smartEX Service
The smartEX basic service lets you make a reservation up to your date of travel and combines the validity of the basic fare ticket and limited express ticket for the Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen lines. There are options for ordinary car reserved seats, Green cars (First class cars), and ordinary car non-reserved seats.
"smartEX Service" - Main Points
Reservations can be made on the day of travel, up to 4 minutes prior to departure.
You can make unlimited changes to existing reservations.
You can make a reservation on any train for any time on all boarding sections of the Tokaido Sanyo Shinkansen.
You can also reserve to travel during peak season when non-reserved seats are often full.
You can make reservations from 1 person up to a maximum of 6 all at once.
Boarding method
When used by a member, the service can be used with a previously registered IC card for public transportation. If the IC card has not been registered, the reservation includes more than one person or includes children, or the service is used by a non-member, please pick up your ticket from a ticket vending machine, etc. prior to boarding. Please note that once tickets have been picked up, members are not able to process changes themselves.
Terms of Use
| Number of Persons |
1 - 6
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| Period of Use |
From September 30, 2017 (Saturday) |
| Available for Purchase |
From September 30, 2017 (Saturday)
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| Applicable Trains/Classes/Seat types of Service |
All-day "Nozomi", "Mizuho", "Hikari", "Sakura", "Kodama", and "Tsubame":
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| Others |
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- If you are transferring between Shinkansen trains, you can connect to up to 3 trains, but only in the same class of service. However, if you are using reserved seating in an ordinary car or using a Green car (First class car), and certain sections of a connecting train are fully booked or the train does not feature reserved seating or Green cars, you may be able to purchase a different class of service for the relevant section.
Applicable Sections and Pricing
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This product is a combination of a Basic Fare Ticket and a Limited Express Ticket and is to be used exclusively on the Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen. When using conventional lines to get to the Shinkansen boarding station (or from the Shinkansen disembarking station), a separate fare must be paid for the conventional line.
When connecting between conventional and Shinkansen lines, the total fare combining the "smartEX service" and conventional line fares may be more expensive than using normal, non-discounted tickets, depending on the sections traveled.
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Similarly to normal reserved seat limited express fares, the sales price of the smartEX ordinary car reserved seat option changes based on whether the reservation is for a regular, off-peak or peak season (For adults, off-peak season reservations are 200 Yen cheaper, and peak season reservations 200 Yen more expensive than regular season ones).
The periods for the "smartEX Service" regular season, off-peak season and peak season are the same as those for normal Limited Express reserved seat fares.
- Sales prices for the ordinary car reserved seat and Green car (First class car) options differ based on whether you are using "Nozomi" and "Mizuho" trains or "Hikari", "Sakura", "Kodama", and "Tsubame" trains.
- The price of the ordinary car non-reserved seat option is the same as the combined charges for normal fare and non-reserved seat limited express fare.
<"Nozomi" "Mizuho" main section prices (regular season, adult, one-way)>
Prices for All Applicable Sections
①Ordinary Car, Reserved Seat
②Green car (First class car)
③Ordinary Car, Non-Reserved Seat
| Sections | Ordinary Car, Reserved Seat (Regular Season) | Green Car (First class car) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo・Shinagawa | ⇔ Nagoya |
10,890 Yen |
14,480 Yen |
⇔ Shin-Osaka |
14,250 Yen |
19,030 Yen |
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⇔ Hiroshima |
18,880 Yen |
26,010 Yen |
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| Nagoya | ⇔ Shin-Osaka |
6,360 Yen |
8,590 Yen |
⇔ Hiroshima |
14,030 Yen |
18,810 Yen |
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⇔ Hakata |
18,340 Yen |
25,470 Yen |
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| Shin-Osaka | ⇔ Hiroshima |
10,240 Yen |
13,830 Yen |
⇔ Hakata |
15,110 Yen |
21,070 Yen |
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- The amount in brackets ( ) shows the difference in price with the normal one-way trip per adult for "Nozomi" and "Mizuho" services (during the regular season).
< Prices for the main boarding sections for "Hikari", "Sakura", "Kodama" and "Tsubame" services (regular season; one-way trip per adult) >
Prices for All Applicable Sections
①Ordinary Car, Reserved Seat
②Green car (First class car)
③Ordinary Car, Non-Reserved Seat
| Sections | Ordinary Car, Reserved Seat (Regular Season) | Green Car (First class car) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo・Shinagawa | ⇔ Shizuoka |
6,150 Yen |
8,380 Yen |
⇔ Nagoya |
10,680 Yen |
14,270 Yen |
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⇔ Shin-Osaka |
13,940 Yen |
18,720 Yen |
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| Shin-Osaka | ⇔ Okayama |
5,820 Yen |
8,050 Yen |
⇔ Hiroshima |
10,030 Yen |
13,620 Yen |
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⇔ Hakata |
14,800 Yen |
20,760 Yen |
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The amount in brackets ( ) shows the difference in price with the normal one-way trip per adult for "Hikari", "Sakura", "Kodama" and "Tsubame" services (during the regular season).
Prices when transferring trains
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When transferring between a reserved seat on a "Nozomi" or "Mizuho" train and a "Hikari", "Sakura", "Kodama" or "Tsubame" train.
The price is obtained by taking the price for the "Hikari", "Sakura", "Kodama" and "Tsubame" trains across all boarding sections and adding the charges shown in the table below* for the "Nozomi" and "Mizuho" boarding sections.- The amount obtained by deducting the price of the ["Hikari", "Sakura", "Kodama" or "Tsubame" train] from the price of the ["Nozomi" or "Mizuho" train] for the ["Nozomi" or "Mizuho"] boarding sections.
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If you use a Green car (First class car) for part of boarding sections
The price obtained by adding together the price of a reserved seat in an ordinary car for all the boarding sections and the amounts in the table below (specified amounts for Green cars) for the Green car boarding sections, and then subtracting 520 Yen.