JR Hokkaido - Hokkaido Rail Pass 5 Days

• Eligible for foreign tourist entering in Japan as a "Temporay Visitor" for sight-seeing, and has a passport(issued by a foreign government) stamped with status under “Temporary Visitor”.
• Please note that according to strict interpretation of the Japanese Immigration Law, “Temporary visitor” status differs even from other types of stays that are also for only short time periods.
• Japanese passport holders can NOT use this pass. (May require to present passport and documents for verification purpose)
• ONLY allowed for original Exchange Orders which have not activated are allowed for refund within 12 months from the issuance date. Exchange order is totally non-refundable once exchanged and used.
  The refund process will take approximately 2 months or more to be completed.

To exchange date of the pass, once the pass has been obtained, can no longer be changed.
JR Exchange Offices (Offices and service hours are subject to change or discontinuation without notice):

• Sapporo Station Ticket Office, daily from 8:30AM to 7PM
• New Chitose Airport Station Ticket Office, daily from 8:30AM to 7PM
• Noboribetsu Station Ticket Office, daily from 7AM to 6:45PM
• Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station Ticket Office, daily from 9AM to 7PM
• Hakodate Station Ticket Office, daily from 10AM to 12:30PM / 1:30PM to 6PM
• Asahikawa Station Ticket Office, daily from 9:30AM to 5:30PM
• Abashiri Station Ticket Office, daily from 5:50AM to 10:30PM
• Kushiro Station Ticket Office, daily from 10AM to 6PM
• Obihiro Station Ticket Office, daily from 9AM to 5PM

The pass is valid for unlimited ride on JR Hokkaido Line for reserved and non-reserved seats of:
- Limited express trains(ordinary car)
- Special rapid and rapid trains
- Local trains
- Temporary trains (limited express/rapid/local)
- Certain JR Hokkaido buses (Please see here for details)
*Express bus(operated by JR Hokkaido Bus) between Sapporo and Otaru is also applicable.
When riding on the bus, please take a numbered ticket. When alighting, please give the numbered ticket and show Hokkaido Rail Pass to the bus driver.
The rail pass cannot be used for other companies’ bus and subway.

The pass is NOT valid for:

- Hokkaido Shinkansen, the South Hokkaido Railway, the streetcar and the subway.
- SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen Train doesn't include in the pass, additional fee is required for reserved seating.
- Intercity buses and temporary buses