for a different ticket type. The ticket must instead be refunded, and the desired ticket purchased separately.
  • · Changing the departure or arrival station within a section is allowed only once for unused tickets within the validity period.
  • · Changing trains is allowed only once before the departure of the designated train, and only if tickets for the train being changed to are available within the validity period.

Refunds

  • · Refunds are accepted only at the "Discounted One-way Ticket" exchange location.
    * Click here for information on refund locations for refunds due to non-availability of services, delays, or other circumstances.
  • · The sales price minus a handling fee will be refunded.

    * Handling fee
    · If no reserved seating ticket has been issued:
    560 YEN
    · If a reserved seating ticket has been issued:
    Up to 2 days before departure: 560 YEN
    Between day before departure and time of departure:
    30% of original undiscounted Express ticket (based on original ticket purchase date) + 220 YEN
    * Minimum handling fee: 560 YEN
    · A handling fee equivalent to the Limited express ticket for each train will be applied to a reserved seating ticket after departure time.

  • * Refunds cannot be provided if the "Discounted One-way Ticket" has been used or the validity period has ended.
  • * A refund of an unexchanged E-TICKET is available from the overseas travel agency where the ticket was purchased.
    Please note that an additional handling fee will apply.

Related Information

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Destinations

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