JR Hokuriku Area Pass
- Start planning your trip to Japan 90 days before departure and skip the hassle of booking upon your arrival!
- Skip the lines and redeem your JR Pass via the newly launched digital redemption machines
- Access major cities in Hokuriku with a single rail pass that offers 4 days of unlimited travel within the designated area
- Take rides on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, Express Trains, Rapid Services, and local trains
- For more details and recent update on the train schedule, please check the official website
Package options
4 Days Pass
What to expect
Simply make your booking online, redeem your voucher for a rail pass when you're in Japan and be ready to explore all of Hokuriku in 4 days! Spend your time visiting the Kenrokuen Garden, Eiheiji Temple, or one of the three most important dinosaur museums located in Katsuyama Fukui! If nature is your thing, skip on to Tojinbou, one of the most famous attractions in Hokuriku featuring dramatic landscape and cliffs that offers a stunning sunset view. With just a single pass that works for the Hokuriku Shinkansen, Express Trains, and local trains, this is definitely the easiest and fastest way to explore Hokuriku!
Good to know
Confirmation
- You'll get confirmation within minutes. If you don't see any confirmation, reach out to our customer support.
- The voucher will not show your name.
Booking guidelines
- All passengers must have their travel documents (passports, ID cards, valid visas) ready prior to boarding
- Select a redemption date and fill in your information. You can redeem your pass at the major JR West station.
Pass eligibility
- Free for children aged 0-5
- Valid only for non-Japanese passport holders with a "Temporary Visitor" Visa stamp on the passport. Non-Japanese passport holders with a permanent residence in Japan cannot use this product
- Secure a Temporary Visitor Stamp at immigration to be eligible for a JR Pass. Do not pass through the automated gates, as no stamp will be applied
- Visit the official website for more information about JR Pass eligibility
- Adult：12 and above. *An Adult's or Child's rail pass holder can accompany up to 2 infants (1-5 years old) for free.
- Babies aged under 1 year old can be accompanied for free.
Additional information
- Please note that one child seat is equivalent to one passenger
Notice of redemption of reserved seating for JR-West Rail Pass
- Different passes can be redeemed for different number of times of reserved seating ticket. Please check the product page for details.
- Please check each product page for achievable train for reserved seating.
- The reserved seating for pass must be redeemed separately (make reservation at green machine or window).
- The pass can be used to take non-reserved seating directly when the number of times of reserved seating is ran out or if there is no prior redemption of reserved seating ticket.
Unlimited rides of reserved seating ticket can be redeemed, it requires manual reservation at green window when using for the seventh times and above, and machine is not able to redeem directly.
Hokuriku Area Pass is valid for unlimited travel in the valid area on the map
- Valid trains are below;
- Non-reserved seats on Bullet Train "HOKURIKU SHINKANSEN" (Kanazawa⇔Kurobe-Unazukionsen)
- Non-reserved seats on Express Trains 'THUNDERBIRD' etc.
- Rapid Services, and Local trains on JR-WEST Conventional lines
- These trains below cannot be used
- Bullet Train "HOKURIKU SHINKANSEN" (Kurobe-Unazukionsen⇔Tokyo)
- Not valid for the IR Ishikawa Railway or the Ainokaze Toyama Railway.
- As a special exception, the pass can be used for the Himi, Johana, or Nanao lines only if the pass-holder does not alight from the IR Ishikawa Railway Kanazawa⇔Tsubata) or the Ainokaze Toyama Railway (Takaoka⇔Toyama).
- Limited express trains can be used on the IR Ishikawa Railway (Kanazawa⇔Tsubata).
- If using the Ainokaze Liner rapid service on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway, a separate “liner fare” is required.
Train Accommodations
- Hokuriku Area Pass is usable.
- Additional separate tickets are required
- When additional tickets are required, obtain the tickets at a JR-WEST station before boarding.
- 1 Separate GranClass Tickets are required.
- 2 First Class (Green)/Sleeper Tickets and separate Express Tickets are required.
- 3 Separate Express Tickets are required.
- 4 Separate First Class (Green) Tickets for Local Services are required.
- 5 Separate Reserved Seat Tickets are required.
- 6 Separate charges will apply if using carriages / trains that require numbered or liner tickets.
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Reviews
Show the QR code at the service center of Kanazawa Station to redeem it. Please note that you can only sit in unreserved seats when traveling, so you cannot take the かがやき! Use this pass to visit the Dinosaur Museum in Fukui, a beautiful Cafe in Fukui, a small train ride at Kurobe Gorge in Toyama, the Toyama Glass Art Museum, and you can also go shopping at the aeon mall in Shinkoku! Highly recommend this pass, it's worth the money! In addition, this purchase he gave an Ishikawa Enjoyment Pass, you can choose three places to go, I chose Kanazawa 21st Century Art Museum, Samurai Yashiki, and went to the shopping street next to the station to exchange 2000 yen shopping voucher, very cheap!
this pass is just amazing you can combine it with the JR kansai wide area pass to go to Kanazawa you will just need to book separate tickets if you come from Osaka to Okayama on Shinkansen then a thunderbird from Okayama to Tsuruga. the pass can be used in the newly opened station in Tsuruga ! you can then explore all the stations but be aware you will be allowed to use only non reserved seats ! this is usually cars 1-2
worth every dollar and cent! easy way to get around the area. Although, it would be best if you start your trip from Osaka or Nagoya. This pass does not cover initial trip from Tokyo to the Hokuriku area!
Although the price has increased to 7,000 yen, I took the Shinkansen from Tsuruga to Kanazawa, and back and forth from Kanazawa to Kurobe Unazuki Onsen, and I am going to Toyama tomorrow, all by Shinkansen, non-reserved seats in carriages 1-2, very comfortable, it should be You can get your money back. You can take the jr bus in Kanazawa, but there are few buses. In fact, it takes less time to walk to the scenic spots, because I didn’t go to many places to check in. If you go to many places like Tosougun, it’s still very cost-effective, because the Shinkansen ticket The price is very expensive. A casual ride costs 3,000-5,000 yen, so 7,000 yen for 4 days is still worth it.
it is very good and conveniace to visit that area. Especilly use together with Kansia area pass vist, Himeji, Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, Toyama, Kanazawa.
If you're traveling in the Hokuriku region and prefer not to drive, a JR PASS is a great option for independent travel. You can choose to stay in one city for several nights, or use your JR PASS to take the Shinkansen for day trips to various cities in the Hokuriku area, which is very cost-effective. I visited Kanazawa, Shin-Takaoka, Takaoka, Amaharashi, Himi, Toyama, Unazuki Onsen, and Komatsu over four days, and it was very convenient.
Show your QR code at the service center at Kanazawa Station to redeem. Please note that you can only sit in free seats, so you can't take the かがやき!
Although the price of this pass has increased, after four days, the price from Komatsu to Kanazawa, from Kanazawa to Fukui, and from Kanazawa to Unazuki Onsen has completely exceeded the ticket price. The Shinkansen part is at the last station, so even if it is a consecutive holiday in Japan , unreserved seats are also available, and you can also purchase reserved seats on sightseeing trains and use the pass instead of the freight. If you want to travel slowly in the Hokuriku area, it is recommended to buy it.
Great value for money! It will save you time, effort and money. Very easy to redeem and use. Help you explore the beauty of Hokuriku Region. Enjoy!
Easy to use and redeem. Great value for money as you can use it to ride Shinkansen. However it is only for consecutive days.
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