App Allows Visitors To Make Shinkansen Reservations From Home

Above, a shinkansen view of Mount Fuji. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Visitors to Japan can now make online shinkansen train reservations online through a new English language app from home.

Back on October 26, Japan Today reported:

TOKYO - Up to now, it has been a real hassle making advance reservations for Japan’s bullet trains from overseas. JR East finally set up an online reservation system a while back, but that was only for trains heading north from Tokyo. If you wanted to head south along the so-called “Golden Route” to Mt. Fuji, Kyoto and Osaka, you had to wait till you arrived and cross your fingers. 

Well, JR Central and JR West have finally got their act together. This week, they announced that they are launching an English-language reservation app for the popular Tokaido Sanyo Shinkansen line, which connects Tokyo and all points south.

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