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This official JR West ticket lets you ride the Sanyo Shinkansen, the fast link across western Japan from Osaka to Hakata, one way on just the section you need. Choose your departure and arrival among Osaka, Okayama/Kurashiki, Onomichi/Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Shin-Yamaguchi and Kokura/Hakata. For the Kokura - Hakata section there are also options bundled with a 1-week Kitakyushu & Shimonoseki Enjoy Pass.

An official one-way Sanyo Shinkansen ticket
from Osaka to Hakata
The Sanyo Shinkansen is one of the fastest and most convenient ways to travel from Osaka to Hakata. With this ticket you board at designated stations in Osaka, Okayama, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Fukuoka and ride your chosen section one way once.
Get your paper ticket
with the voucher and passport
Show your booking voucher and the booker's passport at a designated station ticket machine or green counter to exchange it for a paper ticket. Then go straight through the automatic ticket gate and board.
If the automatic gate cannot read the ticket, use the staffed gate.
Kokura - Hakata
with the Kitakyushu pass
Kokura - Hakata options include a one-way Sanyo Shinkansen non-reserved ticket and a 1-week Kitakyushu & Shimonoseki Enjoy Pass.
For temporary visitors from abroad only
Only travellers holding a passport issued by a government other than Japan and entering Japan as a "Temporary Visitor" may use this ticket. Japanese nationals and holders of student or work visas cannot use it.
※ Valid for one one-way trip within the section; once you exit the station en route, the ticket can no longer be used.
One-way Sanyo Shinkansen ticket (selected section)
1-week Kitakyushu & Shimonoseki Enjoy Pass (Kokura - Hakata pass options)
Return ticket
Have your booking voucher ready.
Show the voucher and the booker's passport at a designated station ticket machine or green counter to get the paper ticket.
Pass through the automatic ticket gate with the paper ticket and board.
Where to exchange
Ticket machines or green counters (Midori-no-madoguchi) at designated Sanyo Shinkansen stations
Note
If the automatic gate cannot read the ticket, use the staffed gate.
Departure station of the booked option (designated Sanyo Shinkansen stations between Osaka and Hakata)