Who is Eligible for a Japan Rail Pass?
海外在住の日本人の方（日本国の旅券所有者）へCondition 1If you are a tourist visiting Japan you can enter as a “Temporary Visitor”.
(“Temporary Visitor” entry status, according to Japanese Immigration Law, allows a stay in Japan of 15 or 90 days for the purpose of “sight-seeing”.) If you apply for “stay for sight-seeing” when you enter, your passport will be stamped “Temporary Visitor”. Only persons who have a passport bearing this stamp can use a Japan Rail Pass.
At the airport, You need to either use a manned automated gate or ask a clerk to apply a stamp/sticker in your passport.
The child Passes
The child passes are applicable to children who are aged 6 through 11 as of the issue date of the Exchange Voucher.
Condition 2You are a Japanese national living in a foreign country who is:
You are a Japanese national living legally in a foreign country for 10 consecutive years or more. A written proof must be obtained from the Japanese embassy or legation of Japan. The issue date of written proof must be prior to the purchase date of your voucher (and within the last 6 months). The “Overseas Residential Registration” and “Certificate of Overseas Residence” you presented at the time you purchased your voucher must also be presented when exchanged it for a PASS.
Acceptable written proof must be one of the following:
*Written proof is only necessary for passengers travelling using their Japanese Passport.
1. Copy of your Overseas Residential Registration issued by the embassy or legation of Japan on the foreign country where you live (limited to Overseas Residential Registration with a date of acceptance at least 10 years or earlier)
2. Certificate of Overseas Residence issued by the embassy or legation of Japan in the foreign country where you live (limited to a Certificate of Overseas Residence with a date at least 10 years or earlier in which you have established your as present address, either permanent or temporary.
- *Proof 1 or 2 must be dated no earlier than 6months prior to purchase of exchange voucher.
- *Proof 1 or 2 must be dated earlier than exchange voucher issue date. We will issue the voucher after checking the proof.
- *Japanese national are not allow to use any JR Regional Passes.
For individuals who possess passports issued by both Japan and another country
In accordance with the Japanese Immigration Law, please present your Japanese passport to immigration when entering the country. In this case, your Japanese passport and “documentation verifying your stay in another country for 10 or more consecutive years, such as a certificate issued by a government office overseas” will be required. Please choose Japan as a Country of Nationality
For children (age of 6-11) whose stay in the country is less than 10 years (their age can be verified by the date of birth in their passport), as long as a single copy of the Overseas Residential Registration verifies that they live with the applicant whose stay in the country is 10 consecutive years or more, and they also use the JAPAN RAIL PASS with that applicant, such children meet the eligibility requirements.
海外在住の日本人の方（日本国の旅券所有者）へ
海外在住の日本人の方（日本国の旅券所有者）は、在留期間が連続して10年以上であることを証明する必要があります。下記の書類のいずれかを、引換証ご購入後にメール（[email protected]）添付にてお送りください。詳細を確認後に発券手続きをいたします。
① 在外公館が交付する「在留届の写し」（在留届の受付日が10年以上前のもの）
② 在外公館が発行する「在留証明」（「現住所に住所（または居所）を定めた年月日」として、10年以上前の年月が記載されたもの）
- 「在留届の写し」及び「在留証明」は、「交付公館名、交付日」が押印されており、かつ交付又は発行から6カ月以内のもの、引換証の購入日以前に交付されたもののみ有効です。
- 引換証購入の時点で在留期間が10年に満たない小児（11歳以下）の方については、①の一通の「在留届の写し」において「在留期間が連続して10年以上である方」と同居していることが確認でき、かつその方と一緒にジャパン・レール・パスを利用する場合、ご利用資格を満たします。
- 「10年以上」については、引換証を購入する時点で「10年前の同じ月」以前のものが有効です。（例）2023年6月1日に引換証購入の場合「2013年6月」以前のものが有効（2013年6月1日～6月30日は「2013年6月」と見なし有効）
- 海外在住の日本人の方（日本国の旅券所有者）はJR Regional Passはご購入いただけません。
日本に到着後、引換手続きの際にはパスポートと在留届の写し、もしくは在留証明（いずれもコピーは不可）の提示が必要です。
日本国と日本国以外の両方の旅券を有する方について
日本国の入国管理法上、「日本の旅券」での入国確認が行われます。その場合は、日本国の旅券及び「在留届の写し」もしくは「在留証明」が必要となります。お申し込みの際のCountry of nationality は日本をご選択ください。