4 days of unlimited bus and train
transport within the designated area!
with a return ticket for the Shinhotaka Ropeway [ 4 Consective days ]
[ 4 Consective days ]
with a return ticket for the Shinhotaka Ropeway [ 4 Consective days ]
[ 4 Consective days ]
* Shinhotaka ropeway will be closed due to renovation work from May 27 through July 14, 2020.
* The price for the tickets from December to March are cheaper as the buses to Kamikochi and Norikura Summit do not operate during this period.
* Children who are 12 years and older will need to buy an adult pass.
(*) Please contact Nohi Bus for opening hours of Takayama Bus Center and Hirayu Bus Terminal.
If you show your 4-Day WIDE Free Passport at the following sightseeing facilities, you will receive a discount on the admissions price etc. The prices below are for adults.
plus get food/drink voucher to use in the Museum
Q&A
Reservations are not needed on any of the buses in the area covered by the Free Passport. Seats are assigned on a first-come-first-served basis, so you can just get on the bus on the day itself.
The open season is from 17 April to 15 November each year.
1. All routes going to Kamikochi are scheduled to run from 17 April to 15 November.
2. The route between Norikura Kogen-Kuraigahara Sanso and Daisekkei-Katanokoyaguchi (Haruyama Bus) is scheduled to run between late April and 30 June.
3. The route between Norikura-Kogen and Norikura Summit (Tatamidaira) (Go-Raiko Bus) is scheduled to run from mid-July to mid-September.
4. The route between Norikura-Kogen and Norikura Summit (Tatamidaira) is scheduled to run between 1 July and 31 October.
* Please check for details on the timetable pages of the website for each route.
There is a trunk area at the bottom of the bus where large pieces of luggage can be loaded. However, the luggage may have other passengers' luggage put on top of it, or be moved around to make more space for other luggage. In these cases, we will accept no responsibility for damage, soiling or loss of the luggage.
There are no particular limits, but if it is likely that carrying the luggage would cause inconvenience to other passengers, the luggage may be refused.
Numbered tickets are given out to passengers to indicate the order they will board the bus on the route from Kamikochi to Shinshimashima, Matsumoto, Norikura and Shirahone Hot Springs. They are not any form of keeping or reserving any particular seat on the bus. When you buy your return ticket from Kamikochi Bus Terminal, or when you go to the service window with your Free Passport or Return Bus Ticket, say the day and time of the bus you want to return on. Numbered tickets are given out from 2 days before the departure of the bus you will use.
At Kamikochi Bus Terminal, starting from 10 minutes before the departure time, passengers will be called in the order of the numbered tickets. If you have a numbered ticket, but are not at the station when your number is called, we will call the next passengers. The numbered tickets are only valid at Kamikochi Bus Terminal and cannot be used from stops on the way (K-28 Taisho-ike Pond and K-29 Teikoku Hotel).
Even if you lose your ticket, it will not be issued again. Please take care not to lose your tickets.
Yes, it is possible to use all these routes.
Yes, you can use this train.
Yes, you can.
No. If you buy the Free Passport or exchange your voucher for the Passport at the payment window at Shinshimashima Station, then you do not have to pay anything extra for the section between Matsumoto and Shinshimashima.
When using Go-Raiko buses, a 300 yen seat ticket is required. Go-Raiko Buses start journeys from both the Gifu Prefecture end (Hirayu Hot Springs) and the Nagano Prefecture end (Norikura Kogen). When using a 4-Day WIDE Free Passport, you only need a seat ticket on buses departing from Hirayu Hot Springs.
It is not possible to get a refund on the ticket.