Sales of the Tateyama Kurobe Option Ticket for Foreign Visitors to Japan Take a Trip to the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route on the Hokuriku Shinkansen!

February 10, 2020 East Japan Railway Company West Japan Railway Company

Sales of the Tateyama Kurobe Option Ticket for Foreign Visitors to Japan Take a trip to the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route on the Hokuriku Shinkansen!

JR EAST and JR WEST are offering the Tateyama Kurobe Option Ticket again this year which is ideal for foreign visitors to Japan heading to the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. Used in combination with a JR pass such as the “Hokuriku Arch Pass” that provides convenient travel to the Hokuriku

region for foreign visitors to Japan, this Option Ticket allows inexpensive access to the Alpine Route from Nagano or Toyama Stations. Make the grand panorama from the Tateyama mountain range in Japan’s Northern Alps the memory of your travels in Japan.

◇ Product name: Tateyama Kurobe Option Ticket（One-way） ◇ Period of use: Wednesday, April 15 to Tuesday, November 10, 2020 ◇ Period of sales: Monday, April 13 to Thursday, November 5, 2020 *Not for sale on day of departure ◇ Valid period: 5 consecutive days ◇ Where to purchase: 【JR EAST area】・ JR EAST Travel Service Centers (Tokyo Station, Shinjuku Station, Shibuya Station, Ikebukuro Station, Ueno Station, Hamamatsucho Station, Shinagawa Station, Haneda Airport International Terminal Station, Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station, Narita Airport Terminal 2・3 Station) ・ Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station, Narita Airport Terminal 2・3 Station ・ Travel Service Center (View Plaza) Nagano Station 【JR WEST area】・ Osaka Station, Shin-Osaka Station, Kyoto Station, Kanazawa Station, and Toyama Station ◇ Prices: Adults (age 12 and over) 9,800 yen, children (age 6-11) 4,900 yen ◇ Purchase requirements: Customers holding a passport issued by a country other than Japan and with the status of temporary visitor permitting a stay of up to 90 days. ※Passports will be checked at time of purchase. ◇ Validity: One-way from Nagano to Dentetsu-Toyama or Dentetsu-Toyama to Nagano ・ Nagano to Ogizawa (ALPICO Kotsu Co., Ltd./Kanden Amenix Co., Ltd.) ・ Ogizawa – Kurobe Dam (The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.) ・ Lake Kurobe – Tateyama (Tateyama Kurobe Kanko Co., Ltd.) ・ Tateyama to Dentetsu-Toyama (Toyama Chihou Tetsudou Inc.) *The companies in ( ) are the operating companies

*For travel between Tokyo – Hokuriku area – Osaka, we recommend the “Hokuriku Arch Pass” for foreign visitors to Japan.

This Information is also available on foreign-language versions of our website. （English）www.jrtateyama.com/e/ （Traditional Chinese）www.jrtateyama.com/tc/ （Simplified Chinese）www.jrtateyama.com/sc/ （Korean）www.jrtateyama.com/kr/

Reference “Hokuriku Arch Pass” outline ◇ Product name: “Hokuriku Arch Pass” ◇ Valid period: 7 consecutive days ◇ Where to purchase: 【Outside of Japan】 *It is necessary to submit the exchange order at the designated exchange location in Japan to receive the pass. Travel companies and travel agencies abroad that issue passes such as the “JAPAN RAIL PASS.” 【In Japan】（East Japan area） ○JR EAST Travel Service Center Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station, Narita Airport Terminal 2・3 Station, Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport International Terminal Station, Tokyo Station, Shinjuku Station, Shibuya Station, Ikebukuro Station, Ueno Station, Hamamatsucho Station, Shinagawa Station ○ Narita Airport Terminal 1 Station, Narita Airport Terminal 2・3 Station ○ Travel Service Center (View Plaza) Yokohama Station, Nagano Station ○ Narita International Airport Terminal 1 Travel Center （West Japan area） ○ Kansai-airport Station, Osaka Station, Shin-Osaka Station, Kyoto Station, Kanazawa Station, and Toyama Station ◇ Prices: Purchased outside of Japan: adults (age 12 and over) 24,440 yen, children (age 6-11) 12,220 yen Purchased in Japan: adults (age 12 and over) 25,460 yen, children (age 6-11) 12,730 yen ◇ Purchase requirements: Customers holding a passport issued by a country other than Japan and with the status of temporary visitor permitting a stay of up to 90 days. *Passports will be checked at time of purchase. ◇ Validity: Unlimited use of ordinary car reserved seats (ordinary car non-reserved seats on “HARUKA”) on super (limited) express (including Shinkansen), express and local trains between Narita and Haneda Airports, Tokyo wards, Hokuriku area, Kansai area and Kansai Airport ・ Narita Express (limited express within the free usage area) ・ Tokyo Monorail (between Haneda Airport Terminal 2 and Hamamatsucho) ・ Hokuriku Shinkansen (between Tokyo and Kanazawa); Thunderbird (limited express between Kanazawa and Osaka）・ HARUKA non-reserved seats (limited express between Shin-Osaka, Kyoto and Kansai International Airport) ・ JR lines within the Tokyo wards, JR lines within the Keihanshin area (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara) ・ Etsumi-Hoku line, Nanao line, Himi line, Johana line, Takayama main line (Toyama – Inotani), Oito line (Itoigawa - Minami-Otari) ・ IR Ishikawa Railway, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, Noto Railway ■“Hokuriku Arch Pass” service zones and available trains

Thanks to local cooperation, discounts and gifts are on offer from Hokuriku-area tourist facilities, buses and railways to customers who have purchased a “Hokuriku Arch Pass.” Please see the designated website for more details. (English) until March 31, 2019 http://hokuriku-arch-pass.com/en/privilege.html from April 1, 2019 http://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ticket/pass/benefits/