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I'm just wondering about the cost of reserving seats on the shinkansen or other trains over the Christmas/NY period. I have a JR Rail pass to cover me for general unreserved travel, but what is the gap like? Also, can you do it online?
I'm just wondering about the cost of reserving seats on the shinkansen or other trains over the Christmas/NY period. I have a JR Rail pass to cover me for general unreserved travel, but what is the gap like? Also, can you do it online?
I'm just wondering about the cost of reserving seats on the shinkansen or other trains over the Christmas/NY period. I have a JR Rail pass to cover me for general unreserved travel, but what is the gap like? Also, can you do it online?
Here's what I did last April. After going through immigration and customs at Narita, I went downstairs to the JR office to get my Rail Pass. I asked them to start it 3 days from then. After doing this, I requested and got my seats on the Shinkansen for the day my Rail Pass starts. There's no extra cost to get a reserved seat.
The people in the JR office are very efficient and do speak English. So it is really not difficult to get reserved seats on the bullet trains. I would just do it at least a day or so ahead of time of your planned departure.