Special discount tickets issued by rail companies, etc. to help earthquake, tsunami relief workers and boost tourism.
JR Kanto Area Pass
Good for JR East lines in the greater Tokyo area: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Yamanashi, part of Shizuoka and part of Nagano.
Sales started December 1 2011.
Valid from January 1 2012.
Price: 8000 yen adult, 4000 yen child
Good for three consecutive days.
Good for JR East Shinkansen trains and limited express trains. (Not good for Tokaido Shinkansen.)
Good for several private lines including Tokyo Monorail, Izukyu and Fujikyu.
Sold at Narita Airport, Haneda Airport and major JR East stations (hours are limited). See above links. Available to foreigners only. Unlike other foreigner-only passes, all foreigners regardless of duration of stay in Japan are eligible.
Tohoku Local Line pass
Budget pass for Tohoku area local trains.
Good for JR East lines in the Tohoku area and most private lines.
Tohoku area: Fukushima, Miyagi, Yamagata, Iwate, Akita and Aomori
Private railways: IGR Iwate, Aoimori, Kounan, Akita Nairiku Juukan, Yuri Kougen, Yamagata, Abukuma Express, Fukushima Koutsuu, Aizu. Also good for Sanriku Railway, excluding substitute buses accross damaged sections.
Not good for Sendai Subway, Sendai Airport Rapid Transit and Tsubaru Railway.
Price: 6000 yen adult, 3000 yen child
Good for three consecutive days: Fri-Sat-Sun or Sat-Sun-Mon.
Valid June 1 2012 - January 26 2013. (JR East says they have an extension of the period in consideration.)
Not valid during August 10-20 and around the New Year (Dec 23 - Jan 7).
Upgrade to JR Shinkansen and limited express not possible: Base ticket must be purchased anew.
Aoimori Railway Holiday Free Pass
Special offer to March 2013.
Good for one day on the Aoimori Railway.
Valid on sundays, saturdays public holidays and December 25 2012 - January 4 2013.
Not good for extra-fare trains (Cassipoeia, Hokutosei) and all-seats reserved rapids (Resort Asunaro).
Price: 2000 yen adult, 1000 yen child
Sold at Aoimori Station manned ticket booths.
JR East discount tickets
JR Hokkaido discount tickets
Discount ticket information available in English on their official website.
JR Hokkaido has branches called "JR Hokkaido Plaza" in Tokyo (Tokyo Station, basement Marunouchi side), Sendai (1F Sendai Station) and Osaka (9F building in front of Osaka Station).
Go! Go! Hokkaido (Ferry to Hokkaido)
Round trip to Hokkaido by ferry and one night at a Sapporo hotel.
Fare:
Off-peak:
June 15 - July 14, September 1 - September 30 (departure date)
15,000 yen (adult/child)
The entire trip must be made within these dates. Otherwise, the peak rate will be in effect.
Peak:
July 15 - July 28, August 15 - August 31 (Oarai departures)
July 15 - August 4, August 22 - August 31 (Tomakomai departures)
23,000 yen adult, 17,000 yen child
Fare does not include transportation between Tomakomai and Sapporo.
(Bus: 1270 yen one way)
Extended stays at Sapporo possible (up to 10 nights).
Seasonal offers
Seishun 18 Ticket
Good for local trains and rapid trains of all JR group lines.
Not good for 3rd sector lines (Karuizawa - Shinonoi, etc.). Special rule
allows using Aoimori Railway between JR stations if there are no stopovers.
Limited Express permitted with no extra charge within sections with no local service: Seikan Tunnel Kikonai - Kanita, Sekisho Line Shin-Yubari - Shintoku.
Price: 11500 yen. No child fare.
Available during school holidays: March-April, July-August, December-January.
Good for five days. Can be shared by a group of five persons and used one day, etc.
No age limit.
Hokkaido Higashi Nihon Pass
Budget ticket for JR East and JR Hokkaido line local trains. Also good for Aoimori Railway, IGR, Hokuetsu Express and Fujikyu.
Price: 10,000 yen adult, 5000 yen child.
Good for seven consecutive days.
Rules similar to the Seishun 18 pass, with some additional provisions for Seikan Tunnel.
Summer season:
For sale: June 20 - September 24
Valid: July 1 - September 30 2012
Winter season:
For sale: December 1 2011 - January 4 2012
Valid: December 10 - January 10
Discontinued offers
10,000 Free Flights to Foreigners
Plan to invite 10,000 foreigners to Japan with free round-trip airfare never materialized.
Tokyo Transport Pass
Good for JR East lines in the Tokyo ward area, Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway and Toei bus.
Available to foreigners only. No restrictions based on duration of stay in Japan.
Price:
2 day version: 2500 yen adult, 1250 yen child
3 day version: 3000 yen adult, 1500 yen child
Offer ended end of January 2012. This was a trial service; may be reinstalled.
Yamabiko Jiyuuseki katamichi kippu
Yamabiko non-reserved seat one-way ticket
Discount Shinkansen ticket for Morioka - Sendai to Tokyo, southbound only. One way ticket sold at Morioka, Sendai and Shinkansen stations in between, to "help recovery work".
Morioka - Tokyo: 6500 yen
Ichinoseki - Tokyo: 5900 yen
Sendai - Tokyo: 5000 yen
Offer ended June 13 2011.
JR Higashi Nihon Pass
JR East Japan Pass
Price: 10,000 yen adult, 5,000 yen child
One day ticket good for JR East lines (including Shinkansen), Aoimori Railway, IGR Iwate Ginga Railway and Hokuetsu Express.
Offer ended July 18 2011.
Tohoku Ouen Pass
Support Tohoku Pass
Discount weekend pass good for JR East lines.
Offer ended end of December 2011.
最終更新：2012年07月03日 11:04
