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Japan Rail Pass
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JAPAN RAIL PASS is Japan Railways Group's (JR Group)' special ticket available only to foreign travellers for sightseeing. The PASS is valid for unlimited travel on JR Group lines throughout the country, including Shinkansen (Bullet train). Enjoy your Japan trip with JAPAN RAIL PASS.

Pass Type
Green (Sup
 erior class)
Adult
 Child
Ordinary
  Class
Adult
 Child
7 days
£219
 £109
£169
 £85  
14 days
£345
 £173
£259
 £129
21 days
£439
 £219
£325
 £163
* The valid period is the consecutive 7, 14, or 21 days beginning on the date the PASS is first used.
* Price for children apply from 6 up to and including 11 years old.
* Prices are subject to change.


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Where can you use your pass:

1. The JAPAN RAIL PASS is valid for the railways, buses, and ferryboats shown below.
2. Railways: All JR Group Railways - Shinkansen super express (except "NOZOMI"), limited express trains, express trains, and rapid or local trains.
3. Buses: JR Bus Companies: Local lines of JR Bus Tohoku, JR Bus Kanto, JR Tokai Bus, West Japan JR Bus and Chugoku JR Bus.
4. JR Bus Divisions: Local bus lines of JR Hokkaido, JR Shikoku and JR Kyushu.
5. JR Highway Bus Lines: Morioka - Hirosaki / Aomori Towadako;
Tokyo - Nagoya / Kyoto / Osaka / Tsukuba Center;
Nagoya - Kyoto / Osaka;
Osaka - Tsuyama Car Shed / Kasai Flower Center
6. Ferry: JR Ferry (MiyajimaMiyajimaguchi), except "Beetle (2)" (HakataPusan)

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 trains on non - JR lines must pay respective fares and charges applicable to sections traveled on such lines.

How to buy a Japan Rail Pass:
A JAPAN RAIL PASS cannot be purchased inside Japan.
Before you come to Japan, purchase an Exchange Order from an authorised sales office or agent.
After you arrive in Japan, present your Exchange Order and obtain your Japan RAIL PASS at an applicable JR station that has a JAPAN RAIL PASS exchange office.
*You must turn in your Exchange Order for a JAPAN RAIL PASS within three (3) months from the date of issue.
*At that time, you must specify the date you want to start using the PASS. It can be any date within one (1) month from the date the PASS is received.
*Once the PASS has a starting date written on it, the date cannot be changed.

How to use a reserved seat:
To use a reserved seat, apply at any Travel Service Center or reserved-seat ticket office (Midori-no-madoguchi) at a JR station. There, show your JAPAN RAIL PASS, and obtain your reserved-seat ticket before you trip.

*Shinkansen (Bullet train) and most limited express and ordinary express trains have reserved Green car seats and both reserved and non-reserved ordinary car seats.
*A non-reserved seat can be used simply by showing your JAPAN RAIL PASS.
*Seat reservations cannot be made outside Japan before you turn in your Exchange Order for a JAPAN RAIL PASS.

Caution: The periods when seat reservations are particularly difficult to secure are as follows;
*New Year holiday (29/Dec to 5/Jan)
*Golden Week (29/Apr to 5/May)
*Obon (13/Aug to 15/Aug) 

The JAPAN RAIL PASS is available to:
1. A foreign tourist visiting Japan from abroad for sightseeing, under the entry status of "Temporary Visitor".
"Temporary Visitor" entry status, according to Japanese Immigration Law, allows a stay in Japan of 15 days or 90 days for "sightseeing, etc." "Only persons who have a passport bearing this stamp can use a JAPAN RAIL PASS.
2. A Japanese national living in a foreign country,
a. who is qualified to live permanently in that country, or
b. who has been living in a country other than Japan for ten or more consecutive years, or
c. who is married to a non-Japanese residing in a country other than Japan.

Cancelletions:
An Exchange Order that has not been turned in for a JAPAN RAIL PASS can be returned to the office where it was purchased for a refund, within one year of the date of issue. In such case a handling fee and communication fee will be subtracted from the refund.

After an Exchange Order is turned in for a JAPAN RAIL PASS, the PASS can be turned in at any JAPAN RAIL PASS exchange office for a refund if this is done before the starting date for the use of the PASS. Ten (10) percent of the yen price of the PASS will be charged as a handling fee. No refund can be made for any reason on or after the stamped First Date.

No refund on a JAPAN RAIL PASS can be made in the event of train non-operation, delay, or the like.

Other Information:
A JAPAN RAIL PASS is strictly limited to the assigned individual; it is not transferable from one person to another.
You should carry your passport during travel, and be prepared to show it if requested.
Neither an Exchange Order nor a JAPAN RAIL PASS can be reissued if lost or stolen.
These and other usage conditions follow the Japanese Railways Group passenger transportation regulations and Japanese laws.
The validity of an Exchange Order during the period before it is turned in for a JAPAN RAIL PASS, however, shall follow the stipulations and regulations of the company that issued the Exchange Order.

All data is effective as of January 2004, and are subject to change without prior notice.