Buying Shinkansen tickets

Hi can I purchase non-reserved tickets on the tokaido line (Tokyo-shinosaka) at the JR East Travel Service Center at Haneda Internatonal Airport? Thanks!

Yes, or on vending machines.

By the way, the Tokaido Line and the Tokaido Shinkansen are different things.

Hi Firas thanks for ur reply..I was referring to the Tokaido Shinkansen. Vending machines for Shinkansen tickets also available at Haneda Airport? And can I purchase tickets a day before date of departure?

In general, a non reserved ticket is valid only on the day of purchase. Buy one just before boarding.

@Firas

Where JR's ticket vending machine in HND?
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/customer_support/service_center_haneda.html
http://www.tokyo-monorail.co.jp/haneda/service.html
I know JR Shinagawa stn placed.

@Chickpea81

HND train stns(2 railways exit Keikyu and Tokyo mono-rail) are not JR(different railway company).
So purchacing JR's (for Shinkansen and more) tickets possible at HND JR TSC (open above links)
but need to move/pay first until Shinkansen dep stn JR Shinagawa by Keikyu railway regular train.
http://www.haneda-airport.jp/inter/en/access/train.html
(Tokyo monorail : not stop JR Shinagawa)

Keikyu is not JR company so JR ticket/Pass are not valid.
http://www.haneda-tokyo-access.com/en/transport/
transfering Shinagawa : Keikyu to JR
http://www.haneda-tokyo-access.com/en/sights/shibuya/
http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/stations/e788.html
(via Keikyu transfar gate by Keikyu then JR ticket)

If Shinkansen dep date is not HND arr date is not so important
about Keikyu and transfering at Shinagawa stn part.

And if midnight/too early arr flight cannot purchace/exchange until service hour (7:45 am open).

@Tokyonet
Thanks for your reply..so confirm I can only buy tickets for non-reserved seats on the Shinkansen on the day of departure?

Because I read on other threads that it's possible to buy a few days before but those were from 3 years ago...so I'm quite confused.

Of course you can buy a Shinkansen ticket (non-reserved) in advance. You just specify which date you want to use it on.

If you go to a JR manned counter or a vending machine, they should be some sign saying if that machine/counter is "only for today's ride" or not, and that is all you have to watch out for. (In large stations, there are separate counters for "today" and "advance tickets.")

http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/customer_support/service_center_haneda.html

Haneda is not a JR station, so no vending machine is there, but you can purchase JR Shinkansen tickets there, as it seems.

Hi..thanks for ur reply. At Haneda Airport JR East Service counter, I can still buy Tokaido Shinkansen tickets? Cos from what I understand Tokaido line is not under JR East. TIA!

1)
Purchasing possibe but sales only "regular" all JR groups(include JR-Tokai) shinkansen
also other line(not high speed Shinkansen tracks) train's reserved seat tickets and more.
Non-regular one means ex "Puratto Kodama"(special discount Tokaido shinkansen ticket name)
provided by JR Tokai Tours(JR Tokai's travel agency campany name) and more.(not so many)
http://www.japan-guide.com/search/?cx=015609760794546757367%3A7rvvvope...

Most foreign travelers using "Japan Rail Pass(for nation wide valid for all JR areas)" usual
so for local Japanese tickets info still not so many translated in Eng(and other lang).

2-A)
JR(now 6 different railway campanies exist) means
not "one" National Railway(nation wide) company managed Japan as country official traffic division.
Natinal Railway period calling �‘“S(kokutetsu) as "JNR" until 1987 about 30 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Railways_Group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_National_Railways
So each JR groups(after 1987) based Natinal Railway legacies(tracks,station houses and more)
and basic rules(as low) of custumer but also sales/making original service for own areas now.

Regular shinkansen ticket is NOT special one so purchasing possible at another JR ticket office.

2-B)
"Tokaido Shinkansen" means JR Tokai's shinkansen[�VŠ²�ü](bullet train)
and for shinkansen tracks(for 285km/h max operating and closing section as no crossing) as line
from JR Tokyo stn(via Shinagawa) until Shin-Osaka(via Nagoya,Kyoto).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Shinkansen
After Shin-Osaka will be line name change to "Sanyo Shinkansen" section managed by JR West.

"Tokaido (main) line" means NOT Shinkansen tracks using regular local commuter(around 130km/h max)
and freight trains mainly also a lot of crossing with as "conventional line(zairaisen[�Ý—ˆ�ü] in JP)".
Also line distance longer than Tokaido shinkansen tracks and managed 3 JR campanies
JR East,JR Tokai and JR West from Tokyo stn to Kobe stn(a little far Osaka).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkaid%C5%8D_Main_Line

Both lines are basically placed parallel like natinal road and Highway(as by�]pass).
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/TokaidoLineEastSta...
Shinkansen mean New[�V] main line[Š²�ü] againt conventional line(zairaisen).

In Japan a lot of rail comanies (bigger like JR to small trams and more) and lines exist
also some own rules exist with so will be confused usual if even as born in Japan :)

Thanks Ami, i am just wondering if I can buy non reserved tickets for the Tokaido Shinkansen (Tokyo-shinosaka) at Haneda airport's JR East Service Centre.