You are a foreign tourist visiting Japan from abroad for sight-seeing, under the entry status of "temporary visitor."

"If you apply for a "stay for sight-seeing" when you enter Japan, entry personnel will stamp your passport as "Temporary Visitor,"

Japanese people living abroad who meet the following conditions

Please confirm that the issued date for both your “Overseas Residential Registration” and your “Certificate of Overseas Residence” is prior to the purchase date of your Exchange Order (and within the last 6 months). 

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＜For individuals who possess passports issued by both Japan and another country＞
In accordance with the Japanese Immigration Law, please present your Japanese passport to immigration when entering the country. In this case, your Japanese passport and “documentation verifying your stay in another country for 10 or more consecutive years, such as a certificate issued by a government office overseas” will be required.

The JAPAN RAIL PASS is valid for the railways, buses, and ferry boats shown in the table below.

All JR Group Railways-Shinkansen"bullet trains"(「except any reserved or non-reserved seat on “NOZOMI” and “MIZUHO” trains)limited express trains, express trains, and rapid or local trains, and the BRT. (With some exceptions)

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JAPAN RAIL PASS holders can also use the Tokyo Monorail.

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MORE INFORMATION HERE:https://japanrailpass.net/en/about_jrp.html#anchor04

The JAPAN RAIL PASS is not valid for any seats, reserved or non-reserved, on “NOZOMI” and “MIZUHO” trains on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines.

(The pass holders must take “HIKARI,” “SAKURA,” “KODAMA,” or “TSUBAME” trains.) If you use a “NOZOMI” or “MIZUHO” train, you must pay the basic fare and the limited express charge, and for a Green Car, the additional Green Car surcharge.

Local lines of JR Bus (excluding some local lines. Pass validity for particular routes is subject to change.)

(JR Bus : JR Hokkaido Bus, JR Bus Tohoku, JR Bus Kanto, JR Tokai Bus, West Japan JR Bus, Chugoku JR Bus, JR Shikoku Bus, JR Kyushu Bus)The PASS is not valid for travel on express bus routes operated by JR Bus.

Only the JR-WEST Miyajima ferry is covered.

Hydrofoil ferry service operated by JR-KYUSHU between Hakata and Pusan (Korea) is not covered.