5-and 10-day PASSES are valid for a period of 5 or 10 consecutive days, respectively, beginning on the first day of use of the PASS.You must specify the date when you want to start using the PASS. It can be any date within one month from the date when the PASS was issued..

Usable on any 4 consecutive or non-consecutive days within a month: Useful for leisurely-stay-type travel.

Flexible 4-day PASSES are valid for 4 consecutive or non-consecutive days within one month from the date when the PASS was issued. Each date when the PASS is used will be stamped on the PASS at the respective station's ticket gate or aboard trains.

You must turn in your Exchange Order to obtain your JR Pass within three(3) months from the date the Exchange Order was issued. Once the pass has a starting date written on it, the date cannot be changed.

You can purchase an Exchange Order prior to departure for Japan. After you arrive in Japan, you turn in the Exchange Order along with your passport to receive the actual JR East Pass at an applicable JR station that has a JR East Pass exchange office in Japan. In order to facilitate a speedy exchange of your voucher for a JR EAST PASS, please download and fill out the form in advance. Form:

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The JR EAST PASS is valid for travel on all of the 72 railway lines of JR EAST: limited express trains (except private compartments or berths), including Shinkansen super express trains; express trains (except berths, etc.); local trains (except "Liner"/"Home Liner").

If you want to use the cars or trains referred to in parentheses above, you must pay the respective additional charges in addition to the limited express or ordinary express charge. In this case, the PASS is valid for the basic fare only.

Note: Some JR EAST-line trains also travel on other companies' lines. Passengers using such trains traveling on non-JR EAST lines must pay the respective fares and charges applicable to the distances traveled on such lines. Please note the names of the following JR EAST-line trains that travel on non-JR EAST lines: "Super-Hakucho, Hakucho", "Hakutaka", "Raicho, Hokuetsu", "Shinano", "Odoriko, Super-View Odoriko", "Tokai".

Also please note: The JR EAST PASS is not valid for the Tokaido Shinkansen and the Sanyo Shinkansen lines, which connect Tokyo and western Japan cities, such as Kyoto, Osaka, or Fukuoka, and which start from Tokyo station like JR EAST's five Shinkansen lines. The Tokaido Shinkansen and Sanyo Shinkansen lines are run respectively by JR CENTRAL and JR WEST. (Between Tokyo and Atami, use "Odoriko", "Super-view Odoriko", or local trains.)

Please check Japan Railways Group for more details, routes, schedules and any changes in services.