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noemijj
noemijj
almost 8 years ago
9 answers

Hallo,

I will travel to Japan from the 25th of May to the 10th of June. We will have a 14 days normal Japan Rail Pass. We have some doubts regarding reserving seats.
1. Is it possible to reserve the seats of the trains in the trip at once when activation the JR Pass in the beginning?
2. What happens if, for any reason, the plan changes and a different train and/or time must be taken later after reserving the seats?
3. Will we get all the reserved seat tickets at the moment of reserving the seats? Otherwise, Is it true that we must collect them the day before 9:00 p.m. (21:00, Japan Standard Time) of the day before departure. Otherwise, cancellation fees will be applied and the reservation will be cancelled.

Thank you very much in advance,

Toraneko
Toraneko
1303 posts
almost 8 years ago

Hi,
1.Yes.

2.You can change or cancel your plans and seat reservations at any JR office. You can see regular fares, routes and schedules on Hyperdia.
Under "More Options", be sure to uncheck the Nozomi box since you can't ride that train using the pass.

  1. You can make same day reservations for seats if you want. There aren't any no-show penalties for missing your train. But as a matter of good etiquette, if you have a change of plans, please let JR know in advance. Or if you are unsure, you don't have to make any seat reservations at all for nearly all the trains. Simply grab a seat on one of the unreserved train cars.

Good luck.

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