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Simply make your booking online, redeem your voucher for a JR Hiroshima Yamaguchi Area Pass while in Japan and be ready to explore all of Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures, including Hiroshima, Miyajima, Onomichi, Hagi, and Yamaguchi! For 5 days, spend your time visiting the Hiroshima Castle––the national treasure of Japan––the Kintai Bridge, or various Japanese pagodas throughout the region.

What Shinkansen trains and JR trains are covered?

JR Hiroshima Yamaguchi Area Pass allows for travel on various trains within the designated area. It covers reserved seats on the Bullet Train “Sanyo Shinkansen” which runs between Mihara and Hakata including the Hello Kitty Shinkansen. It also includes reserved seats on Express Trains. The pass is also valid on Special Rapid Services, Rapid Services, and Local trains on JR West Conventional lines. Additionally, it can be used on JR West Miyajima Ferry between Miyajimaguchi and Miyajima.

What are not covered by JR Hiroshima Yamaguchi Area Pass?

JR Hiroshima Yamaguchi Area Pass does not cover certain train services, including the Bullet Train "Tokaido Shinkansen" between Shin-Osaka and Tokyo; the Bullet Train "Sanyo Shinkansen" between Mihara and Shin-Osaka; and the Bullet Train "Kyushu Shinkansen" between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo.

Notice of redemption of reserved seating for JR-West Rail Pass

• Different passes can be redeemed for a different number of times of reserved seating tickets. Please check the product page for details.
• Please check each product page for an achievable train for reserved seating.
• The reserved seating for the pass must be redeemed separately (make a reservation at the green machine or window).
• The pass can be used to take non-reserved seating directly when the number of times reserved seating runs out or if there is no prior redemption of reserved seating ticket.
• Unlimited rides of reserved seating tickets can be redeemed, it requires a manual reservation at the green window when using for the seventh time and above, and the machine is not able to redeem directly.