Hi,
Five of my friends and I will be travelling from Shinjuku to Hakuba on New Years Day. We already have JR passes because we are planning on doing other travel but I have been warned that traveling on the trains this day will be extremely busy and we risk missing some trains or having a difficult journey.
I know you can reserve seats when you get to Japan, but we won't be arriving until 27th December so I fear this will be too late to reserve 6 seats for New Years Day.
Are we better off prebooking a bus and shuttle online to take us to our chalet in Hakuba?
Thanks in advance.