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1. Transportation services
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The JAPAN RAIL PASS is valid for the railways,
buses, and ferry boats shown in Table 1. |
| Railways: |
All JR Group Railways-Shinkansen"bullet trains"
(except any reserved or non-reserved seat on "NOZOMI" trains), limited express trains, express trains, and rapid or local trains. (With some exceptions) |
| Buses: |
Local lines of JR bus companies (JR Hokkaido Bus,
JR Bus Tohoku, JR Bus Kanto, JR Tokai Bus, West Japan JR
Bus, Chugoku JR Bus, JR Shikoku Bus, JR Kyushu Bus) and
some of JR highway bus services*.
* Sapporo-Otaru; Morioka-Hirosaki; Tokyo-Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka,Tsukuba Center; Nagoya-Kyoto, Osaka; Osaka-Tsuyama, Kasai Flower Center
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| Ferry: |
Only the JR Miyajima ferry is covered. The JR Hakata-Pusan (Korea) ferry is not covered. |
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Important
notes:
The JAPAN RAIL PASS is not valid for any seats, reserved or non-reserved, on "NOZOMI" trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines.(The pass holders must take “HIKARI” or “KODAMA” trains.)If you use a "NOZOMI," you must pay the basic fare and the limited express charge, and for a Green Car the Green Car surcharge.
Note also that passengers using JR trains on non-JR lines must pay additional fares and charges for sections traveled on such lines.
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| Table 1 |
2. Train accommodations
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Most 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. |
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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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There are no Green Cars on most HIKARI
and KODAMA trains on the Sanyo Shinkansen line (Shin-Osaka
·Hakata), or on TSUBAME trains on the Kyushu Shinkansen
line(Shin-Yatsushiro – Kagoshima- chūō )
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Trains
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Accomodations
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Green
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Ordinary
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“NOZOMI” trains* on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen
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Green Car |
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| Ordinary Car |
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| “HIKARI” and “KODAMA” trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinknasen and any trains on the Tohoku, Yamagata, Akita, Joetsu, Nagano and Kyushu Shinkansen |
Green Car |
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| Ordinary Car |
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| Ordinary private Compartment |
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Limited express and ordinary express
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Green Car |
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| Ordinary Car |
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| Green private Compartment |
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| Ordinary private Compartment |
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| Sleeping Car |
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Local and rapid trains
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Green Car |
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| Ordinary Car |
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Table 2
Remarks:
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The JAPAN RAIL PASS is not valid for any seats, reserved (incl. Green Car) or non-reserved, on “NOZOMI” trains. |
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If you use a “DX Green” on “Relay TSUBAME” train (operated by JR Kyushu), you must pay the limited express charge in addition to the DX Green charge. |
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Private Compartments are available on some of “HIKARI” and “KODAMA” trains on the Sanyo Shinkansen. |
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Green Private Compartments are on certain limited express trains, such as “NARITA EXPRESS” and “Super-view Odoriko.” |
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Use of “Home Liner” and other “liner” trains requires an additional charge. |
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3. Validity period
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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. |
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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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