Foreign visitors only JR West 西日本旅客鉄道
Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area Pass Hiroshima-Yamaguchi Area Pass
Price¥15,000Adult, 5 days · 2 variants
Valid for5 days¥3,000/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
- 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).
- Who can buy
- Holders of a foreign (non-Japanese) passport entering Japan with "Temporary Visitor" (短期滞在) status; Japanese nationals cannot use it, even with permanent residence abroad. Carry your passport.
- Format
- Paper pass collected with your passport; seat reservations are separate free tickets.
- When it is sold
- Sold all year; online up to one month before the first day of use. Prices are set by the purchase date.
Prices P
| Adult, 5 days | ¥15,000 |
|---|---|
| Child (6–11), 5 days | ¥7,500 |
Is it worth it?
Add the normal one-way fares of the rides you plan within 5 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 the pass (or an exchange order) and collect it at a JR West ticket machine or ticket office with your passport.
- Use it on the valid trains in the area shown on the pass map, on consecutive days (0:00 on the first day to 24:00 on the last day).
- Reserve seats at ticket machines or ticket offices before boarding (online for passes bought on JR-WEST ONLINE TRAIN RESERVATION).
- Carry your passport with the pass and show it when JR staff ask.
Using passes at the gates, passports and seat reservations →
Where to buy
- JR-WEST ONLINE TRAIN RESERVATION (online; collect at a ticket machine or ticket office with your passport)
- Exchange order (E-TICKET/MCO) from travel agencies outside Japan, exchanged at JR West stations
- Travel agencies in Japan
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 · 美祢線Mine Line: no trains on the whole line between Asa and Nagatoshi since the heavy rain of 30 June – 1 July 2023. Replacement buses run instead. As of 2026-10-10. Source
What it covers P
Railways
- JR West 西日本旅客鉄道 — 13 sections of lines
Sanyo Shinkansen only Mihara–Hakata, plus JR West conventional lines in the Hiroshima and Yamaguchi area on the map. (area estimated from the official map)
In Shimane, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka PSections P
- Sanyō Shinkansen Mihara – Hakata (estimated from the official map) 三原～博多 · 10 stations
- San'yō Main Line Onomichi – Shimonoseki (estimated from the official map) 尾道～下関 · 68 stations
- JR Kure Line Mihara – Kaitaichi (estimated from the official map) 三原～海田市 · 28 stations
- JR Geibi Line Hiroshima – Miyoshi (estimated from the official map) 広島～三次 · 21 stations
- JR Kabe Line Yokogawa – Aki-Kameyama (estimated from the official map) 横川～あき亀山 · 14 stations
- JR Gantoku Line Iwakuni – Kushigahama (estimated from the official map) 岩国～櫛ヶ浜 · 15 stations
- JR Ube Line Shin-Yamaguchi – Ube (estimated from the official map) 新山口～宇部 · 18 stations
- JR Onoda Line Onoda – Inō (estimated from the official map) 小野田～居能 · 9 stations
- JR Onoda Line Suzumeda – Nagato-Motoyama (estimated from the official map) 雀田～長門本山 · 3 stations
- JR Mine Line Asa – Nagatoshi (estimated from the official map) 厚狭～長門市 · 12 stations ⚠ disrupted
- JR Yamaguchi Line Shin-Yamaguchi – Masuda (estimated from the official map) 新山口～益田 · 28 stations
- San'in Main Line Masuda – Hatabu (estimated from the official map) 益田～幡生 · 38 stations
- San'in Main Line Nagatoshi – Senzaki (estimated from the official map) 長門市～仙崎 · 2 stations
Some sections were read off JR West's area map: check the official map before you buy.
Also included
- JR West Miyajima Ferry (Miyajimaguchi–Miyajima); the ¥100 Miyajima visitor tax is paid separately
Not includedNot valid on the Sanyo Shinkansen east of Mihara, the Tokaido or Kyushu Shinkansen. Green Car costs extra.
Sources and quotes checked 2026-10-10
- prices:
5-day 15,000YEN 7,500YEN
— www.westjr.co.jp/travel-information/en/tickets-passes/jrwest-rail-pass/hiroshima_yamaguchi/ - validity:
A rail pass is valid for consecutive days.
— www.westjr.co.jp/travel-information/en/tickets-passes/jrwest-rail-pass/hiroshima_yamaguchi/ - covers:
Reserved seats on Bullet Train "SANYO SHINKANSEN" (Mihara⇔Hakata)
— www.westjr.co.jp/travel-information/en/tickets-passes/jrwest-rail-pass/hiroshima_yamaguchi/ - audience:
A rail pass user must be holding a passport issued by a foreign government.
— www.westjr.co.jp/travel-information/en/tickets-passes/jrwest-rail-pass/hiroshima_yamaguchi/ - audience:
A rail pass user must be entering in Japan as a "短期滞在(Temporary Visitor) ".
— www.westjr.co.jp/travel-information/en/tickets-passes/jrwest-rail-pass/hiroshima_yamaguchi/ - prefs:
仙崎 益田
— tickets.jr-odekake.net/shohindb/view/consumer/tokutoku/download.html?fileId=20240930123357617&newwindow=true - prefs:
下関 山口
— tickets.jr-odekake.net/shohindb/view/consumer/tokutoku/download.html?fileId=20240930123357617&newwindow=true - prefs:
小倉 厚狭 新山口 徳山 東広島 尾道
— tickets.jr-odekake.net/shohindb/view/consumer/tokutoku/download.html?fileId=20240930123357617&newwindow=true - prefs:
博多 新下関 宇部 広島 三原
— tickets.jr-odekake.net/shohindb/view/consumer/tokutoku/download.html?fileId=20240930123357617&newwindow=true - area (read off the official map): Schematic map 別紙1 (自由周遊区間図) 広島・山口エリアパス; legend: 山陽新幹線 (double line), 在来線 (black line), JR西日本宮島フェリー (black dashed), JRバス中国 (red dashed). Every drawn line is in the area. Sanyo Shinkansen 三原–東広島–広島–徳山–新山口–厚狭–新下関–小倉–博多. JR West conventional: 山陽線 尾道–三原–西条–海田市–広島–横川–宮島口–岩国–(下松)–櫛ケ浜–徳山–防府–新山口–宇部–小野田–厚狭–新下関–幡生–下関; 呉線 三原–呉–海田市; 芸備線 広島–三次; 可部線 横川–あき亀山; 岩徳線 岩国–櫛ケ浜 (straight line); 宇部線 新山口–居能–宇部; 小野田線 居能–雀田–小野田 and 雀田–長門本山; 美祢線 厚狭–長門市; 山口線 新山口–山口–益田; 山陰線 益田–東萩–萩–長門市–幡生 and 長門市–仙崎. No JR Kyushu conventional line is drawn (小倉 and 博多 only on the Shinkansen). — map
- www.westjr.co.jp/travel-information/en/tickets-passes/jrwest-rail-pass/hiroshima_yamaguchi/ · · checked 2026-10-08
- tickets.jr-odekake.net/shohindb/view/consumer/tokutoku/detail.html?shnId=125000089&depArea=08 · · checked 2026-10-10
- tickets.jr-odekake.net/shohindb/view/consumer/tokutoku/download.html?fileId=20240930123357617&newwindow=true · · checked 2026-10-10
Review status: draft_unreviewed.