Hokuriku Arch Pass

The Hokuriku Arch Pass is a combination pass for routes from Osaka. Or Tokyo to travel to the northern part of Shirakawa-go (ancient roof villages, World Heritage), Takayama, Onsen, including popular cities like Kyoto, Nara, Kobe. ) with unlimited rides on all JR East and JR West lines. by starting to sit from Narita Airport in Tokyo and Kansai Airport in Osaka.

New style of JR Pass after COVID will not be a book walked out sideways But it will look like a normal train ticket that is inserted in the aisle automatically.

Price of Hokuriku Arch Pass (can travel for a total of 7 consecutive days)

• HOKURIKU ARCH PASS 7 DAYS Adult (12 years and over) ￥25,500
• Children (6-11 years old) ￥12,750

Tickets can be purchased both in the country and outside of Japan. which if buying from Thailand, the price will be cheaper than buying there So who has already planned the trip? Near the travel date, you can buy a card and use it there.

Counting the age of the child card. On the day of purchase of the ticket, children must be between 6 and 11 years of age according to their passport. Which if the child is under 6 years old, there is no need to buy a ticket. But will not be able to reserve seats. Therefore, if you want to reserve a seat, you will need to purchase a pass.

• If the original card has not expired Can’t buy a new card, 1 person can only have 1 card

Usage

After purchasing tickets Can travel for a total of 7 consecutive days from the first day of use. which will count from 12:00 noon on the first day and expire at 12:00 noon on the last day But if the last day is traveling but past 12:00, it can still be used to travel as long as he has not left the station. which covers the following routes

• Narita Express (limited to area)
• Kansai-Airport Express “HARUKA” (non-reserved seat)
• Limited Express “THUNDERBIRD”
• Tokyo Monorail
• Limited express, express, special rapid service, rapid service, and local service trains
• Can be used to take the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kanazawa.
• Can be used on limited express, local rapid service trains, “HARUKA” without reserved seats, and Tokyo Monorail lines.

Restrictions on use

Not valid for use on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen.

• It can be used for boarding IR Ishikawa Railway lines and IR Ishikawa Railway limited express lines between Kanazawa and Tsubata stations, but not between the two stations.
• It can be used to board the Ainokaze Toyama Railway between Takaoka and Toyama stations, but cannot get on and off the stations between these 2 stations.
• If boarding the Ainokaze Toyama Railway’s “Ainokaze Liner” rapid service, an additional fare is required.

Passing Tourist Attractions

• Tokyo
• Osaka
• Kyoto
• Nara
• Kobe
• Fukui
• Kanazawa
• Toyama
• Nagano
• Karuizawa
• Other

Other travel pass similar to JR Hokuriku Arch Pass

Tokyo-based travel pass to travel around Or is the beginning / end of the journey, there are all 5 main passes to choose from as follows:

• JR TOKYO WIDE PASS This pass covers the narrowest area. But it covers many important tourist areas around Tokyo. and the cheapest
• JR EAST NAGANO, NIIGATA is a bit bigger, occupying the Nagano and Niigata areas as well as Matsumotto and Karuizawa.
• JR EAST TOHOKU will get even bigger. That is, it will go to AOMORI, SENDAI, as well as Yamagata and Aizu.
• JR East-South Hokkaido covers the largest area. Can go as far as the Hokkaido region in the south, such as Hakodate, Sapporo, including New Chitose and Hakodate airports, but it is the most expensive.
• The JR Hokuriku Arch Pass is the opposite of the above 4 passes as it winds north to the left of Tokyo. through the World Heritage Zone end up in Osaka It is a semicircle by name (Arch).

How to buy tickets:

It can be purchased both inside and outside Japan. For those outside of the country, they can be purchased at various Japan travel agencies. Which will be an Exchnage Order card and upon arriving in Japan, bring the Exchnage Order along with your passport to exchange for a physical card at JR EAST and JR WEST or another way is to order online. Have to print out the Exchnage Order to keep in order to exchange for a physical card in Japan.

As for buying tickets in Japan, they can be purchased at JR EAST and JR WEST at various JR stations.

Where to buy and change cards

Exchange Orders can be purchased and exchanged at JR EAST and JR WEST at JR stations such as Tokyo Station, Shinjuku Station, Haneda Airport International Terminal, Narita Airport Terminal 1, Narita Airport Terminal 2・3, Kansai-Airport, Osaka, Shin-Osaka, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Toyama