Book your National Japan Rail Pass
Order your Japan Rail Pass Ordinary or "Green" (1st Class) for a duration of 7, 14 or 21 days

Order your national Japan Rail Pass
JR Pass, for low-cost train travel
The JR Pass is the ideal travel solution and the best way to travel throughout Japan Japan by train. With a Japan Rail Pass, you can travel without restriction on the Japan Railways network for 7, 14 or 21 days. Japan Rail has a network of more than 20.000 km, covering the entire country, the JR Pass allows you to go almost anywhere.
Economical and simple to use, the JR Pass offers excellent cost-performance over buying individual train tickets. Maximize your JR Pass: for the price of a return ticket Tokyo-Kyoto and visit the rest of Japan free for 7 days!
Japan Experience, a leading JR Pass distributor, can offer you the best prices and can send your tickets anywhere in the world. Purchase your JR Pass now!
Who is eligible for the Japan Rail Pass?
- The Japan Rail Pass is accessible to any traveler, with a foreign passport, traveling to Japan with a "temporary visitor" visa of 90 days or less: tourist, business trip, family visit...
- Therefore, people who travel to Japan for more than 90 days (working holiday, military, diplomatic, cultural, research, working visa, etc.) are not eligible.
- Japanese citizens can buy and use the JR Pass if they reside abroad and have proof of ten-year consecutive residency. This proof must be issued before purchasing the Japan Rail Pass. (For more information, please see our FAQ)
Conditions of the JR Pass
Validity
- The Japan Rail Pass is valid on all the JR lines all over Japan (except the Nozomi and the Mizuho Shinkansen).
- The pass is valid on the Tokyo Monorail, some lines of Aoimori Railways and local JR buses.
- The Pass is also valid on the JR Miyajima ferry.
- The Japan Rail Pass is not valid on private (non-JR) railway lines such as: Hakone-Tozan, Nankai Koya, Fujikyu, Kitakinki-Tango. Some JR trains do travel over non-JR tracks and JR Pass holders are required to pay a supplement for this part of the journey (either on board or at the station).
JRP Assistance
The JRP Assistance service is offered to customers who have purchased a Japan Rail Pass on the Japan-Rail-Pass or the Japan Experience website. This service provides unlimited access to telephone assistance in Japan 7 days a week and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for any questions, advice or troubleshooting relating to your train journey in Japan. This service also allows you to get a full refund of your Japan Rail Pass, should you need to cancel your order.
Frequently asked questions
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