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| Above, a view of Mount Fuji from an Osaka-bound shinkansen. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
More foreign travelers to Japan will be able to book shinkansen train seats online as early as April of next year.
News On Japan reported:
Central Japan Railway plans to expand its ticketless boarding service for the Tokyo-Osaka shinkansen bullet train line as early as April, allowing more foreign visitors to pay for seats in advance abroad.
The smartEX app for online booking is now available only in eight countries and regions, including the U.S., Singapore and Hong Kong, owing to the need for trademark registration. JR Central will offer a website through which foreigners anywhere in the world can register their credit cards and reserve seats.
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