JR West Kansai Area Rail Pass

What to bring

• Carry your passport while using a rail pass and present it to JR staff if needed

Additional information

• This pass is for you if you are a non-Japanese passport holder with a temporary visiting visa and permanently reside outside Japan for over 6 months.

• Please ensure that you receive a stamp or seal from airport staff indicating that you are a 'temporary visitor'. Ensure that you approach personnel if entering via an automated gate to receive the stamp/certificate.

• For more information on using Kyoto City Subway, Keihan Railway, and Hankyu Railway, please click here.

• Children aged 12 and over are considered as adults. An Adult or Child pass holder can support up to 2 infants, aged 5 and under for free. Additional charges will apply for more infants.

• A rail pass will not be reissued even if lost or stolen.

• Unused tickets can be fully refunded during the validity.

• Specify a fixed date while redeeming the voucher for physical tickets.

• The starting date on the rail pass and the duration cannot be changed after purchase.

• Some JR trains offer reserved seating although you might have to purchase a separate express ticket to reserve the seats.

• No express ticket is required for reservations on Rapid Services and local trains on JR-West Conventional Lines.

• Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.

• Please present the voucher along with a valid passport at the redemption stations in exchange for your physical JR pass.

How to redeem your tickets

• Please go to green ticket-vending machines and pick up physical ticket by scanning QR code of e-ticket and non-Japanese passport.

• If the machine breaks down or the passport have no IC chip, please proceed to JR-WEST Ticket Office to exchange physical ticket.

• Head to the JR Pass Ticket Office (Midori no Madoguchi) and lookout for a digital redemption machine

• You can also redeem your voucher at the ticket redemption machines at major JR West station and board the JR trains directly from there

• Exchanging reserved seat tickets: Before getting on the train, please go to the green ticket-vending machines and pick. up physical reserved seat tickets by the area pass.

• Click here for the step-by-step redemption process using a digital redemption machine