Hello. I'm planning a trip to Tokyo and the Kansai area. My flights arrive in and depart from Tokyo, so I've decided a rail pass for the trip is the best option. Since I need to reach Kyoto on the day I land in Tokyo, is it possible to reserve seats on a Shinkansen online, or can it only be done at the train station? I'm visiting in July, and I'm worried there might not be available seats if I don't reserve them. Thanks
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Booking Shinkansen
VittorioFornero
over 5 years ago
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Daniel-san
18919 posts
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over 5 years ago
Hi there,
The Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo - Kyoto can only be reserved once you are in Japan. Not to worry though, there's a service every 10 minutes on average and each train has over a 1000 seats, that's a lot of seats to go around :)
Kind regards,
Daniel
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