Reservations

Hello there,

Traveling around new year can get rather busy. Especially on new years day, my advice would be to reserve seats for tickets in this period at least 2 days in advance. I don't think that this should prove a problem, seeing that you'll be in Japan as of the 24th.

In apposite to western countries, Christmas is just a normal working day in Japan and generally tickets reservations are not required long in advance.

Hope this helps!
Daniel