Notes Note for customers using the Japan Rail Pass

Notes
Note for customers using the Japan Rail Pass
This note provides important information for customers traveling in the Hokuriku or Shin etsu regions
(Ishikawa Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, and Nagano Prefecture).
The area within which your pass is valid for travel will change when the Hokuriku Shinkansen (between Nagano and Kanazawa)
begins service on March 14, 2015.
To Fukui, Kyōto,
and Ōsaka
Kana
zawa
Tsubata
Nanao
Toyama Pref.
Himi
Niigata Pref.
Takaoka
Ōito Line
Takayama
Line
Jōhana
Naoetsu To Niigata
Shinetsu Line
Itoi
gawa
Toyama
Jōhana Line
Hokuriku
Line
Until Friday, March 13, 2015
Himi Line
Nan
ao L
ine
Ishikawa Pref.
Wakura
onsen
To Takayama
and Gifu
Toyono
Iiyama
To Shinano-Ōmachi
and Matsumoto
Nagano
Shinetsu Line
To Tōkyō
Nagano Pref.
Hokuriku
Line
Kana
zawa
ao L
Nan
Tsubata
Note 1
Your pass is not valid for travel on routes
indicated by broken lines in the figure.
Travel on those routes is subject to
separate fares.
Note 2 When traveling to the Nanao Line（between
Tsubata and Wakuraonsen）, your pass is
valid for travel on limited express and
local services of IR Ishikawa Railway
between Kanazawa and Tsubata. However,
use of the pass in this manner is restricted
to travel continuing through Tsubata.
Note 3 When traveling to the Himi Line（between
Himi and Takaoka）or the Jōhana Line
（between Jōhana and Takaoka）, your
pass is valid for travel on local trains of
Ainokaze Toyama Railway between
Toyama and Takaoka. However, use of the
pass in this manner is restricted to travel
continuing through Takaoka.
Note 4 Some limited express trains will be added
or eliminated due to the opening of the
Hokuriku Shinkansen. There will also be
some route changes.
Nanao
Himi Line
To Fukui, Kyōto,
and Ōsaka
Note 2
*The pass is valid only for travel on Shinkansen
service and on routes indicated by solid lines in
the figure above.
Starting on Saturday, March 14, 2015
Wakura
onsen
ine
Ishikawa Pref.
Iiyama Line
Your pass is valid for travel on the newly
opened Hokuriku Shinkansen (between
Nagano and Kanazawa). (However, the pass
is not valid for travel in Gran Class cars.)
Note 3
Niigata Pref.
Takaoka
ShinTakaoka
Toyama
To Takayama
and Gifu
Naoetsu To Niigata
Shinetsu Line
Itoi
gawa
Kurobe
Unazuki
Onsen
Ōito Line
Takayama
Line
Jōhana
Line
Jōhana
Hokuriku
Shinkansen
Toyama Pref.
Himi
Jōetsu
Myōkō
Toyono
Iiyama
To Shinano-Ōmachi
and Matsumoto
Nagano
Iiyama Line
Shinetsu Line
Nagano Pref.
To Tōkyō
〈Limited express service on legacy lines〉
Eliminated:Limited express Hakutaka
between Fukui/Kanazawa/Wakuraonsen and
Echigo-Yuzawa, limited express Hokuetsu
between Kanazawa and Niigata
New: Limited express Shirayuki between
Arai/Jōetsu Myōkō and Niigata, limited
express Noto Kagaribi between Kanazawa
and Wakuraonsen, limited express Dinostar between Kanazawa and Fukui
【Notes】
• Even if you purchased your pass on or before
March 13 (by purchasing an MCO and exchanging it
for a pass in Japan), it will be treated as described
above starting on March 14.
• The start of Hokuriku Shinkansen service will not
result in the collection of additional fares or fees.
Additionally, pass holders will not be eligible to
receive fare or fee refunds as a result of their inability
to use legacy lines that parallel the new route.
• Use of trains operated by IR Ishikawa Railway,
Ainokaze Toyama Railway, Echigo TOKImeki Railway,
and Shinano Railway (apart from what is described
above) is subject to separate fares and fees.
Stations served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen (on routes scheduled to open on March 14, 2015)
and associated train names
ShinTakaoka
Kagayaki
Toyama
Kurobe
Unazuki
Onsen
Hakutaka
Itoi
gawa
Jōetsu
Myōkō
Iiyama
Nagano
To Tōkyō
Kana
zawa
Tsurugi
*Passes valid for normal car use are good for travel in normal cars. Passes valid for Green car use are good
for travel in both Green cars and normal cars.
*Your pass is not valid for travel in Gran Class cars (which require a separate ticket).