Please
check whether you are eligible for it or not from
information below.
Must be booked 1 week before of your depature.
2
You
can pay by a Debit card or a Credit card.
Commission
fee of a Debit card is free, but 2.5% will be charged
if you use a Credit card.
3
It
is delivered by Post. Charge is 5 pounds/UK address
only.
* Neither an Exchange Order
nor a Japan Rail Pass can be reissued if lost or stolen.
Who
is eligible for a JAPAN RAIL PASS?
The JAPAN RAIL PASS is a special ticket that is available
only to travelers visiting Japan from foreign countries
for sight-seeing. To be eligible to purchase a JAPAN RAIL
PASS you must meet one of the following two conditions.
PDYou
are a foreign tourist visiting Japan from abroad for sight-seeing,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 "sight-seeing, etc." If
you apply for a "stay for sight-seeing"
when you enter Japan, entry personnel will stamp
your passport as "temporary visitor,"
as shown below. Only persons who have a passport
bearing this stamp can use a JAPAN RAIL PASS.
Caution:
Even if you visit
Japan with an Exchange Order, to be turned in for
a JAPAN RAIL PASS, the exchange cannot be made unless
you have "Temporary Visitor" status; if
you enter Japan under any other official status,
such as "Trainee," "Entertainer,"
or "Reentry Permit," you cannot change
the Exchange Order for a JAPAN RAIL PASS. Please
note that according to strict interpretation of
the Japanese Immigration Law, "Temporary Visitor"
status differs even from other types of stays that
are also for only short time periods.
2.
You are a Japanese national living in a foreigncountry,
a, who is qualified
to live permanently in that country, or
b, who is married to a non-Japanese
residing in a country other than Japan.
Note: Persons meeting conditions a or b above must be
required to show proof of same at the point of purchase
of an Exchange Order and obtaining a JAPAN RAIL PASS.
Also note: The former condition about a Japanese national
"who has been living in a foreign country for ten
or more years" is discontinued from 1 April 2004
purchase.
There are two types
of JAPAN RAIL PASS: Green (for superior-class Green cars),
and Ordinary. Each of these types is available as a 7-day,
14-day, or 21-day PASS.See "JAPAN RAIL PASS validity",
for services that can be used with a JAPAN RAIL PASS.
Type:
Green
Ordinary
Duration
Adult
Child
Adult
Child
7-day
37,800
YEN
18,900
YEN
28,300
YEN
14,150
YEN
14-day
61,200
YEN
30,600
YEN
45,100
YEN
22,550
YEN
21-day
79,600
YEN
39,800
YEN
57,700
YEN
28,850
YEN
The above are yen
prices for a JAPAN RAIL PASS Exchange Order; the actual
cost in local currency is calculated at the time the Exchange
Order is issued. Note that the purchase exchange rate
may differ from the exchange rate in effect when you actually
visit Japan.
The local currency price, applicable exchange rate, and
issue date for an Exchange Order are specified on the
Exchange Order itself. PASS prices for children apply
from age 6 to and including age 11. Prices are subject
to change. The applicable price is the price valid on
the date when an Exchange Order is issued.
*
The JAPAN RAIL PASS is valid for the railways, buses,
and ferry boats shown in Table 1.
yRailwaysz
All
JR Group Railways--Shinkansen "bullet trains"
(except any reserved or nonreserved
seat on "NOZOMI" trains), limited
express trains, express trains, and rapid or local
trains. (With some exceptions)
yBusesz
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, JR Shikoku Bus Company, and JR Kyushu Bus.
JR Highway Bus Lines Sapporo-Otaru; Morioka-Hirosaki/Aomori;
Tokyo-Nagoya/Kyoto/Osaka/Tsukuba Center;
Nagoya-Kyoto/Osaka; Osaka-Tsuyama/Kasai Flower Center
(Not accepted on some lines)
yFerryz
JR Ferry (Miyajima
- Miyajimaguchi), except "Beetle2"
(Hakata - Pusan)
Important
notes: The JAPAN RAIL PASS is not valid for any
seats, reserved or nonreserved, on "NOZOMI"
trains on the Tokaido and San'yo Shinkansen lines.
If you use a "NOZOMI," you must pay the
basic 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.
* All JR trains have
Ordinary Cars (coach class) while many long-distance trains
also offer Green Cars (superior class). With a Green-type
JAPAN RAIL PASS you can use either class, while with an
Ordinary-type JAPAN RAIL PASS you can use only Ordinary
Cars without paying an additional charge. Refer to the
table below for details.
* The
cars with
can be used with JAPAN RAIL PASS.
*
Use of the cars with
requires paying additional charges.
* There
are no Green Cars on most HIKARI and KODAMA trains on
the San ' yo Shinkansen line (Shin-Osaka - Hakata), or
on TSUBAME trains on the Kyushu Shinkansen line (Shin-Yatsushiro
- Kagoshima- chuo )
Trains
Accomodations
Green
Ordinary
Shinkansen
(except any
reserved or nonreserved seat
on "NOZOMI" trains.)
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.Validity
period
* The validity period
of a JAPAN RAIL PASS is the consecutive 7, 14, or 21 days
beginning on the date the PASS is first used.
* 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.
* Once
the PASS has a starting date written on it, the date cannot
be changed.
How
to turn in an exchange order to receive a JAPAN RAIL
PASS
* You cannot use an Exchange
Order when you travel on JR lines. Turn in your Exchange
Order and obtain your JAPAN RAIL PASS at one of
the JAPAN RAIL PASS exchange offices. (Please note
the office hours and closing days.)
* Your
Exchange Order must be turned in for a JAPAN RAIL PASS
within three months of the date the Order was issued.
* At the time of the exchange you
will be asked to fill in a short application form and
to show your passport with the Temporary Visitor stamp
that you received on entry into Japan. You must show your
passport* and this stamp to process the Rail Pass Exchange
Order.
* Without your passport, the pass exchange
will not be made. (A photocopy of your passport is also
not acceptable because you must show the "Temporary
Visitor" stamp in it.)
* The
type of PASS described on the Exchange Order cannot be
changed.
