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Enter your dates and routes to compare pass prices with individual tickets.

Match coverage and validity first, then include sales-channel prices and extra fares. Unverified amounts or coverage remain on hold.

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Official-source check 2026-10-25 · Japan local dates and times

JR Pass: worth it? Compare your trip costs

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JR Pass cost calculator

Compare nationwide and regional passes with tickets, including return trips, adults, children and travel dates.

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Pass validity calendar

Check consecutive days, hour-based tickets and selected-use days, including products with a 03:00 service-day boundary.

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How to decide whether a pass is worth it

  1. List each route and date. Enter the return date separately for round trips.
  2. Compare matching trains, seats and purchase conditions. A discount product is not the same as a standard fare.
  3. Add uncovered routes, trips outside validity and applicable Nozomi supplements.
  4. Even when a pass costs less, confirm eligibility, pickup and reservations before purchasing.
Formula: ticket total − (pass price + uncovered tickets + required supplements). KRW conversion is a reference and excludes card fees.

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Passes and IC cards: know the difference

Rechargeable IC cards such as Suica, PASMO and ICOCA are payment methods. Loading money does not turn them into a JR Pass or unlimited regional ticket. A pass has its own network, transport modes and validity.

Displaying a digital pass on a phone is different from issuing an IC card in a mobile wallet. Support depends on the device, sales market and app, including Galaxy and Android models. Check the operator’s current requirements.

Tokyo Subway Ticket covers Tokyo Metro and Toei subways. It is different from the similarly named Tokyo Metro-only 24-hour ticket and does not include JR, private railways or buses. SUNQ is for designated buses and some ferries, not JR trains.

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Check coverage for your region

Do not choose a 3-day or 7-day pass by duration alone. Products with the same duration can differ in region, sales channel and transport mode. Compare your journeys and check the end date in the calendar.

Which regional journeys have registered reference fares?

RegionRegistered reference journeysCheck and enter manually
Tokyo and eastern JapanRegistered JR long-distance and selected Tokyo Metro IC/paper journeysIndividual Toei journeys, unlisted routes and other products such as Metro-only 24-hour tickets
Osaka, Kyoto and KansaiRegistered JR journeys, smartEX products and purchase-date WESTQR HARUKA faresOsaka subway, private-rail and sightseeing-pass prices and coverage
Fukuoka and KyushuRegistered JR journeys, nationwide and JR Kyushu regional passesSUNQ bus fares and route coverage, Fukuoka city subway and other passes
Sapporo and HokkaidoRegistered JR airport, local and limited-express seat-specific reference faresUnverified child limited-express fares, Sapporo subway and city day tickets
HiroshimaRegistered Sanyo Shinkansen journeys and regional-pass coverageCity streetcar, bus and unlisted-journey fares and coverage

Unlisted products and routes are not assigned zero fares. Enter confirmed official prices and conditions manually; unknown coverage stays on hold.

Official sources and check dates

Fares are reference values for the stated products, seats and dates, not live quotes or seat availability. Check dates and effective dates vary by product.

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