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Q.How do I board the Shinkansen from a station where I can reach the Shinkansen ticket gate only from the ticket gate of the conventional line (there is no direct Shinkansen ticket gate)?

If you want to board the Shinkansen from a station where you can reach the Shinkansen ticket gate only from the ticket gate of the conventional line (there is no direct Shinkansen ticket gate), please follow the following mehod.
*The same applies when you pass thorough the conventional line concourse from the Shinkansen ticket gate and enter from the conventional line ticket gate.

- If you have an IC card
If you designate your IC card to your reservation, you can use it in the following ways.

[When boarding the Shinkansen with a transportation IC card registered in Tokaido Sanyo Kyushu Shinkansen Internet Reservation Service]
① Enter from the ticket gate of the conventional line with your IC card registered with this Service.
② Touch your IC card at the ticket gate of the Shinkansen
* Fares will not be deducted from the seposit (charge) amount of your IC card when passing through the conventional line concourse.
* Similarly, you can use your IC card to pass through the concourse of the conventional line at Asa station, which is outseide the area of IC card.

[When you pick up your ticket and board the Shinkansen]
① Enter with your IC card from the ticket gate of the conventional line
* If your reservation is for multiple people , you need IC cards for each person. You do not need to register them to this Service.
② Pick up your ticket at a ticket vending machine near the Shinkansen transfer ticket gate.
③ Insert your ticket first, and touch your IC card.
* Fares will be deducted from the deposit (charge) amount of your IC card when passing through the conventional concourse.
* At Atami station, you can pass through the ticket gate of the conventional line only with your picked up ticket.

- If you do not have an IC card
Please make an offer with a station staff.