• Purchase a Voucher via this site, and exchange it for your rail pass at supporting JR East and JR Hokkaido stations.
• The time limit for exchanging your rail pass is 3 months from the date your voucher was issued.
• Japanese Passport holders cannot use this pass.
• Please be sure to enter Japan with a non-Japanese passport and obtain a "temporary visitor" stamp to be eligible to exchange your voucher.

You can start using your pass with a trip from either Narita, Haneda, New Chitose, or Hakodate Airport. You can hop aboard the Shinkansen Tokyo and Shin-Hakodate Hokuto.

The following sites can provide you with more details about the regional passes. >> JR East-south Hokkaido Rail Pass offered by JR East & JR Hokkaido.