Are you familiar about Shinkansen? Surely, you have ever heard it for even once, as this is the most well- known transportation around the world. When you stay in Japan, don’t miss a chance to get a ride on it. It gives you more comfort and feels like you are in a hotel because of the exquisite accommodation. Not only that, but it is very useful for long distance travel because you will arrive to your destination in a short while. Though travel time is an hour or more, yet you won’t get bored because of its elegance.
There are how many kinds of Shinkansen?
The main railway in Japan, from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka, is the “TOKAIDO railway “. This is mainly used by most of the people here. This line is very important for business matters.
The Shinkansen of TOKAIDO railway has NOZOMI, HIKARI and KODAMA.
NOZOMI: stop- over is in main city only.
HIKARI: stop-over is in some stations in the cities.
KODAMA: stop-over in all stations.
You can choose according to your destination.
(Example, if you are in Tokyo and wanted to go to Osaka, you should choose NOZOMI. Travel time is around 2hrs and a half. About KODAMA, you need around for 4hrs because it stops in every station.)
About Seat
If you can make reservations for your own seat, better choose D or E as shown in the photo below. You have a chance to see the Mt. FUJI in your view.
About the Tickets
How to buy? Should I apply some apps for searching the tickets? This is frequently asked by most of the first- time travelers. JR (Japan railway group) serves the special ticket for foreign travelers. If you have this, you can make a comparison on how reasonable it was compared to ordinary one. Click and read the URL for more details. It will help you guide in your entire journey in Japan.
After reading the URL, you can find the most convenient way for your travel. They served some passes for travelers. So, as you arrived in Japan, you search the best travel Pass for transportation and surely you will enjoy the rest of your time. After that, you should go to “MIDORI NO MADUGUCHI at the JR station near you for the ticket.
What are you waiting for? You still don’t have plans yet? Or feels like to go anywhere around here? The IC cards like SUICA for travel convenience is the perfect choice for you.
Your Belongings
Inside the shinkansen, there is an available cabin luggage stock above your seats. Like mine, my luggage size is 64L, but I can use the one.
If you have a bigger luggage, you need to require for the space beforehand, or if you want the station to handle those, you should go to “MIDORI NO MADOGUTI “first.
Some big stations can take care of your belongings and in-charge to send off to a place you stay, or a carrier can do to you.
About Wi-Fi
Shinkansen provide free Wi-Fi connections for passengers. You can enjoy and doesn’t noticed the time while surfing different apps in the net. So convenient anyway. No worries if you want to get connected with your family or friends.
Again, When you have a chance to visit Japan, you must try to ride a SHINKANSEN. JR Group serves so comfortable, safe, and fast transportation for all travelers.
