Wakkanai

Shinkansen "bullet trains"

Akita Shinkansen NP
7UDLQ1DPH.20$&+,
Akita

Hachinohe
Nayoro

Yamagata Shinkansen
NP

Fukagawa
Kamikawa
Mashike
Asahikawa

$NLWD6KLQNDQVHQ.20$&+,

7UDLQ1DPH768%$6$

<DPDJDWD6KLQNDQVHQ768%$6$

Morioka

Joetsu Shinkansen NP

Shinjo
Otaru

7UDLQ1DPHV72.,7$1,*$:$
0D[72.,0D[7$1,*$:$

Hakodate

Fukushima

Okayama

Shin-Osaka Kyoto

Samani

Noheji
Hirosaki

Misawa

Higashi-Noshiro Odate

Omiya
Oga

Sanyo Shinkansen NP

Tokaido Shinkansen NP
7UDLQ1DPHV12=20,+,.$5,LQFO+,.$5,5DLO6WDU
7UDLQ1DPHV12=20,+,.$5,.2'$0$
.2'$0$

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Hiroshima

Kushiro

Aomori

7UDLQ1DPHV+$<$7(<$0$%,.21$6812
0D[<$0$%,.20D[1$6812

Kokura

Obihiro

7RKRNX6KLQNDQVHQ+$<$7(

Tohoku Shinkansen NP

Hakata

Nemuro

Ominato

Takasaki

7RNDLGR 6DQ\R6KLQNDQVHQ+,.$5,

Shibecha

Oiwake

Noboribetsu
Muroran

Sendai

Nagano

Shiretoko-Shari
Mashu

Tomakomai

NP
7UDLQ1DPH$6$0$

6DQ\R6KLQNDQVHQ+,.$5,5DLO6WDU

Furano

Abashiri

Minami-Chitose

Yamagata

Niigata

Nagano
Shinkansen

1DJDQR6KLQNDQVHQ$6$0$

New-Chitose
Airport

Toya

Oshamanbe

Sapporo

Kitami

HOKKAIDO

8
Metoki
Ninohe
7

Hachinohe

Iwate-Numakunai
Akita
Tazawako Shizukuishi
Iwaizumi
Morioka
Kakunodate
Miyako
Omagari
Shin-Hanamaki
Kitakami
Sakata
Kamaishi
Mizusawa-Esashi

Nagoya Shin-Yokohama Shinagawa

Tokyo
Note : There are three types of train services, NOZOMI, HIKARI and KODAMA on the Tokaido and Sanyo
Shinkansen, and the stations at which trains stop vary with train types. The JAPAN RAIL PASS is only valid for
HIKARI and KODAMA trains, and not valid for any seats, reserved or non-reserved, on NOZOMI trains.
To travel on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen , the pass holders must take HIKARI or KODAMA trains, or
pay the basic fare and the Shinkansen express charge to take NOZOMI trains. (See p. 5 for detail)

Tsuruoka

Tendo
Yamagata

Ishinomaki
Sendai

Niitsu

Naoetsu
Tsubata

Takaoka

Saigata

Urasa

Tokyo

Airport
Terminal 2

Shibuya

Yokohama

Shinagawa

Narita Airport
Terminal 1

Yonezawa
Shiroishi-Zao

Nagaoka
Fukushima
Aizu-Wakamatsu Inawashiro

Wakuraonsen

Ueno
Shinjuku

Kurikomakogen
Murayama
Sakuranbo Furukawa
Higashine

Niigata
Tsubame-Sanjo

Ikebukuro

Ichinoseki

Shinjo
Oishida

7RKRNX -RHWVX6KLQNDQVHQ0D[

Stations in Tokyo area

that have JAPAN RAIL PASS exchange offices

Kuji

Koriyama

Haranomachi

Muikamachi
Echigo-Yuzawa
Shin-Shirakawa
Jomo-Kogen
Iwaki
Nagano
Kinugawa-Onsen Nasu-Shiobara
Tobu-Nikko
Izumo-Shi Matsue
Ueda
Fukui
Kinosaki-Onsen
Nikko
Karuizawa
Tottori
Matsumoto
Annaka-Haruna
Takayama
Yonago
Utsunomiya
Kurayoshi
Sakudaira
Toyooka
4 Amanohashidate
Takasaki 9
Gero
Shiojiri Okaya
Miyazu
Chizu
Chino
Hamada
Tatsuno
Oyama
Honjo-Waseda
Tsuruga
5
Masuda
Kumagaya Tsukuba Mito
Nishi-Maizuru
Higashi-Hagi
Kiso-Fukushima
Tsuwano
Fukuchiyama
Kobuchizawa
Nagato-Shi
Maibara
Gifu Mino-Ota
Yamaguchi
Kamigori
Shin-Shimonoseki
Omiya
Kashimajingu
Hiroshima
Kofu
Shin-Kurashiki Okayama
Gifu-Hashima
Shin-Yamaguchi
Himeji
Shimonoseki
Nakatsugawa
Mihara
Narita
Tokuyama
Ueno
Hachioji
Kyoto
Narita Airport
Aioi
Shin-Kobe
Kokura
Mt.
Fuji
Asa
Shinagawa Tokyo
Fukuyama
Shin-Iwakuni Higashi-Hiroshima
Nagoya
Nishi-akashi
Shin-Yokohama
Chiba
Shin-Osaka Kawarada
Choshi
Shin-Onomichi
San-no-miya
Osaka
Odawara Yokohama
Takamatsu
3
Shinfuji
Nara
Kamakura
Mikawa-Anjo
Imabari
Tsu
Utazu
Hakata
Tennoji
Shizuoka
Kisarazu
Atami
Kansai Airport
Toyohashi
Naruto
Kotohira
Matsuyama
Sasebo
Mishima
Saga Tosu
Matsusaka
Iseshi
Hita
Ito
Kakegawa
Tokushima
Awa-Ikeda
Awa-Kamogawa
Kurume
Shuzenji
Taki
Beppu
Hamamatsu
Wakayama
2
Huis Ten Bosch
Tateyama
Toba
Yufuin
Oita
Koyasan
Kochi
Izukyu-Shimoda
Aso

Narita Airport-Tokyo
About 60 min. by JR's limited express "Narita Express"
About 90 min. by JR's rapid train

Toyama

Kanazawa

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Shin-Yatsushiro

Kyushu Shinkansen
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7UDLQ1DPH768%$0(

Stations in Kansai area

that have JAPAN RAIL PASS exchange offices
Shin-Osaka

HONSHU

Kyoto
Osaka

JR Nanba

Kansai Airport

SHIKOKU

Kumamoto

Nagasaki

Yatsushiro
Shin-Minamata

Shin-Yatsushiro

KYUSHU
Hitoyoshi

Tennoji

Kaifu

Uwajima

Misumi

Kubokawa
6

Nakamura
Sukumo

Shirahama

Kumanoshi
Shingu
Kiikatsuura
Kushimoto

Hineno

The stations in red in the map have JAPAN RAIL PASS exchange offices.
(as of September, 2009)

Izumi
Sendai
Miyakonojo

Ibusuki

Miyazaki
Miyazaki Airport

Kyobashi

The following are non-JR lines (and sections), indicated as 19in the map, that may be traveled on (though the JAPAN RAIL PASS is not valid for them) by JR-line express
and limited express trains; 1 Hokuetsu Kyuko (Muikamachi-Saigata); 2 Izu Kyuko (Ito-Izukyu Shimoda); 3 Ise Railway (Kawarada-Tsu); 4 Kitakinki Tango Railway
(Nishimaizuru-Toyooka; Fukuchiyama-Miyazu); 5 Chizu Kyuko (Kamigori-Chizu); 6 Tosa Kuroshio Railway (Kubokawa-Sukumo); 7 IGR Iwate Ginga Railway (MoriokaMetoki); 8 Aoimori Railway (Metoki-Hachinohe) 9 Tobu Railway (Kurihashi -7REX1LNNR.LQXJDZDRQVHQ

Kansai Airport - Shin-Osaka/Osaka/Kyoto

45 min. (shortest) to Shin-Osaka, 72 min. (shortest) to Kyoto
by JR's limited express "Kansai Airport Express Haruka"
About 60 min. to Osaka by Kansai Airport Special Rapid
Service