Foreign visitors only JR East and JR Hokkaido (joint pass) 東日本旅客鉄道・北海道旅客鉄道（共同設定）
JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass
Price¥40,000Adult · 2 variants
Valid for6 days¥6,667/day at the lowest price
Who can buyForeign visitors only
TypeUnlimited rides
Checked a while agoWe last checked the official sources for this pass on 2026-10-10. Prices and rules may have changed since: check the official page before you rely on it.
- Validity
- 6 consecutive days from the start date you choose.
- Who can buy
- Holders of a non-Japanese passport. Original passport needed to buy and collect; carry it while using the pass.
- Format
- Paper pass; reserve seats separately for free.
- When it is sold
- Current version valid from 14 March 2026 (area extended to the whole Joetsu Shinkansen and Uetsu Line; Tokyo and Koshinetsu free areas changed).
Prices P
| Adult | ¥40,000 |
|---|---|
| Child (6–11) | ¥20,000 |
Is it worth it?
Add the normal one-way fares of the rides you plan within 6 days (from the fare charts at stations or a route planner).
Express, seat and Green car charges are usually not included in a pass: leave them out of the fares too unless the pass covers them.
How to use it
- Buy online on JR-EAST Train Reservation, at a JR East Travel Service Center or station in the area, or from an overseas partner agent.
- Ride Shinkansen, limited express, express and local trains (ordinary cars) in the free area; get free seat reservations before boarding all-reserved trains.
- Carry your passport and show it when asked.
Using passes at the gates, passports and seat reservations →
Where to buy
- JR-EAST Train Reservation (online)
- JR East Travel Service Centers (Eki Tabi Concierge) and some stations in the area
- Partner travel agents overseas
Disruptions in this pass's area
Lines the pass covers where trains do not run now. Ask the operator whether the pass is also valid on its replacement buses or taxis.
Service suspended · 北上線Kitakami Line: no trains between Hotto-Yuda and Yokote for the time being after heavy-rain damage. See JR East's notices for the replacement bus. As of 2026-10-10. Source
Service suspended · 陸羽東線Rikuu East Line: no trains between Naruko-Onsen and Shinjo since the July 2024 heavy rain, until further notice. Replacement buses run on this section. As of 2026-10-10. Source
Service suspended · 総武線Sobu Main Line: no trains between Yachimata and Naruto after Typhoon No. 25; reopening is expected to take about a month. Replacement buses run on this section. As of 2026-10-10. Source
Service suspended · 津軽線Tsugaru Line: no trains between Kanita and Minmaya because of track damage. Use the replacement bus or the shared taxi "Wantaku". As of 2026-10-10. Source
Service suspended · 米坂線Yonesaka Line: no trains between Sakamachi and Imaizumi since the August 2022 heavy rain, until further notice. Replacement buses run on this section. As of 2026-10-10. Source
What it covers P
Railways
- JR East 東日本旅客鉄道 — 69 sections of lines
JR East lines (incl. BRT) in the free area: Tohoku, Niigata (whole Joetsu Shinkansen and Uetsu Line) and parts of the Tokyo and Koshinetsu areas; see the pass map (area estimated from the official map).
In Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano, Shizuoka PSections P
- Joetsu Shinkansen Omiya – Niigata 大宮～新潟 · 10 stations
- JR Uetsu Line Niitsu – Akita 新津～秋田 · 60 stations
- Tohoku Shinkansen Tōkyō – Shin-Aomori (estimated from the official map) 東京～新青森 · 23 stations
- Tōhoku Main Line Tōkyō – Morioka (estimated from the official map) 東京～盛岡 · 131 stations
- Tōhoku Main Line Nippori – Akabane (estimated from the official map) 日暮里～赤羽 · 7 stations
- Tōhoku Main Line Akabane – Omiya (estimated from the official map) 赤羽～大宮 · 12 stations
- JR Ou Line Fukushima – Aomori (estimated from the official map) 福島～青森 · 101 stations
- JR Tazawako Line Morioka – Omagari (estimated from the official map) 盛岡～大曲 · 18 stations
- JR Hachinohe Line Hachinohe – Kuji (estimated from the official map) 八戸～久慈 · 24 stations
- Yamada Line Morioka – Miyako (estimated from the official map) 盛岡～宮古 · 15 stations
- JR Kamaishi Line Hanamaki – Kamaishi (estimated from the official map) 花巻～釜石 · 24 stations
- Kitakami Line Kitakami – Yokote (estimated from the official map) 北上～横手 · 15 stations ⚠ disrupted
- JR Hanawa Line Koma – Odate (estimated from the official map) 好摩～大館 · 27 stations
- Gonō Line Higashi-Noshiro – Kawabe (estimated from the official map) 東能代～川部 · 43 stations
- JR Rikuu East Line Kogota – Shinjo (estimated from the official map) 小牛田～新庄 · 27 stations ⚠ disrupted
- Rikuu West Line Shinjo – Amarume (estimated from the official map) 新庄～余目 · 10 stations
- Local train Sendai – Uzen-Chitose (estimated from the official map) 仙台～羽前千歳 · 18 stations
- JR Ban'etsu West Line Koriyama – Niitsu (estimated from the official map) 郡山～新津 · 42 stations
- JR Ban'etsu East Line Iwaki – Koriyama (estimated from the official map) いわき～郡山 · 16 stations
- JR Tadami Line Aizu-Wakamatsu – Koide (estimated from the official map) 会津若松～小出 · 36 stations
- Jōban Line Nippori – Iwanuma (estimated from the official map) 日暮里～岩沼 · 80 stations
- JR Nikko Line Utsunomiya – Nikko (estimated from the official map) 宇都宮～日光 · 7 stations
- JR Mito Line Oyama – Tomobe (estimated from the official map) 小山～友部 · 16 stations
- Joetsu Line Takasaki – Echigo-Yuzawa (estimated from the official map) 高崎～越後湯沢 · 20 stations
- Joetsu Line Echigo-Yuzawa – Gala-Yuzawa (estimated from the official map) 越後湯沢～ガーラ湯沢 · 2 stations
- Ryomo Line Shim-Maebashi – Oyama (estimated from the official map) 新前橋～小山 · 19 stations
- Yamanote Line Shinagawa – Tabata (estimated from the official map) 品川～田端 · 17 stations
- Tōkaidō Main Line Tōkyō – Ofuna (estimated from the official map) 東京～大船 · 19 stations
- Tōkaidō Main Line Shinagawa – Tsurumi (estimated from the official map) 品川～鶴見 · 5 stations
- Tōkaidō Main Line Tsurumi – Hazawa yokohama-kokudai (estimated from the official map) 鶴見～羽沢横浜国大 · 2 stations
- JR Yokosuka Line Ofuna – Kurihama (estimated from the official map) 大船～久里浜 · 9 stations
- Negishi Line Yokohama – Ofuna (estimated from the official map) 横浜～大船 · 12 stations
- JR Yokohama Line Hachioji – Higashi-Kanagawa (estimated from the official map) 八王子～東神奈川 · 20 stations
- JR Nambu Line Tachikawa – Kawasaki (estimated from the official map) 立川～川崎 · 26 stations
- JR Chuo Line Kanda – Hachioji (estimated from the official map) 神田～八王子 · 29 stations
- JR Ome Line Tachikawa – Oku-Tama (estimated from the official map) 立川～奥多摩 · 25 stations
- JR Itsukaichi Line Haijima – Musashi-Itsukaichi (estimated from the official map) 拝島～武蔵五日市 · 7 stations
- Hachiko Line Hachioji – Kuragano (estimated from the official map) 八王子～倉賀野 · 23 stations
- Kawagoe Line Omiya – Komagawa (estimated from the official map) 大宮～高麗川 · 11 stations
- Takasaki Line Omiya – Takasaki (estimated from the official map) 大宮～高崎 · 19 stations
- JR Musashino Line Fuchu-Hommachi – Nishi-Funabashi (estimated from the official map) 府中本町～西船橋 · 26 stations
- JR Akabane Line Ikebukuro – Akabane (estimated from the official map) 池袋～赤羽 · 4 stations
- Sōbu Main Line Tōkyō – Sakura (estimated from the official map) 東京～佐倉 · 27 stations ⚠ disrupted
- Sōbu Main Line Kinshicho – Ochanomizu (estimated from the official map) 錦糸町～御茶ノ水 · 5 stations ⚠ disrupted
- JR Narita Line Sakura – Narita Airport Terminal 1 (estimated from the official map) 佐倉～成田空港 · 5 stations
- Keiyo Line Tokyo – Soga (estimated from the official map) 東京～蘇我 · 18 stations
- Keiyo Line Nishi-Funabashi – Ichikawa-Shiohama (estimated from the official map) 西船橋～市川塩浜 · 2 stations
- Keiyo Line Nishi-Funabashi – Minami-Funabashi (estimated from the official map) 西船橋～南船橋 · 3 stations
- JR Sotobo Line Chiba – Soga (estimated from the official map) 千葉～蘇我 · 3 stations
- Tōhoku Main Line Iwakiri – Rifu (estimated from the official map) 岩切～利府 · 3 stations
- Tsugaru Line Aomori – Minmaya (estimated from the official map) 青森～三厩 · 18 stations ⚠ disrupted
- JR Ominato Line Noheji – Ominato (estimated from the official map) 野辺地～大湊 · 11 stations
- Oga Line Oiwake – Oga (estimated from the official map) 追分～男鹿 · 9 stations
- JR Ofunato Line Ichinoseki – Kesennuma (estimated from the official map) 一ノ関～気仙沼 · 14 stations
- JR Kesennuma Line Maeyachi – Yanaizu (estimated from the official map) 前谷地～柳津 · 6 stations
- JR Ishinomaki Line Kogota – Onagawa (estimated from the official map) 小牛田～女川 · 14 stations
- Senseki Line Aoba-dōri – Ishinomaki (estimated from the official map) あおば通～石巻 · 32 stations
- JR Aterazawa Line Kita-Yamagata – Aterazawa (estimated from the official map) 北山形～左沢 · 11 stations
- JR Yonesaka Line Yonezawa – Sakamachi (estimated from the official map) 米沢～坂町 · 20 stations ⚠ disrupted
- Hakushin Line Niigata – Shibata (estimated from the official map) 新潟～新発田 · 10 stations
- Shin'etsu Main Line Miyauchi – Niigata (estimated from the official map) 宮内～新潟 · 21 stations
- Joetsu Line Echigo-Yuzawa – Miyauchi (estimated from the official map) 越後湯沢～宮内 · 17 stations
- Suigun Line Mito – Asaka-Nagamori (estimated from the official map) 水戸～安積永盛 · 40 stations
- Suigun Line Kami-Sugaya – Hitachi-Ota (estimated from the official map) 上菅谷～常陸太田 · 6 stations
- JR Karasuyama Line Hoshakuji – Karasuyama (estimated from the official map) 宝積寺～烏山 · 8 stations
- JR Nambu Line Shitte – Hama-Kawasaki (estimated from the official map) 尻手～浜川崎 · 5 stations
- JR Tsurumi Line Tsurumi – Ogimachi (estimated from the official map) 鶴見～扇町 · 10 stations
- JR Tsurumi Line Asano – Umi-Shibaura (estimated from the official map) 浅野～海芝浦 · 3 stations
- JR Tsurumi Line Musashi-Shiraishi – Okawa (estimated from the official map) 武蔵白石～大川 · 2 stations
Some sections were read off JR East and JR Hokkaido (joint pass)'s area map: check the official map before you buy.
- JR Hokkaido 北海道旅客鉄道 — 7 sections of lines
JR Hokkaido lines in the Hakodate, Sapporo and Otaru areas; see the pass map (area estimated from the official map).
In Hokkaidō PSections P
- Hokkaidō Shinkansen Shin-Aomori – Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto (estimated from the official map) 新青森～新函館北斗 · 4 stations
- Hakodate Main Line Hakodate – Shiroishi (estimated from the official map) 函館～白石 · 54 stations
- Hakodate Main Line Ōnuma – Mori (estimated from the official map) 大沼～森 · 8 stations
- JR Chitose Line Shiroishi – Numanohata (estimated from the official map) 白石～沼ノ端 · 14 stations
- JR Chitose Line Minami-Chitose – New Chitose Airport (estimated from the official map) 南千歳～新千歳空港 · 2 stations
- Muroran Main Line Numanohata – Oshamambe (estimated from the official map) 沼ノ端～長万部 · 31 stations
- Muroran Main Line Higashi-Muroran – Muroran (estimated from the official map) 東室蘭～室蘭 · 5 stations
Some sections were read off JR East and JR Hokkaido (joint pass)'s area map: check the official map before you buy.
- Tokyo Monorail 東京モノレール — all lines
1 whole line
- Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line 東京モノレール羽田線
- Aoimori Railway 青い森鉄道 — all lines
1 whole line
- Aoimori Railway Line 青い森鉄道線
- IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway アイジーアールいわて銀河鉄道 — all lines
1 whole line
- Iwate Galaxy Railway Line いわて銀河鉄道線
- Sendai Airport Transit 仙台空港鉄道 — all lines
1 whole line
- Sendai Airport Line 仙台空港線
- Tobu Railway 東武鉄道 — 2 sections of lines
Kurihashi–Shimo-imaichi only on JR–Tobu through limited expresses Nikko, Kinugawa, SPACIA Kinugawa etc. (reserved ordinary seats; start or end at a JR station); Tobu local trains Shimo-imaichi–Tōbu-nikkō / Kinugawa-onsen.Sections P
- Tobu Nikko Line Kurihashi – Tobu-Nikko 栗橋～東武日光 · 22 stations
- Tobu Kinugawa Line Shimo-Imaichi – Kinugawa-onsen 下今市～鬼怒川温泉 · 7 stations
Not includedJR lines outside the free area, Green Car and GranClass need extra fares/charges.
Sources and quotes checked 2026-10-10
- prices:
発売価格 40,000 円（こども 20,000 円）
— www.jreast.co.jp/press/2025/20260128_ho03.pdf - validity:
有効期間 利用開始日から連続する６日間
— www.jreast.co.jp/press/2025/20260128_ho03.pdf - covers:
フリーエリア内の JR 東日本線（BRT 含む）に加え、JR 北海道線の函館、札幌、小樽エリア、東京モノレール
— www.jreast.co.jp/press/2025/20260128_ho03.pdf - covers:
線、青い森鉄道線、いわて銀河鉄道線、仙台空港鉄道線の特急（新幹線含む）・急行列車・普通列車
— www.jreast.co.jp/press/2025/20260128_ho03.pdf - audience:
購入資格 日本国以外が発行したパスポートを所持
— www.jreast.co.jp/press/2025/20260128_ho03.pdf - area:
東武鉄道線下今市～東武日光、鬼怒川温泉間の普通電車(快速を含む)も利用できます。
— www.jreast.co.jp/multi/pass/easthokkaido.html - area:
「栗橋～下今市間」は東武鉄道と続けて運行する特急電車のみ利用できます。
— www.jreast.co.jp/multi/pass/easthokkaido.html - prefs:
函館～東京近郊エリアまで、いろいろなところへ行く方におすすめです！
— www.jreast.co.jp/multi/pass/easthokkaido.html - prefs:
JR北海道線（函館、札幌、小樽エリア）
— www.jreast.co.jp/multi/pass/easthokkaido.html - prefs:
上越新幹線・羽越本線が全線乗車
— www.jreast.co.jp/press/2025/20260128_ho03.pdf - prefs:
※「成田エクスプレス」号、「ひたち」号、「ときわ」号、「あかぎ」号、「あずさ」号、「かいじ」号、「富士回遊」号、「踊り子」号、「湘南」号等の普通車は、すべての座席で指定が可能です。
— www.jreast.co.jp/multi/pass/easthokkaido_terms.html - area:
上越新幹線・羽越本線が全線乗車
— www.jreast.co.jp/press/2025/20260128_ho03.pdf - area (read off the official map): East-South Hokkaido "available area" map (JR Line light green; Shinkansen in their colours; Tokyo area in a round inset). Tōhoku Shinkansen Tōkyō–Shin-Aomori; Akita Shinkansen Morioka–Kakunodate–Ōmagari–Akita; Yamagata Shinkansen Fukushima–Yonezawa–Yamagata–Shinjō; JR lines with labelled ends: Hachinohe–Kuji, Morioka–Miyako, (Hanamaki)–Kamaishi, Shinjō–Ōmagari and Akita–Higashi-Noshiro–Hirosaki–Aomori, Higashi-Noshiro–coast–Hirosaki (Gonō), Ōdate–Kōma (Hanawa), Yokote–Kitakami, Shinjō–coast (Rikuu West) and Shinjō–Kogota (Rikuu East), Sendai–Yamagata (Senzan), Kōriyama–Aizu-Wakamatsu–Niigata area, Aizu-Wakamatsu–Koide (Tadami), Kōriyama–Iwaki, Tōkyō–Mito–Iwaki–Sendai (Jōban), Utsunomiya–Nikkō, Oyama–Mito, Takasaki–Echigo-Yuzawa, GALA Yuzawa, Shin-Maebashi–Oyama. Tokyo inset: Takasaki, Ōmiya, Oku-Tama, Musashi-Itsukaichi, Komagawa, Tachikawa, Hachiōji, Hazawa yokohama-kokudai, Yokohama, Ōfuna, Kamakura, Kurihama, Musashi-Kosugi, Kawasaki, Shinagawa, Tōkyō, Ueno, Akabane, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Toride, Shin-Matsudo, Nishi-Funabashi, Chiba, Soga, Narita Airport. Also drawn, ending at unlabelled dots (their own termini): Aomori–Minmaya (Tsugaru), Noheji–Ōminato, Oiwake–Oga, Ichinoseki–Kesennuma (Ōfunato), Maeyachi–Yanaizu, Kogota–Onagawa, Aoba-dōri–Ishinomaki (Senseki), Iwakiri–Rifu, Kita-Yamagata–Aterazawa, Yonezawa–Sakamachi (Yonesaka), Niigata–Shibata (Hakushin), Niigata–Niitsu–Nagaoka (Shin-etsu), Nagaoka–Ojiya–Koide–Echigo-Yuzawa (Jōetsu Line beside the Shinkansen), Mito–Kōriyama with the Hitachi-Ōta branch (Suigun), Hōshakuji–Karasuyama; Tokyo inset: Tsurumi Line stubs (Umi-Shibaura, Ōkawa, Ōgimachi) and Shitte–Hama-Kawasaki. Not drawn (left out): Agatsuma, Shin-etsu Takasaki–Yokokawa and west of Nagaoka, Echigo, Yahiko, Iiyama, Kashima, Narita (Abiko and Chōshi branches), Sagami, the Bōsō lines; Tōkaidō beyond Ōfuna and Chūō beyond Hachiōji are outside the inset; south-west Niigata, west Gunma and the Bōsō peninsula are shaded outside the area. Note: "Karuizawa, Atami, and Ōtsuki are outside of the usage area." — map
- area (read off the official map): Hokkaido part: Hokkaido Shinkansen Shin-Aomori–Okutsugaru-Imabetsu–Kikonai–Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto; JR lines Hakodate–Goryōkaku–Ōnumakōen (both lines round Ōnuma)–Oshamambe–Kutchan–Otaru–Sapporo–Minami-Chitose; Minami-Chitose–New Chitose Airport; Minami-Chitose–Noboribetsu–(Higashi-Muroran)–Tōya–Oshamambe; branch to Muroran. Note: "Asahikawa, Furano, and Biei are outside of the usage area." — map
- www.jreast.co.jp/press/2025/20260128_ho03.pdf · · checked 2026-10-08
- www.jreast.co.jp/multi/pass/easthokkaido.html · · checked 2026-10-10
- www.jreast.co.jp/multi/pass/easthokkaido_terms.html · · checked 2026-10-10
- www.jreast.co.jp/multi/pass/img/easthokkaido/map_available-area_en.png · · checked 2026-10-10
Review status: draft_unreviewed.