Booking Wheelchair Seats on the Shinkansen
Booking Wheelchair Seats on the Shinkansen
To book the accessible seating on the shinkansen always meant going in person to the ticket window, telling staff your time/destination and waiting often an hour for them to “check availability”.
As the former transport minister said after hearing about it – it was outrageous.
I’m not sure when it happened (since I haven’t been riding the bullet train much!), but when checking the other day you can now book those tickets on the Tokai Line with the SmartEX app!
Woohoo!
However, I’m not sure this will help foreign visitors. It has been ages since I came here as a tourist, so, I assume ordering with an app is pointless if you are using the JR RailPass. What would tourists do to book tickets in advance?
@ohayotravel or @therealjapan do you know?