Notes Note for customers using the Japan Rail Pass This note provides important information for customers traveling in the Hokuriku or Shin’etsu regions (Ishikawa Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, and Nagano Prefecture). The area within which your pass is valid for travel will change when the Hokuriku Shinkansen (between Nagano and Kanazawa) begins service on March 14, 2015. Your pass is valid for travel on the newly Wakura Until Friday, March 13, 2015 opened Hokuriku Shinkansen (between Ishikawa Pref. onsen Nagano and Kanazawa). (However, the pass Nanao is not valid for travel in Gran Class cars.) Himi Line Himi *The pass is valid only for travel on Shinkansen Toyama Pref. service and on routes indicated by solid lines in the figure above. To Fukui, Kyōto, Niigata Pref. and Ōsaka Nanao Line Takaoka Naoetsu To Niigata Hokuriku Kana Shinetsu Line Tsubata Jōhana Line Toyama Itoi Note 1 Your pass is not valid for travel on routes Line zawa gawa indicated by broken lines in the figure. Line Takayama Travel on those routes is subject to Ōito Line separate fares. Note 2 When traveling to the Nanao Line（between Tsubata and Wakuraonsen）, your pass is Toyono Iiyama valid for travel on limited express and Jōhana local services of IR Ishikawa Railway To Takayama To Shinano-Ōmachi between Kanazawa and Tsubata. However, and Gifu and Matsumoto use of the pass in this manner is restricted Nagano Iiyama Line to travel continuing through Tsubata. Note 3 When traveling to the Himi Line（between Shinetsu Line Himi and Takaoka） or the Jōhana Line Nagano Pref. To Tōkyō （between Jōhana and Takaoka）, your pass is valid for travel on local trains of Ainokaze Toyama Railway between Toyama and Takaoka. However, use of the pass in this manner is restricted to travel continuing through Takaoka. Note 4 Some limited express trains will be added or eliminated due to the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen. There will also be some route changes. 〈Limited express service on legacy lines〉 Eliminated:Limited express “Hakutaka” Wakura Starting on Saturday, March 14, 2015 between Fukui/Kanazawa/Wakuraonsen and Ishikawa Pref. onsen Echigo-Yuzawa, limited express “Hokuetsu” Nanao between Kanazawa and Niigata Himi Line New: Limited express “Shirayuki” between Himi Toyama Pref. ō ō ō Note 2 Arai/J etsu My k and Niigata, limited express “Noto Kagaribi” between Kanazawa To Fukui, Kyōto, Note 3 Niigata Pref. and Wakuraonsen, limited express “Dinos- and Ōsaka Nanao Line Takaoka Naoetsu To Niigata tar”between Kanazawa and Fukui Hokuriku Kana Tsubata Shinetsu Line Line Kurobe Itoi zawa Shin- Toyama gawa Jōetsu 【Notes】 Takaoka Unazuki Onsen Myōkō • Even if you purchased your pass on or before Line Jōhana Line Takayama Ōito Line March 13 (by purchasing an MCO and exchanging it for a pass in Japan), it will be treated as described above starting on March 14. Toyono Iiyama • The start of Hokuriku Shinkansen service will not Jōhana To Takayama To Shinano-Ōmachi result in the collection of additional fares or fees. Hokuriku and Gifu and Matsumoto Additionally, pass holders will not be eligible to Shinkansen Nagano receive fare or fee refunds as a result of their inability Iiyama Line to use legacy lines that parallel the new route. Shinetsu Line • Use of trains operated by IR Ishikawa Railway, Ainokaze Toyama Railway, Echigo TOKImeki Railway, To Tōkyō Nagano Pref. and Shinano Railway (apart from what is described above) is subject to separate fares and fees. Stations served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen (on routes scheduled to open on March 14, 2015) and associated train names To T To Kana Kurobe ō Shin- Toyama Itoi Jōetsu Nagano ky Unazuki Iiyama zawa Takaoka gawa Myōkō Onsen ō Kagayaki Hakutaka Tsurugi *Passes valid for normal car use are good for travel in normal cars. Passes valid for Green car use are good for travel in both Green cars and normal cars. *Your pass is not valid for travel in Gran Class cars (which require a separate ticket)..