Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides
Shikoku Saihakken Hayatoku Kippu (weekend local-train day pass)
四国再発見早トクきっぷ · JR Shikoku
¥2,400 Adult · ¥1,200 Child (half price)
One day; Saturdays and holidays only.
Honshi-Bisan Line 本四備讃線
Railway · JR Shikoku 四国旅客鉄道 · 2 stations
How to ride JR Shikoku (Shikoku Railway Company) P
Operator-wide facts from JR Shikoku (Shikoku Railway Company)'s own pages; individual lines and stations can differ.
IC cards (Suica etc.)Some cards or areas PICOCA
Credit card touchNot confirmed
Delays & suspensionsLive status →Japanese only; delays of about 30 minutes or more and cancellations
Step-free accessStation list → PPer-line pages list each station's elevators, slopes, wheelchair access, accessible toilets and phone number. Staff set up a ramp to help wheelchair users board; contact the station in advance, as staff must be sent to unstaffed stations or at times without staff.
IC cards and payment in detail
JR Shikoku uses ICOCA (JR West's IC card) and itself refers to stations outside its transport IC card area, so IC cards work at some stations only. Which stations are inside the IC area, and whether other nationwide cards (Suica, PASMO etc.) are accepted there, could not be confirmed: JR Shikoku's ICOCA page could not be read by the fetcher. Contactless credit card touch: not confirmed. P
在来線における定期券サービス向上について ～交通系ＩＣカードのエリア外の駅でモバイル定期券がご利用可能に～Sources checked 2026-10-10 · review: draft_unreviewed
- www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/02_information/disabilities/ · official accessibility page · checked 2026-10-10
- www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/ · official home page · checked 2026-10-07
- www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/03_news/press/ · official press release list · checked 2026-10-07
- www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/info/ · official status page · checked 2026-10-09
Passes valid on this line 10 P
Day passes, regional passes and special tickets that include this line, cheapest first. 3 of them are sold only to foreign visitors. Prices and rules change: check the official page before you buy.
Anyone can buy Until 16 Oct 20263 days · Unlimited rides
Autumn Unlimited Ride Pass (Aki no Norihōdai Pass)
秋の乗り放題パス · JR Group
¥7,850 Adult · ¥3,920 Child (6–11) ¥2,617/day
3 consecutive days from the start date chosen when buying.
Anyone can buy On sale from 27 Nov 20263 days · Unlimited rides
Seishun 18 Kippu
青春18きっぷ · JR Group (sold by all six JR companies)
¥10,000 3-day ticket (any age, one person) · ¥12,050 5-day ticket (any age, one person) ¥3,333/day
3 or 5 consecutive days from the start date chosen when buying; only one person per ticket. Valid until the last train on the last day.
Foreign visitors only 3 days · Unlimited rides
ALL SHIKOKU Rail Pass
ALL SHIKOKU Rail Pass · JR Shikoku (with Shikoku's railway and tram operators)
¥12,000 Adult, 3 days · ¥6,000 Child (6–11), 3 days · ¥20,000 Adult, 7 days · +1 more ¥4,000/day
3 or 7 consecutive days. (The 4- and 5-day passes were discontinued for passes issued from 1 October 2026.)
Conditions apply 3 days · Unlimited rides
Birthday Kippu (Shikoku)
バースデイきっぷ · JR Shikoku
¥12,000 Non-reserved version, adult · ¥15,000 Green Car version, adult ¥4,000/day
3 consecutive days starting in the birth month.
Conditions apply On sale from 11 Nov 20263 days · Unlimited rides
Smart Eki Youth Shikoku Free Kippu (age 25 and under)
スマえき 若者限定四国フリーきっぷ · JR Shikoku
¥12,000 Age 25 and under (no child fare) ¥4,000/day
3 consecutive days in the season.
Anyone can buy 1 day · Unlimited rides
Weekend Unlimited Ride Ticket (Shikoku)
週末乗り放題きっぷ · JR Shikoku
¥12,000 Adult · ¥6,000 Child (half price)
One day; Saturdays, holidays, 31 Dec, 2 Jan and 3 Jan only.
Foreign visitors only 5 days · Unlimited rides
Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass
Kansai-Hiroshima Area Pass · JR West
¥17,000 Adult, 5 days · ¥8,500 Child (6–11), 5 days ¥3,400/day
5 consecutive days, from 0:00 on the first day to 24:00 on the last day. Child = 6–11 years old when bought; up to two children aged 1–5 travel free with each pass holder (without own seat).
Anyone can buy 3 days · Unlimited rides
Shikoku Free Kippu
四国フリーきっぷ · JR Shikoku
¥18,000 Adult · ¥9,000 Child (half price) ¥6,000/day
3 consecutive days.
Foreign visitors only 7 days · Unlimited rides
Japan Rail Pass
ジャパン・レール・パス · JR Group (JR Hokkaido, JR East, JR Central, JR West, JR Shikoku, JR Kyushu)
¥50,000 Ordinary, 7 days, adult (official web sales) · ¥25,000 Ordinary, 7 days, child 6–11 (official web sales) · ¥80,000 Ordinary, 14 days, adult (official web sales) · +21 more ¥7,143/day
7, 14 or 21 consecutive days from the start date you choose. Child = 6 to 11 years old at the time of use.
4 passes cover part of this line
Valid only between the stations named; outside that stretch you pay the fare. Stretches marked “unofficial source” come from Wikipedia or travel sites, and “estimated from the official map” ones were read off the issuer's map image, not its text: check the official map before you buy.
- Kansai WIDE Area Excursion Pass · ¥12,000 Adult, 3 days · ¥6,000 Child, 3 days · Kojima – Utazu (estimated from the official map)
- Kansai WIDE Area Pass · ¥12,000 Adult, 5 days · ¥6,000 Child (6–11), 5 days · Kojima – Utazu (estimated from the official map)
- Okayama-Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area Pass · ¥17,000 Adult, 5 days · ¥8,500 Child (6–11), 5 days · Kojima – Utazu (estimated from the official map)
- Setouchi Area Pass · ¥22,000 Adult, 7 days · ¥11,000 Child (6–11), 7 days · Kojima – Utazu (estimated from the official map)
IC cards (Suica, ICOCA…) P
- ICOCA area: Kagawa (JR Shikoku) ICOCA and the other nationwide IC cards (Suica, PASMO, TOICA, manaca, PiTaPa, SUGOCA, nimoca, Hayakaken, Kitaca)
All stations estimated from the official map - ICOCA area: Kansai, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, San'in ICOCA and the other nationwide IC cards (Suica, PASMO, TOICA, manaca, PiTaPa, SUGOCA, nimoca, Hayakaken, Kitaca)
1 of 2 stations estimated from the official map
This line runs through more than one IC card area. A journey on an IC card must start and end in the same area: across the boundary, buy a ticket.
Trains to book on this line 1 P
Sightseeing trains and services whose seats you reserve in advance.
All seats reserved Sightseeing train
La Malle de Bois
La Malle de Bois（ラ・マル・ド・ボァ） · JR West
From Okayama to Uno ("La Malle Setouchi"), Mihara ("La Malle Shimanami"), Hinase ("La Malle Bizen-Osafune") or Kotohira ("La Malle Kotohira")
One round trip on operating days; calendar through February 2027
¥1,370 from
Before you travel
- Using passesBuying a pass: who can, where and when
The JAPAN RAIL PASS is for foreign tourists entering as Temporary Visitors; get the stamp at immigration. Buying on the official website is cheaper than an exchange order from an agency abroad. Pick the pass up in Japan with your original passport. JR passes run on consecutive days and the start date cannot be changed once you have the pass. - Using passesUsing a rail pass at the gates and on board
Put a paper JR pass through the automatic gate (not the IC-only ones) or show it at the staffed gate; app passes are shown to staff. Always carry your passport. Seat reservations are free with the pass, but the JAPAN RAIL PASS does not cover Nozomi/Mizuho, private railways or JR highway buses, and a lost pass is not reissued. - Seat reservationsBooking seats on JR West: e5489 and JR-WEST ONLINE TRAIN RESERVATION
JR West sells reserved seats from 10:00 one month before travel. Book online on e5489 (Japanese) or JR-WEST ONLINE TRAIN RESERVATION (English), then collect paper tickets at a ticket machine with the 5489 logo, or ride ticketless where offered. - More tipsNight travel: sleeper train and night buses
The Sunrise Seto (Tokyo to Takamatsu) and Sunrise Izumo (Tokyo to Izumo-shi) are the overnight sleeper trains JR lists today; berths cost extra, even with a rail pass. Overnight highway buses are another option; JR Bus Kanto sells seats from 10:00 one month and one day before travel. Buy night tickets early: ticket offices may be closed late at night.
Stations
In order along the main route; branch stations, if any, are listed at the end. English names and readings where OpenStreetMap has them.
| # | Station | English | Passengers / day (2024) | Guide / other lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 児島 🗣 | Kojima | 9,174 | Honshi-Bisan Line |
| 2 | 宇多津 🗣 | Utazu | 4,722 | JR Yosan Line |
Passengers per day: people boarding and getting off on an average day, all operators at the station counted once each (MLIT station passenger data S12).
Lines and stations: 「国土数値情報（鉄道データ、駅別乗降客数データ）」（国土交通省）を加工して作成 (MLIT National Land Numerical Information, railway data N02-24 and station passengers S12-25, CC BY 4.0). English station names and readings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), where they match. Data & credits.