Application for school commuter pass sales certification

• Commuter passes for commuting to vocational schools, various schools, telecommunications high schools, telecommunications universities, and other educational facilities are available only at schools approved by City of Yokohama, Transportation Bureau.
  ※Even though it can be purchased at JR or other companies, you will not be able to purchase municipal subways or municipal buses without registration in City of Yokohama, Transportation Bureau.
• If you want to confirm in advance whether you can purchase it, please contact each commuter pass sales window and provide the city / ward, school name, and department name of the school location.
  Municipal bus commuter pass sales window
  Municipal Subway commuter pass sales window
• If the school is not a certified school for sale, or if the current registration details are different from the school name, location, or department, you will not be able to purchase a commuter pass. Please contact the school you are enrolled in and ask the person in charge to check this page.
• If you are a school clerk and wish to receive a new certification or change the certification details, please check the following. Even at designated JR schools, you need to apply separately from JR. If you are not sure whether it is new or changed, please contact the following address.

If you are a designated school of East Japan Railway Company. (JR) and fall under any of the following, you can certify on a department basis.

• A vocational school stipulated in Article 124 of the School Education Law, with a training period of at least one year and a class time of at least 700 hours per year.
• Various schools stipulated in Article 134 of the School Education Law, with a training period of at least one year and a class time of at least 700 hours per year.
• At other national and public educational facilities, the training period is at least one year and the class time is at least 700 hours.
• Nursery schools stipulated in Article 39 of the Child Welfare Law
• 700 hours or more of a year (depending on commuting) at high schools and universities with communication systems
• Article 1 of the School Education Law and educational facilities equivalent to the above, with a training period of at least one year and a class time of at least 700 hours per year.

Even if you are not a JR designated school, you will be treated as a City of Yokohama, Transportation Bureau-designated school if you have a training period of at least one year and a class time of at least 450 hours at the above educational facilities.
In the case of original certification, it is not possible to purchase railway commuter passes including other companies or common bus commuter passes.
※Certification is for each department, so other departments are regular certifications, but departments that are not certified by JR are independent certifications.

1. Please prepare the following documents, enclose a reply envelope (two or three A4 sheets can be sent) with a stamp attached after seal.
2. After reviewing the contents, we will return the approval letter after accepting the application.
3. After receiving the approval form, you can purchase it by submitting a school certificate at each commuter pass sales window or presenting a student ID card for purchasing a school commuter pass.

※We may contact you during the document screening, so please provide your contact information and the name of the person in charge.

• School commuter pass sales certification application form, statement (download below)
• Copy of school designation book issued by East Japan Railway Company.

• School commuter pass sales certification application form, statement (download below)
• A copy of or equivalent of a license issued by the supervisory authority regarding the establishment of a school
  ※If you are not a school corporation…Register (certificate of all history items)
• Regulations or equivalents
• Class hours per year
• Others (School Information Brochures, etc., which provide information about your school)

※The application procedure takes about 3 weeks after receipt of the application documents.
※The application name, representative, and representative seal will be the school name, school principal, and school principal indicated on the school certificate.
※You can apply in advance before establishing a new department or opening a new school. If you do not have required documents, please contact the following address.

If the school name, location, or department name is changed or added, a change procedure is required. In addition, even if you become a designated school of JR later due to a change in class hours, etc., you will need to change the commuter pass / common commuter pass.

1. Please prepare the following documents, enclose a reply envelope (two or three A4 sheets can be sent) with a stamp attached after seal.
2. After reviewing the contents, we will return the approval letter after accepting the application.
3. After receiving the approval form, you can continue to purchase it by submitting a school certificate or presenting a student ID card for purchasing a school commuter pass at each commuter pass sales window.

※We may contact you when reviewing the documents, so please provide your contact information and the name of the person in charge.

• New and old comparison book (there is no prescribed format)
• Copy of school designation book issued by East Japan Railway Company.
• Regulations or equivalents

• Old and New Comparatives
• A copy of the authorisation of the competent authority or equivalent thereto

• Copy of notice of "Revocation of designation" issued by East Japan Railway Company.

※If you would like to confirm the current certification number (different from the designated number) and registration details, please contact the following inquiries.
※The application procedure takes about 3 weeks after receipt of the application documents.
※You can apply in advance even before the change. If you do not have required documents, please contact the following address. If you apply after the change, you will not be able to purchase a commuter pass with a new student certificate until approval.

〒231-0005
6-50-10, Honcho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi
Sales Division, City of Yokohama, Transportation Bureau Automotive Division
Addressed to school commuter pass sales certification
Telephone: 045-671-3189