EX Hayatoku 7

On or after Friday, February 27, 2026, the valid travel section will be expanded.

• It will be available to purchase from 5:30 on Friday, February 20, 2026.
  (This ticket can be purchased until 23:30, 7 days before the boarding date.)

Save on reserved seats on "Nozomi", "Hikari", "Kodama", "Mizuho", "Sakura", and "Tsubame" trains if you make a reservation at least 7 days (23:30) before the boarding date!

• This product is exclusively for the Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen lines.
• This product combines a basic fare ticket and a limited express ticket.
• The number of seats available is limited for each train.

Throughout the year

This service is not available during busy periods (Golden Week, Obon, the New Year's holiday, etc.) due to exclusion days.

From 1 month before (10:00) to 7 days before (23:30)

• The number of seats available is limited for each train. As a result, you may not be able to make a reservation even if you have a vacant seat on the desired train.

• This service is available only in some sections.

Reserved seat in a ordinary car of "Hikari" or "Kodama" that runs directly from the boarding station to the alighting station.

• You can't make a transit.

Reserved seat in a ordinary car of "Nozomi" which runs directly from the boarding station to the alighting station.

• You can't make a transit.

(Without transit)

Reserved seat in a ordinary car of "Mizuho" or "Sakura" train that runs directly from the boarding station to the alighting station.

(For transit) ^* The transit station is limited to Hakata Station.

Sanyo Shinkansen section: Reserved seats for regular cars at "Nozomi"

Kyushu Shinkansen section: Reserved seat in a ordinary car of "Mizuho", "Sakura", and "Tsubame" (Non-reserved seat of "Tsubame" is also available)

1 to 6 persons

• There are also settings for children.

• If the riding date after the change is within 3 months from the date of the initial purchase, it can be changed any number of times to other products that can be purchased at the time of the change (the difference is necessary).
• The change to "EX Hayatoku 7" is limited to the case where the riding date after the change is 7 days or more ahead of the time when the reservation is changed, and when the product setting conditions are met and seats remain.
• However, when "products, riding days, riding sections, facilities, and numbers of persons" are the same, the train can be changed in the same amount only on the day of riding (the name change is limited to between "Hikari", "Kodama", and between "Sakura", "Tsubame").
• If the number of reservations is reduced, a refund fee (320 Yen per person) will be charged.

• Cannot be used in conjunction with other discounts.
• You cannot get off halfway. If you get off at a train station in the middle of the way, the section that you did not ride will be voided and you will not be able to ride again.
• This product combines a basic fare ticket and a limited express ticket. If you use a conventional line from or to a Shinkansen station, you will need to pay a separate fare for the conventional line.
• Only valid for booking trains. (It cannot be changed to other facilities in the same train. You cannot board other train, including non-reseved seat.)
• You can ride with a traffic IC card or QR Ticket. Click see here.

You can make a refund by yourself before entering the ticket gate or before receiving your ticket.

• Click here for details on handling of delays, cancellations, etc.
• If the Shinkansen is more than 2 hours behind the scheduled arrival time, pay back the "specified amount" for each use section.
  
  • The specified amount for each section is here.
    For boarding on or before Thursday, February 26, 2026
    For boarding from Friday, February 27, 2026
    (Sales of additional section begin Friday, February 20, 2026)