East Japan Railway Company
May 15, 2007
The Tohoku ('Northeast') region is the large area encompassing the northern end of the main island of Honshu; part of this region is the Northern Tohoku consisting of the three prefectures of Akita, Aomori and Iwate. These three locales offer a wide range of tourist attractions: castles and samurai towns, festivals in all seasons, soothing hot springs, deep clear lakes and refreshing hikes in the mountains. And all within a few hours ride by Shinkansen 'bullet trains' from Tokyo. From July through September this year, this area is promoting itself in a 'Northern Tohoku Destination Campaign' and in conjunction with this event East Japan Railway is offering foreign visitors a very economical limited-time discount ticket, the 'JR EAST PASS SPECIAL,' that will go on sale Sunday, 1 July 2007. During this promotional period we wish to encourage travelers to enjoy the charms of the Northern Tohoku area. But the pass will also cover all JR East service including the metropolitan Tokyo area and many other locations in the Tohoku region and central Japan such as Matsumoto, Nagano, Nikko and Sendai. Please take advantage of this special offer to explore the Northern Tohoku using JR East's comfortable, speedy and safe rail system.
Station | Office | Office Hours | Days Closed |
Aomori | Travel Service Center | 10:00-18:00 | None |
Hachinohe | Travel Service Center | 10:00-17:30 | None |
Akita | Travel Service Center | 10:00-18:00 | None |
Sendai | Travel Service Center | 10:00-19:00 | None |
Yamagata | Travel Service Center | 10:00-18:00 | None |
Fukushima | Travel Service Center | 10:30-19:00 | None |
Niigata | Travel Service Center | 10:00-19:00 | None |
Narita Airport (Terminal 1) |
Travel Service Center | 11:30-19:00 | None |
Ticket Office | 6:30-11:30 | None | |
19:00-21:45 | None | ||
Airport Terminal 2 | Travel Service Center | 11:30-19:00 | None |
Ticket Office | 6:30-11:30 | None | |
19:00-21:45 | None | ||
Tokyo | Travel Service Center (Marunouchi North) | 10:00-19:00 | Sundays and Holidays |
Travel Service Center (Yaesu Central) | 10:30-19:30 | None | |
Ticket Office | 5:30-22:45 | None | |
Shinagawa | Travel Service Center | 9:30-20:00 | None |
Ueno | Travel Service Center | 10:30-20:00 | None |
Shinjuku | Travel Service Center (East) | 11:00-19:00 | None |
Shibuya | Exchange: Information Center | 10:00-18:30 | None |
Sales: Travel Service Center | 11:00-20:00 | None | |
Ikebukuro | Exchange: Information Center | 9:30-18:00 | None |
Sales: Travel Service Center (west) | 11:00-20:00 | None | |
Yokohama | Travel Service Center | 11:00-20:00 | None |
(These are basically the same locations that handle the standard JR EAST PASS)
On presenting your JR EAST PASS SPECIAL or JR EAST PASS at designated tourist information locations in the Northern Tohoku Destination Campaign area, you can receive a free "omiyage" (souvenir): a set of chopsticks especially made in the region.
For a list of places giving away these omiyage please see the list on the attached document.
To provide promotional information to foreign visitors before they depart for Japan, we are planning an advertising campaign. In addition we plan to include information on our web site in English, Korean and Chinese beginning 18 May.
English | http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/eastpass/index.html |
Korean | http://www.jreast.co.jp/kr/eastpass/index.html |
Chinese | http://www.jreast.co.jp/tc/eastpass/index.html |
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The JR EAST PASS is for foreign tourists visiting Japan and is valid for all JR East lines including Shinkansen, Limited Express and Express trains. Travelers can choose among three types of passes that vary in length and validity period as shown in the chart below:
Ordinary | Green | ||||
Adult (age 26 and over) |
Youth (age 12-25) |
Child (age 6-11) |
Adult (age 12 and over) |
Child (age 6-11) |
|
5-day | 20,000 yen | 16,000 yen | 10,000 yen | 28,000 yen | 14,000 yen |
10-day | 32,000 yen | 25,000 yen | 16,000 yen | 44,800 yen | 22,400 yen |
Flexible 4-day | 20,000 yen | 16,000 yen | 10,000 yen | 28,000 yen | 14,000 yen |
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Ordinary | ||
Adult (age 12 and over) |
Child (age 6-11) |
|
JR EAST PASS SPECIAL (Flexible 3-day) |
10,000 yen | 5,000 yen |
No. | Area | Places giving away |
1 | Iwate Prefecture | Morioka-City Travel and Cultural Exchange Center (Plaza Odette) |
2 | Iwate Prefecture | Kita-Tohoku Travel Center |
3 | Iwate Prefecture | Hanamaki Travel Center |
4 | Iwate Prefecture | Oshu-City Travel Service Office (inside Mizusawa-Esashi Station) |
5 | Iwate Prefecture | Mizusawa Travel Service Office (inside Mizusawa Station) |
6 | Iwate Prefecture | Esashi Travel Commerce Center |
7 | Iwate Prefecture | Isawa Information Center |
8 | Iwate Prefecture | Ichinoseki Travel Association Station Office |
9 | Iwate Prefecture | Ofunato-City Tourism Commerce Association Travel Service Office |
10 | Iwate Prefecture | Rikuzen-Takada City Travel Association |
11 | Iwate Prefecture | Kamaishi General Travel Service Office |
12 | Iwate Prefecture | Miyako Station Travel Service Office |
13 | Iwate Prefecture | Ninohe-City Travel Service Office (Nanyaato) |
14 | Iwate Prefecture | Iwate Area Exchange Center "Plaza Ai" Regional Travel Service Office |
15 | Iwate Prefecture | Shizukuishi Town Travel Service Center |
16 | Iwate Prefecture | Kuji Tourist Guide |
17 | Iwate Prefecture | Roadside Birch Village Yamagata |
18 | Iwate Prefecture | Tono-City Travel Service Office (Tono City Travel Association) |
19 | Aomori Prefecture |
Aomori Travel General Service Office |
20 | Aomori Prefecture |
Aomori-City Travel Service Office |
21 | Aomori Prefecture |
Hirosaki-City Travel Service Office |
22 | Aomori Prefecture |
Hirosaki-City Travel Building |
23 | Aomori Prefecture |
Hachinohe General Travel Plaza |
24 | Aomori Prefecture |
Towada Lake Travel General Service Office |
25 | Aomori Prefecture |
Mutsu Kasamai Building |
26 | Akita Prefecture |
Akita-City Travel Service Center |
27 | Akita Prefecture |
Tazawa Lake Travel Information Center "Folake" |
28 | Akita Prefecture |
Towada-Hachimantai Travel Commerce Association Travel Service Office |
29 | Akita Prefecture |
Kakunodate Travel Information Center "Ekimae-gura" |
30 | Akita Prefecture |
Daisen-City Travel Information Center "Granpaul" |