JR Kansai Hiroshima Area Pass

We would like to buy the JR Kansai Hiroshima pass and we also need to travel multiple times between Osaka and Kyoto. We are not sure from the web site it that pass include also the JR Kyoto line between these two cities.

Yes, the JR Kyoto Line is covered between Osaka and Kyoto, but not on the shinkansen:
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2361_kansai_hiroshima.html

Thank you. One more question related to this pass.

On the last day we are traveling to Kanazawa (from Kyoto) and learning from the pass calculation we noticed that part of the ride is covered (worth 2500 YEN).

What is the procedure to buy the Kyoto-Kanazawa train ticket with the reduced price as we hold the JR Kansai Hiroshima pass?

What is the procedure to buy the Kyoto-Kanazawa train ticket with the reduced price as we hold the JR Kansai Hiroshima pass?

If you travel within the validity period of the pass (5 consecutive days), you can access as far as Tsuruga by Thunderbird limited express train for free. So just buy normal ticket (base fare plus Shinkansen fare) from Tsuruga to Kanazawa. You can buy at any JR station, even in Sapporo. In your case just buy it when you have time (at Hiroshima, Shin-Osaka, Osaka, Kyoto etc.). Show your pass (this is not necessary, but sometimes better explains your situation) and your date, time, train number and Tsuruga to Kanazawa. Note that this is not "Kyoto-Kanazawa train ticket with the reduced price". This is normal tickets for Tsuruga to Kanazawa by Shinkansen.

You will need two sets of tickets for this trip: Kyoto to Tsuruga on the Thunderbird Limited Express, and Tsuruga to Kanazawa on the shinkansen. The Thunderbird ticket will be free with your pass, so you just need to pay for the tickets for the shinkansen. But you have to obtain a reserved seat ticket for the Thunderbird, as there are no unreserved seats on this train. (The shinkansen tickets can be for unreserved seats, but you are probably going to want to pay the small surcharge to have a reservation.)

You can get tickets for both segments at the same time at any JR West staffed ticket office. But it needs to be in JR West territory to get the Thunderbird ticket using your pass. Show the pass at the beginning of the encounter and they will give you both sets of tickets, charging you for the shinkansen tickets only.

If you have any questions about how to use your various tickets and pass at the various wickets you need to pass through, you can ask staff at a manned entry point. It isn’t complicated.

By the way, it looks like the Thunderbird tickets would cost 3220 yen without the pass, so you are saving even more than you figured.

Also by the way, as noted above the shinkansen between Osaka and Kyoto is not covered by your pass. But limited express trains between the two cities are covered by the pass, as well as local trains on the Kyoto line. Limited express trains are a bit faster, and more comfortable, and there are a number of them. However, most of the limited express trains require seat reservations, so you can’t just hop on and hop off with the pass—you need a ticketed reservation. One exception is the Haruka (which connects Kyoto and Osaka to Kansai International Airport), which has unreserved (as well as reserved) seating. This might be useful if you want to avoid the local trains (for example, if you are traveling from Osaka to Kyoto Station with luggage; the Haruka is designed to accommodate suitcases). You can hop on and off with your pass, or if you wanted to you could make reservations. This could be handy if your Osaka hotel is located near one of the stations where the Haruka stops (Tennoji, Osaka, or Shin-Osaka). Making reservations on the other limited express trains between the two cities is possible, but likely not worth the trouble.

The platform for the Haruka at Osaka Station, which is relatively new, is apparently at an extreme end of the station, so it might not be worth using it even if you have luggage. But if you have big suitcases you might not want to get on a local train bound for Kyoto, during busy times of day.