JR WEST

Buying and Using JR Tickets

Choose regular paper tickets, IC cards or rail passes. Each has different valid areas and procedures.

CHOOSE A GUIDE

Three ways to travel on JR

Start with the type of ticket or pass you plan to use.

Near-distance ticket machines, Midori ticket machines and Midori ticket offices.

Where IC cards work in San’in, how to touch and what to do at an unstaffed station.

JAPAN RAIL PASS and San’in-valid JR-WEST RAIL PASSES are explained separately.