JR PASS Specialist - HIS Los Angeles, JR (Japan Rail) PASS

There are two types of JR PASS:

Green (for superior-class Green cars), and Ordinary (for normal economy class cars). Each of these types is available as a 7–day,14–day, or 21–day JR PASS. Below are yen prices for a Japan Rail PASS Exchange Order. The actual cost, in your local currency, is calculated at the time the JR Pass Exchange Order is issued. In Japan you will present the exchange order to a designated JR station and receive your pass with the start date of your choice (within one month of presenting the pass exchange order). Note: The JR pass exchange order must be turned in within 3months of the issuing date shown on the Japan Rail pass exchange order.

Type:	JR Pass Green:		JR Pass Ordinary:
Duration:	Adult	Child	Adult	Child
7–day:	¥37,800 ⁄ $ 392	¥18,900 ⁄ $ 196	¥28,300 ⁄ $ 294	¥14,150 ⁄ $ 147
14–day:	¥61,200 ⁄ $ 635	¥30,600 ⁄ $ 317	¥45,100 ⁄ $ 468	¥22,550 ⁄ $ 234
21–day:	¥79,600 ⁄ $ 826	¥39,800 ⁄ $ 413	¥57,700 ⁄ $ 598	¥28,850 ⁄ $ 299
JR PASS prices for children apply from age 6 to and including age 11. Japan Rail Pass prices are subject to change. The applicable price is the price valid on the date when a JR Pass Exchange Order is issued.

Who is eligible for a JR PASS?

1. You are a foreign tourist visiting Japan from abroad for sight–seeting, 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." Most US citizens entering Japan without a VISA receive 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.

2. You are a Japanese national living in a foreign country,

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.

Persons meeting conditions a) or b) above are required to show proof of same at the point of purchase of an JR Pass Exchange Order and obtaining a JAPAN RAIL PASS.

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. So it does not meet the condition to purchase a Japan Rail Pass.

JR PASS Validity

The JR Pass is valid for the railways, buses, and ferry boats shown below.

Railways:	All JR Group Railways–Shinkansen "bullet trains" (except any reserved or non–reserved seat on "NOZOMI" trains),limited express trains, Japan rail express trains, and Japan rail rapid or Japan rail 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
Ferry:	Only the JR Miyajima ferry is covered. The JR Hakata–Pusan (Korea) ferry is not covered.

JR PASS Validity Period

The validity period of a JAPAN RAIL PASS is consecutive 7, 14, or 21 days. The first day begins on the date the JR Pass is first used.
Within three months from the date the Japan Rail Pass Exchange Order was issued, you must turn in your Exchange Order to obtain your JR PASS. At that time, you have to specify the date that you want to start using the Japan Rail Pass. It can be any date within one month from the date the JR PASS is received.
Once the JAPAN RAIL PASS has a starting date written on it, the date cannot be changed.

How to obtain JR PASS

1. Purchase a JR Pass Exchange Order before you go to Japan.

You need to purchase an Exchange Order from an authorized sales agent in US prior to your arrival in Japan. You can order a JR Pass from H.I.S. International Tours (L.A.) Inc. Japan Rail Pass order form page.

2. Present your Japan Rail Pass Exchange Order and obtain your JR PASS after you arrive in Japan.

Upon arrival in Japan, you need to turn in the Japan Rail Pass Exchange Order to receive your JR PASS at an applicable JAPAN RAIL station that has an exchange office.

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