JR(Japan Railways), a Japanese representative railroad company, is selling special discount tickets for foreign tourists.
These tickets are special tickets which only an overseas tourist can purchase.
You can get on a JR trains usefully and very cheaply if you use these tickets well.
Because there are many kinds of special discount tickets, we summarized those information.
JR-All
JAPAN RAIL PASS
JAPAN RAIL PASS, a joint offering of the six companies comprising the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), is the most economical means of travelling throughout Japan by rail.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[JR Route Map]
[Shinkansen (Bullet train) Route Map]
[Fare]
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Type
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Green Car
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Ordinary Car
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Duration
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Adult
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Child
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Adult
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Child
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7-day
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￥39,600
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￥19,800 | ￥29,650 |
￥14,830
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14-day
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￥64,120
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￥32,060
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￥47,250
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￥23,620
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21-day
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￥83,390
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￥41,690
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￥60,450
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￥30,220
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[How to purchase]
You must purchase your JAPAN RAIL PASS before coming to Japan.
[Make a seat reservation]
･Seishun 18
Seishun 18 allows unlimited rides on local and rapid JR trains (excluding reserved seats) throughout Japan from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south.
This ticket package includes five days worth of travel for only 2,370 yen per day.
[Website]
[Fare]
12,050 yen
[Validity periods/Sales dates]
| Validity periods | Sales dates | |
| Spring | March 1 to April 10, 2020 | February 20 to March 31, 2020 |
| Summer | July 20 to September 10, 2020 | July 1 to August 31, 2020 |
| Winter | December 10, 2019 to January 10, 2021 | December 1 to December 31, 2020 |
[Attention]
It is not valid on Shinkansens and limited express trains.
The price for the Seishun 18 is the same for adults and children.
It has the validity periods and sales dates.
JR-Hokkaido
[Special discount tickets information of JR Hokkaido]
- HOKKAIDO RAIL PASS
- JR Tohoku-South Hokkaido Rail Pass
- JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass
- SENDAI AREA/MARUGOTO PASS
HOKKAIDO RAIL PASS
HOKKAIDO RAIL PASS holders may ride all JR Hokkaido trains (excluding Hokkaido Shinkansen) within the valid period.
[Website]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults | Children |
| 3-days | 17,400 yen | 8,700 yen |
| Flexible 4-days | 23,480 yen | 11,740 yen |
| 5-days | 23,480 yen | 11,740 yen |
| 7-days | 25,710 yen | 12,850 yen |
[Attention]
There is an extra charge for the sleeping car and carpet car.
The JR Hokkaido bus routes available to pass holders are limited.
There is an extra charge for boarding the Twinkle Bus.
JR Tohoku-South Hokkaido Rail Pass
Within the JR Tohoku-South Hokkaido Rail Pass valid area and the valid period, this pass allows unlimited rides on the JR Hokkaido Lines (Southern Hokkaido) and on JR East Lines (Tohoku area).
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 19,750 yen | 9,870 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 20,790 yen | 10,390 yen |
[Validity period]
Flexible Five Days
(After arrivving in Japan, select any five days in the 14-days period starting on the day of issue.)
JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass
Within the JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass valid area and the valid period, this pass allows unlimited rides on the JR Hokkaido Lines (Southern Hokkaido) and on JR East Lines (Kanto and Tohoku areas).
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 26,900 yen | 13,450 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 27,930 yen | 13,960 yen |
[Validity period]
Flexible Six Days
(After arrivving in Japan, select any six days in the 14-days period starting on the day of issue.)
SENDAI AREA/MARUGOTO PASS
Sendai AREA/MARUGOTO PASS is a discounted ticket pass when you visit Sendai shi, Miyagi prefecture.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Area pass (1 day) | 1,320 yen | 660 yen |
| Marugoto pass (2 days) | 2,720 yen | 1,350 yen |
JR-East
[Special discount tickets information of JR East]
- JR EAST PASS (Tohoku area)
- JR EAST PASS ( Nagano/Niigata area)
- JR TOKYO Wide Pass
- JR Tohoku-South Hokkaido Rail Pass
- JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass
- Hokuriku Arch Pass
- N’EX TOKYO Round Trip Ticket
- Tokyo 1-Day Ticket
- Tokyo Metropolitan District Pass
- Yokohama-Minatomirai Pass
- Kamakura-Enoshima Pass
JR EAST PASS (Tohoku area)
It allows unlimited rides on all JR East train lines in the JR EAST PASS (Tohoku area) designated area.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 19,350 yen | 9,670 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 20,360 yen | 10,180 yen |
[Validity period]
Flexible Five Days
(After arrivving in Japan, select any five days in the 14-days period starting on the day of issue.)
JR EAST PASS (Nagano/Niigata area)
It allows unlimited rides on all JR East train lines in the JR EAST PASS (Nagano, Niigata area) designated area.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 17,310 yen | 8,650 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 18,330 yen | 9,160 yen |
[Validity period]
Flexible Five Days
(After arrivving in Japan, select any five days in the 14-days period starting on the day of issue.)
JR TOKYO Wide Pass
The JR TOKYO Wide Pass is good for unlimited rides using reserved seats on ordinary cars on Shinkansen, limited express and other trains in the valid use area.
This pass makes it easy to visit popular tourist destinations such as Mt. Fuji, Izu and Karuizawa, GALA Yuzawa.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales within Japan | 10,180 yen | 5,090 yen |
[Validity period]
Three consecutive days
JR Tohoku-South Hokkaido Rail Pass
JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass
Hokuriku Arch Pass
This pass include unlimited use of ordinary car reserved seat on Hokuriku Shinkansen (Tokyo to Kanazawa), limited express, and local (including rapid service) trains (non-reserved seat on “HARUKA”) and all Tokyo Monorail lines within the free usage area.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 24,440 yen | 12,220 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 25,460 yen | 12,730 yen |
[Validity period]
7 continuous days
N’EX TOKYO Round Trip Ticket
The N’EX TOKYO Round Trip Ticket provides great savings for round-trip travel in Ordinary Car reserved seats on the Narita Express, operating between Narita Airport Terminals 1 and 2·3, and major stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
About 33% OFF!!
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales within Japan | 4,070 yen | 2,030 yen |
[Validity period]
14 days
Tokyo 1-Day Ticket
The Tokyo 1-Day Ticket allows unlimited rides on local and rapid JR East trains (excluding reserved seats) within the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo as well as on the subways, the Nippori-Toneri Liner, Tokyo Toei streetcars and the Toei Bus system.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales within Japan | 1,600 yen | 800 yen |
[Validity period]
1 day
Tokyo Metropolitan District Pass
The Tokyo Metropolitan District Pass allows unlimited rides on local and rapid JR East trains (excluding reserved seats) within the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales within Japan | 760 yen | 380 yen |
[Validity period]
1 day
Yokohama-Minatomirai Pass
The Yokohama-Minatomirai Pass allows unlimited rides on local and rapid JR East trains (excluding reserved seats) on the Negishi Line between Yokohama and Shin-Sugita Stations as well as on the Yokohama Minatomirai Line.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales within Japan | 530 yen | 260 yen |
[Validity period]
1 day
Kamakura-Enoshima Pass
The Kamakura-Enoshima Pass allows unlimited rides in the Kamakura/Enoshima area on JR, Enoshima Electric Railway and the Shonan Monorail.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales within Japan | 710 yen | 350 yen |
[Validity period]
1 day
JR-Central
[Special discount tickets information of JR Central]
- Tateyama Kurobe Option Ticket(One-Way)
- Alpine-Takayama-Matsumoto Area Tourist Pass
- Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass
- Ise-Kumano-Wakayama Area Tourist Pass
- Mt. Fuji-Shizuoka Area Tourist Pass Mini
Tateyama Kurobe Option Ticket(One-Way)
The Tateyama Kurobe Option Ticket is a limited-time offer for passengers traveling on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
We recommend using it in combination with a JR pass (such as the Hokuriku Arch Pass) for inexpensive, convenient travel.
This ticket can be used from JR Nagano/Shinano-Omachi Station to Dentetsu-Toyama Station on the Toyama Chiho Railway, or from Dentetsu-Toyama Station to JR Shinano-Omachi Station/Nagano Station. (Not valid for round-trip travel or partial trip round-trip travel)
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Sales Period]
| Sales Period | Usable Period |
| Apr. 13 to Nov. 5, 2020 | Apr. 15 to Nov. 10, 2019 |
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales within Japan | ￥9,800 | ￥4,900 |
[Validity period]
Five consecutive days
Alpine-Takayama-Matsumoto Area Tourist Pass
This pass allow unlimited rides on JR conventional lines running between Nagoya – Gero – Takayama – Toyama, and between Shinano-Omachi – Matsumoto – Nagoya!
In addition, it allow unlimited use of transportation within the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (between Toyama – Tateyama – Murodo – Daikanbo – Kurobe Dam – Shinano-Omachi).
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Sales Period]
| Sales Period | Exchange Period | Usable Period |
|
Feb. 1 to Nov. 6, 2020 |
Mar. 15 to Nov. 6, 2020 | Apr. 15 to Nov. 10, 2020 |
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 17,830 yen | 8,910 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 18,850 yen | 9,420 yen |
[Validity period]
Five consecutive days
Takayama-Hokuriku Area Tourist Pass
This pass allow unlimited rides on JR conventional lines running between Nagoya, Gero, Takayama － Toyama, and linking Kansai-airport, Osaka City area, Kyoto, Kaga-Onsen － Kanazawa, and “Hokuriku Shinkansen” running between Kanazawa － Toyama!
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Pass]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 14,260 yen | 7,130 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 15,280 yen | 7,640 yen |
[Validity period]
Five consecutive days
Ise-Kumano-Wakayama Area Tourist Pass
This pass allow unlimited rides on the following JR conventional lines.
JR conventional lines running between Nagoya, Matsusaka, Shingu, Kii-Katsuura, Shirahama, Wakayama and Kansai Airport, linking Taki, Iseshi and Toba, and connecting Kansai Airport, Osaka City Area, Nara, Kameyama and Nagoya, as well as Wakayama Electric Railway line between Wakayama and Kishi!
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 11,210 yen | 5,600 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 12,220 yen | 6,110 yen |
[Validity period]
Five consecutive days
Mt. Fuji-Shizuoka Area Tourist Pass Mini
Unlimited rides on JR conventional trains convenient for a tour around the World Heritage Mt. Fuji!
Unlimited rides on a ferry line where you can look up at Mt. Fuji on Suruga Bay and buses convenient for visiting World Heritage listed Miho-no-Matsubara, Mishima Skywalk, Shuzenji Onsen, Hamamatsu Flower Park and the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji!
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 4,570 yen | 2,280 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 5,080 yen | 2,540 yen |
[Validity period]
Three consecutive days
JR-West
[Special discount tickets information of JR-West]
- Kansai Area Pass
- Kansai WIDE Area Pass
- Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass
- Sanyo-San’in Area Pass
- Kansai-Hokuriku Area Pass
- Hokuriku Area Pass
- San’in-Okayama Area Pass
- Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area Pass
- Okayama-Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area Pass
- Sanyo-San’in Northern Kyushu Pass
Kansai Area Pass
Kansai Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Sales within Japan | Sales outside Japan | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
|
| 1 day | 2,400 yen | 1,200 yen | 2,300 yen | 1,150 yen |
| 2 days | 4,800 yen | 2,400 yen | 4,600 yen | 2,300 yen |
| 3 days | 5,800 yen | 2,900 yen | 5,600 yen | 2,800 yen |
| 4 days | 6,800 yen | 3,400 yen | 6,600 yen | 3,300 yen |
Kansai WIDE Area Pass
Kansai WIDE Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 9,200 yen | 4,600 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 10,200 yen | 5,100 yen |
[Validity period]
Five consecutive days
Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass
Kansai-Hiroshima Area pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 13,700 yen | 6,850 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 14,700 yen | 7,350 yen |
[Validity period]
Five consecutive days
Sanyo-San’in Area Pass
Sanyo-San’in Area pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 19,400 yen | 9,700 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 20,400 yen | 10,200 yen |
[Validity period]
Seven consecutive days
Kansai-Hokuriku Area Pass
Kansai-Hokuriku Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 15,270 yen | 7,630 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 16,290 yen | 8,140 yen |
[Validity period]
Seven consecutive days
Hokuriku Area Pass
Hokuriku Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 5,090 yen | 2,540 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 5,600 yen | 2,800 yen |
[Validity period]
Four consecutive days
San’in-Okayama Area Pass
San’in-Okayama Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 4,580 yen | 2,290 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 5,600 yen | 2,800 yen |
[Validity period]
Four consecutive days
Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area Pass
Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 11,200 yen | 5,600 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 12,200 yen | 6,100 yen |
[Validity period]
Five consecutive days
Okayama-Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area Pass
Okayama-Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 13,700 yen | 6,850 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 14,700 yen | 7,350 yen |
[Validity period]
Five consecutive days
Sanyo-San’in Northern Kyushu Pass
Sanyo-San’in Northern Kyushu Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales outside Japan | 22,400 yen | 11,200 yen |
| Sales within Japan | 23,400 yen | 11,700 yen |
[Validity period]
Seven consecutive days
JR-Shikoku
[Special discount tickets information of JR-Shikoku]
ALL SHIKOKU Rail Pass
ALL SHIKOKU Rail Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Sales within Japan | Sales outside Japan | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
|
| 3 days | 9,000 yen | 4,500 yen | 9,500 yen | 4,750 yen |
| 4 days | 10,000 yen | 5,000 yen | 10,500 yen | 5,250 yen |
| 5 days | 11,000 yen | 5,500 yen | 11,500 yen | 5,750 yen |
| 7 days | 13,000 yen | 6,500 yen | 13,500 yen | 6,750 yen |
Kagawa Mini Rail ＆ Ferry Pass
Kagawa Mini Rail & Ferry Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales within Japan | 4,000 yen | 2,000 yen |
[Validity period]
Two consecutive days
JR-Kyushu
[Special discount tickets information of JR-Kyushu]
ALL Kyushu Area Pass
All Kyushu Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Sales within Japan | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
|
| 3 days | 15,280 yen | 7,640 yen |
| 5 days | 18,330 yen | 9,160 yen |
Northern Kyushu Area Pass
Northern Kyushu Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Sales within Japan | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
|
| 3 days | 8,660 yen | 4,330 yen |
| 5 days | 10,190 yen | 5,090 yen |
Southern Kyushu Area Pass
Southern Kyushu Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Sales within Japan | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
|
| 3-days | 7,500 yen | 3,750 yen |
Fukuoka Wide Pass
Fukuoka Wide Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map.
[Website]
[Services and routes covered by this pass]
[Fare]
| Type | Adults (12 and older) |
Children (6 – 11) |
| Sales within Japan | ￥3,060 | ￥1,530 |
[Validity period]
Two consecutive days
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