{"id":5691,"date":"2022-03-02T03:58:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T03:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iace-usa.com\/?page_id=5691"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:46:21","slug":"reserve","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iace-usa.com\/en\/jr-pass-en\/reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"How to book a reserved seat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5691\" class=\"elementor elementor-5691 elementor-1794\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32533f8 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"33323\" data-id=\"32533f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f39657\" data-eae-slider=\"95191\" data-id=\"2f39657\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7ad7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc7ad7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to book a reserved seat<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66309b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66309b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> Shinkansen*, most limited express and ordinary express trains have reserved Green Car seats and both reserved and non-reserved ordinary car seats. (The JAPAN RAIL PASS is not valid for any seats, reserved or non-reserved, on \u201cNOZOMI\u201d and \u201cMIZUHO\u201d trains on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen. Please use \u201cHIKARI,\u201d \u201cSAKURA,\u201d \u201cKODAMA,\u201d and \u201cTSUBAME\u201d trains.)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> A non-reserved seat (except for \u201cNOZOMI\u201d and \u201cMIZUHO\u201d trains on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen) can be used simply by showing your JAPAN RAIL PASS.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> Seat reservations can be made without additional payment. To make a reservation, go to any Travel Service Center or a Reservation Office (Midori-no-madoguchi) at a JR station, or to the sales office of a JR-associated travel agency. There, show your PASS, and obtain your reserved-seat ticket before the boarding. (\u201cNOZOMI\u201d and \u201cMIZUHO\u201d trains and the trains marked with * require the payment of an additional charge.)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bf9b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bf9b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Notes:<\/strong><br \/>\u203b There are no Green Cars on most \u201cHIKARI\u201d and \u201cKODAMA\u201d trains on the Sanyo Shinkansen line (Shin-Osaka\u2014Hakata), or on Series 800 trains on the Kyushu Shinkansen line. <br \/>\u203b The JR buses \u201cMizuumi-go\u201d between Aomori and Towadako and \u201cOirase-go\u201d between Hachinohe and Towadako require reservations. Please obtain your reserved-seat ticket before boarding these buses. <br \/>\u203b Use of Homeliner or other Liner trains is subject to additional fees. <br \/>\u203b Some trains have no non-reserved seating (all seats are reserved). <br \/>\u203b The process of obtaining your reserved-seat ticket may take longer than you expect, for example due to a line at the ticket counter. Please leave enough time when you visit the ticket counter.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-143fe52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"143fe52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Caution:<\/strong><br \/>\u203b Do not use an automatic ticket-reading gate with a JAPAN RAIL PASS or a reserved-seat ticket. Please show the PASS at a manned ticket gate.<br \/>\u203b Please note that during crowded periods you cannot be guaranteed a seat on a specific train. The periods when seat reservations are particularly difficult to secure are as follows: [December 28 to January 6] The New Year holiday period is the most popular travel time for Japanese people, for vacations and returns to hometown areas. [April 27 to May 6] Due to consecutive holidays in a comfortable travel season, there is large-scale travel throughout Japan for leisure and recreation. 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(The JAPAN RAIL PASS is not valid for any seats, reserved or non-reserved, on \u201cNOZOMI\u201d and \u201cMIZUHO\u201d trains on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen. 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