🇯🇵 Kyoto

Kyoto–Fukui Hokuriku Shinkansen & Limited Express Train Ticket[E-Ticket]

📍 Kyoto, Japan

From 5,000 JPY

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Overview

Book now for flexible express train tickets between Kyoto and Fukui — at a special price only for visitors to Japan!
Exclusive to those with temporary visitor status, take the Hokuriku Shinkansen for less! This one-way ticket is valid up to 90 days after booking. Ride the Shinkansen between Fukui and Tsuruga Station, and connect to Kyoto with the Limited Express Thunderbird!
See all discounted Hokuriku routes here
Check other Shinkansen routes and prices here
See the How it Works section for full details of ticket usage!

How to Use:
1: Choose the option for your direction of travel
2: Confirmation email will be sent to the appointed email address once the booking is made
3: The QR Code* voucher for your ticket is valid up to 90 days later
4: Please go to green ticket-vending machines and pick up physical ticket by scanning QR Code of e-ticket and non-Japanese passport (click here to search)
4: Use the physical ticket to pass through the automated ticket gate
Reserving a Reserved Seat Ticket
Reserved seat tickets can be reserved at a ticket vending machine or a station ticket office.
Click here for information on reserving reserved seat tickets from a ticket vending machine.

Eligibility:

"Discounted One-way Ticket" user must be holding a passport issued by a foreign government（外国での永住権を持っているお客様を含め、日本国籍のお客様は使用できません）
"Discounted One-way Ticket" user must be entering in Japan as a "短期滞在" (Temporary Visitor)"
"短期滞在" (Temporary Visitor) is a status of residence defined under Japanese immigration law
Individual customers are not allowed to purchase or exchange more than one of the same ticket for the same use period
You must present your passport to receive a pass

From 5,000 JPY

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The Hokuriku Shinkansen is a high-speed bullet train line that serves some of Japan's beautiful, less-visited cities like Fukui, Toyama, and Kanazawa. Change trains at Tsuruga Station for the Limited Express Thunderbird, which connects the travel hubs of Osaka and Kyoto!
With a Kyoto-to-Fukui (or Fukui-to-Kyoto) Hokuriku One-Way Ticket for the Shinkansen and Thunderbird Express, you’ll cruise between cities on a ride like no other!
Book your flexible tickets now, use the QR Code* to collect them in Japan, and make a seat reservation at the station in Japan, so nothing gets in the way of your bullet train adventure!
QR Code is a registered trademark of Denso Wave, Inc.

This ticket can be used on a variety of services. See the table below for the validity, and any other tickets needed.
Purchasing a "Discounted One-way Ticket"
Available from select overseas travel agencies.

Purchasing Exchange Order through a Travel Agency outside Japan

Step 1: Purchase an exchange order (E-TICKET) at sales locations outside Japan

Step 2: Exchange the E-TICKET for a "Discounted One-way Ticket" at an exchange location in Japan

E-TICKET exchange locations: Click here for details
Receiving an E-TICKET: Click here for details
The E-TICKET that could not been exchanged can be refunded at the overseas travel agency where the pass was originally purchased (a separate handling fee will be applied)
The "Discounted One-way Ticket" is not available for purchase within Japan

Availability and Use

Changes

Changing the validity period start date is allowed only once
The ticket cannot be changed for a different ticket type; the ticket must instead be refunded, and the desired ticket purchased separately
Changing the departure or arrival station within a section is allowed only once for unused tickets within the validity period
Changing trains is allowed only once before the departure of the designated train, and only if tickets for the train being changed to are available within the validity period

Refunds

Refunds are accepted only at the "Discounted One-way Ticket" exchange location.
Click here for information on refund locations for refunds due to non-availability of services, delays, or other circumstances
The sales price minus a handling fee will be refunded.

Handling fee:

If no reserved seating ticket has been issued: 560 YEN

If a reserved seating ticket has been issued:

Up to 2 days before departure: 560 YEN
Between day before departure and time of departure: 30% of original undiscounted Express ticket (based on original ticket purchase date) + 220 YEN (minimum handling fee: 560 YEN)
A handling fee equivalent to the Limited express ticket for each train will be applied to a reserved seating ticket after departure time.
Refunds cannot be provided if the "Discounted One-way Ticket" has been used or the validity period has ended.
A refund of an unexchanged E-TICKET is available from the overseas travel agency where the ticket was purchased. Please note that an additional handling fee will apply.

Related information

The "Discounted One-way Ticket" is only valid for the "Discounted One-way Ticket" holder
Presentation of a passport (of the person using the "Discounted One-way Ticket") is required to exchange an E-TICKET
No more than one E-TICKET can be exchanged per passport
A passport is required when using a "Discounted One-way Ticket" and must be presented to the JR staff upon request
The "Discounted One-way Ticket" will not be reissued even if lost or stolen
The conditions of use for the "Discounted One-way Ticket" are stipulated by the JR-WEST carriage conditions and the laws of Japan
Conditions of use for an exchange order are stipulated by regulations and contracts of issuing companies
If any discrepancies arise between the foreign language and Japanese versions of the carriage conditions, the Japanese version has precedence
The information displayed (including prices) is current as of August 1, 2024, and is subject to change

From 5,000 JPY

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