The JR EAST PASS is a discounted rail pass for overseas visitors that offers unlimited travel on JR East lines in eastern Japan (including Tokyo, Tohoku, Nagano, and Niigata areas). There are now two versions:

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Step 1. Register the FIRST PASSENGER

Fill out the details for the first passenger and click 'Add to Bag'.

★ Order of passport name does not matter
★ Do NOT change the quantity to add another person to your order.

Step 2. Change necessary details for the NEXT PASSENGER

Previous passenger details will remain from Step 1.
Change necessary details for the second person (e.g. name, gender and nationality) and click 'Add More'.

Step 3. To proceed to payment 'Go to Checkout'

To proceed to payment, click 'go to checkout'

Email delivery

EMAIL

e-Ticket MCO will be sent by email on the booking day *Please select the "Pickup option" for email delivery

*Applicable to online booking made between Mon-Fri, 9am-4:30pm Sydney time

How to make a seat reservation

Online reservation from this link or Visit a JR Ticket Office (Midori-no-madoguchi) or Travel Service Centre located in most major JR East stations, and present your JR East Pass to reserve a seat.

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• This rail pass is available only for foreign visitors who enter Japan with a non-Japanese passport under the entry status of “Temporary Visitor”.
• e-Ticket Exchange Order (MCO) is valid for 3 months from the issue date.
• All prices are in Australian dollars and are subject to change due to the exchange rate.
• Child (6-11 years old) rate remain 50% of the adult rate.
• 0% Credit Card Surcharge Fee. *VISA and Mastercard ONLY
• Abandoned cart and Unpaid Booking records will be deleted after 72 hours of transaction without notice.
• Any booking made after-hours and on weekends & Public Holidays will be processed on the next business day. *Office Trading Hour
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Unlimited travel on local, limited express and express trains including Shinkansen on the following rail company lines:
• JR EAST (including BRT*)
• Tokyo Monorail (Tokyo Panorama Line)
• Aoimori Railway Line
• Iwate Galaxy Railway (IGR) Line
• Sendai Airport Transit Line
• Sanriku Railway
• Hokuetsu Express
• Echigo Tokimeki Railway (between Naoetsu and Arai)
• Reserved seats in ordinary cars of the following express trains with through operations between JR EAST and Tobu Railway lines: Nikko, Kinugawa, and SPACIA Kinugawa trains.
• This pass can also be used on the Tobu Railway local trains (including rapid services) from Shimo-imaichi to Tōbu-nikkō and Kinugawa-onsen.
  Between Kurihashi and Shimo-imaichi, you can only use limited express trains that run through to Tobu Railway. **
• JR buses in the valid area (excluding highway buses and some route buses)View the bus mapOpens in a new window
• BRT refers to a Bus Rapid Transit system.
• The JR EAST PASS can only be used for limited express trains that have through services directly from the JR line to the Tobu Railway.
  The pass cannot be used for limited express trains that both begin and end at Tobu Railway stations. (When riding a limited express train from Tochigi Station, Shin-kanuma Station, Shimo-imaichi Station, Tōbu-nikkō Station, Tobu World Square Station, or Kinugawa-onsen Station, the departure or arrival station must be a JR station.)
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