Hokkaido Free Pass (北海道フリーパス): price and what it covers

How much does the Hokkaido Free Pass (北海道フリーパス) cost?

Unlimited rides for 7 days.

Hokkaido Free Pass (北海道フリーパス) coverage: where can you use it?

• All JR Hokkaido conventional lines: ordinary non-reserved seats on local and rapid trains.
• Empty reserved seats on conventional limited express trains that sell unassigned-seat tickets.
• JR Hokkaido Bus routes, except some lines.

Not covered

• Intercity and extra buses such as Sapporo–Asahikawa, Sapporo–Obihiro and Sapporo–Monbetsu.
• Green Cars need both the Green Car charge and the limited express charge.

Where to buy the Hokkaido Free Pass (北海道フリーパス)

• Sold on Ekinet, at major JR Hokkaido stations (including reserved-seat ticket machines) and at major travel agencies in Hokkaido.
• Sold from one month before the start date, up to that day.

Seats and using the pass

Seats

You can reserve ordinary-car seats up to 6 times (not on the SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen); from the 7th time, you pay the full charge.

• Only the person whose name is on the ticket can use it.
• If someone with a booking for your seat arrives, move to another empty seat.
• You can change the start date once, before it starts or while unused.

Refunds

Refunds only before the start date or while unused, minus a 1,090 yen fee; no refund once used.

Good to know

• It cannot be used from April 27 to May 6, August 10 to 19, and December 28 to January 6.
• Adults and children pay the same price.
• On the Sapporo–Otaru highway bus, only runs operated by JR Hokkaido Bus can be used.

Related items

• Hokkaido Rail Pass
• Sapporo-Furano Area Pass
• Sapporo-Noboribetsu Area Pass
• Hakodate Streetcar 1-Day Ticket (市電１日乗車券)
• Sapporo Donichika Ticket
• Japan Rail Pass