Japan Rail Pass Exchange Office

Holders of the Japan Rail Pass need to exchange their Exchange Order at a Japan Rail Pass Exchange Office to receive their Japan Rail Pass for travel around Japan.

You will have to fill in an application form when you exchange your Exchange Order and show your temporary visitor visa in your passport.

Japan Rail Exchange Orders must be purchased overseas from a JR authorized sales office or agent.

The Japan Rail is not valid on Nozomi and Mizuho trains on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines.


List of Japan Rail Pass Exchange Offices


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Sakura Bullet Train

さくら新幹線

Since March 12, distant Kagoshima has been become a lot more accessible to residents of western Japan.

The new Kyushu bullet train line, which runs from Hakata to Kagoshima, is hugely popular. This line is directly connected to trains that run north to Shin Osaka, and onward.

The trip from Shin Osaka, whence the Sakura bullet train departs, now takes three hours forty-five minutes.

Compared to flying, with its waiting time and the one hour trip from Kagoshima Airport to downtown, the trip from Kansai by train is just as fast - and a lot more convenient.

The Sakura bullet train is elegant, both inside and out. In some areas, there is wooden paneling.

En route, the train stops at Shin Kobe, Okayama, Ogura, Hakata, and Kumamoto.

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Doctor Yellow Shinkansen

ドクターイエロー

The Doctor Yellow Shinkansen is an iconic bullet train due to its color - bright, shiny yellow as opposed to the usual white color for normal, in-service passenger-carrying shinkansen trains.



Doctor Yellow trains monitor the condition of the bullet train track and overhead wire using hi-tech on board equipment, running at similar speeds to normal shinkansen such as the N700 series.



This Doctor Yellow Shinkansen is on display at the SCMaglev & Railway Park Museum in Nagoya.


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Green Car

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The Green Car on Japanese trains including the Shinkansen is the equivalent of First Class.

For the extra cost you will find Green Cars have better seats and fewer passengers. The Japan Rail Pass also has a Green Class if you really want to do Japan by rail in style. Perks may include free slippers, personal TVs and laptop power points.

The Green Window (midori no madoguchi) is the place to book train tickets.

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