JR pass requirements?

My mother is coming to Japan for a month starting in August.

I know that in order to qualify for the JR pass, you need to have a temporary visitor on your passport. My mother will qualify, I however, will not, since I currently have an instructor visa (re-entry permit).

However, I won't be working during the month of August, so is it possible that I could get a pass on the requirement, so that I could show my mom around Japan?

I do know someone who did get the JR pass when her family visited her while she was studying here abroad. I am wondering how often they make an exception for this rule?

Hi Charlie,

Check it out here:

Who is eligible for a JAPAN RAIL PASS?


http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en002.html

Charlie,

If you have quit your job, you can switch your visa to a Temporary Visitor Visa, and get your mother to buy you a rail pass too. If you don't have a Temporary Visitor Visa in your passport, then you cannot get or use a Japan Rail Pass. It's that simple.