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online train ticket and booking
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2014/4/2 18:11
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I am travelling from Osaka to Tokyo by using shinkansen. Can I buy the ticket online and reserve the seat because I'm going there during Golden Week.
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by SuperSun (guest)
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Re: online train ticket and booking
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2014/4/2 22:10
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I'm going there during Golden Week.
I just checked online vacancy during 26 April - 2 May 2014 from Shin-Osaka to Tokyo in Shinkansen trains, and found that almost all the trains had vacant seats to be reserved, except only one Hikari train in the night of 26 April. I assume many travelers will make seat reservation on Shinkansen, if they hope to, when the boarding date approaches.
Every train on Tokaido Shinkansen (connecting Shin-Osaka and Tokyo, operated by JR-Central) has cars of seats which are not to be reserved, regardless of whether it run as a Nozomi, Hikari or Kodama. I suppose there may well be many passengers who choose a Shinkansen ride without seat reservation, unless or even if non-reservation cars are packed.
Can I buy the ticket online and reserve the seat?
JR-Central and JR-West are offering an online reservation system (in Japanese language), which requires payment on credit. JR-West is offering an online reservation system (in Japanese language, nicknamed as e5489 ("ii-goyoyaku")) and a phone reservation system (nicknamed as 5489 ("goyoyaku")), but regarding reservation on Tokaido Shinkansen (of JR-Central), these two systems require payment on credit.
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