1. Transportation services
The JAPAN RAIL PASS is valid for the railways, buses, and ferry
boats shown in Table 1.
| Railways: |
All JR Group Railways--Shinkansen (super express)
(except "NOZOMI"), limited express trains, express trains, and rapid
or local trains. (Not usable on some trains) |
Buses:
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JR
Bus Companies:
Local lines of JR Hokkaido Bus, JR Bus Tohoku, JR Bus Kanto, JR Tokai
Bus, West Japan JR Bus , Chugoku JR Bus, and JR Kyushu Bus.
JR Bus Divisions:
Local bus lines of JR Shikoku
JR Highway Bus Lines:
Sapporo-Otaru; Morioka-Hirosaki/Aomori/Towadako;
Tokyo-Shizuoka/Hamamatsu/Okazaki/Toyota/Nagoya/Kyoto/
Osaka/Tsukuba Center;Nagoya-Kyoto/Osaka;
Osaka-Tsuyama Car Shed/Kasai Flower Center |
| Ferry: |
JJR Ferry (Miyajima - Miyajimaguchi), except
"Beetle II" (Hakata - Pusan) |
| Remarks: |
The JAPAN RAIL PASS is not valid for "NOZOMI"
Shinkansen trains. If you use a "NOZOMI," you must pay the ordinary
fare and the limited express charge, and if in a Green car, the Green car charge.
Passengers using train on non-JR lines* must pay respective fares and charges
applicable to sections traveled on such lines. |
2. Accommodations
| ● |
Many JR trains have Green cars (superior accommodations); all have ordinary
cars. You can use Green cars or ordinary cars with a Green-type JAPAN RAIL PASS,
and you can use ordinary cars with an Ordinary-type JAPAN RAIL PASS, without paying
additional charges. Refer to the following Table 2 for details.
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| ● |
The cars with ○ can be used with JAPAN RAIL PASS.
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| ● |
* Use of the cars with requires paying additional
charges
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Trains
|
Accomodations |
Green |
Ordinary |
| Shinkansen |
Green car |
○ |
* |
| Ordinary car |
○ |
○ |
| Green private compartment |
* |
* |
| Ordinary private compartment |
* |
* |
Limited
express and
ordinary express |
Green car |
○ |
* |
| Ordinary car |
○ |
○ |
| Green private compartment |
* |
* |
| Ordinary private compartment |
* |
* |
| Sleeping car |
* |
* |
| Local
and rapid trains |
Green car |
○ |
* |
| Ordinary car |
○ |
○ |
Remarks:
Green private compartments are on certain limited express trains, such as "NARITA
EXPRESS" and "Super-view Odoriko."
Use of "Home Liner" and other "liner" trains requires an additional
charge. |
3. Valid period
| ● |
The valid period of a JAPAN RAIL PASS is the consecutive 7, 14, or 21days
beginning on the date the PASS is first used.
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| ● |
Within three months from the date the Exchange Order was issued, you must
turn in your Exchange Order to obtain your JAPAN RAIL PASS. At that time, you
have to specify the date that you want to start using the PASS. It can be any
date within one month from the date the pass is received.
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| ● |
Once the PASS has a starting date written on it, the date cannot be changed. |
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