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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!

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.