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Extra bullet trains at peak times and new early-morning\/late-night departures will make it easier to zoom from one region of Japan to another<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The Shinkansen<\/strong> isn\u2019t the only way to get around Japan, but it\u2019s the fastest, the most comfortable, and the most convenient. That combination, though, also means that it\u2019s the most popular mode of long-distance transportation among travelers, and that means that seats can fill up quickly, especially along the \u201cgolden route\u201d<\/strong> combination of the Tokaido Shinkansen<\/strong> (connecting Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka) and Sanyo Shinkansen<\/strong> (connecting Osaka, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka) sections of the bullet train network.<\/p>\n Getting tickets is going to become easier this coming spring, though, as rail operator JR Central<\/strong> (also known as JR Tokai and Central Japan Railway Company) has announced that it\u2019s going to be adding additional Shinkansen trains between Tokyo and Osaka during the most popular travel times of the day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For westbound Shinkansen trains leaving Tokyo Station<\/strong>, peak Shinkansen ridership occurs in the morning, so under the new schedule a total of 13 Nozomi-class Shinkansen trains will leave Tokyo Station every hour between 7 and 11 a.m.<\/strong> That\u2019s one more train the current timetable, and means that there\u2019s less an average of less than five minutes\u2019 wait between Nozomi trains<\/strong>. The new departure times for the roughly two-and-a-half-hour ride to Shin Osaka Station (which also stops in Kyoto along the way) leaving Tokyo at 7:33, 8:42, 9:33, and 10:42 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n Eastbound Shinkansen ridership, on the other hand, peaks in the late afternoon and early evening, so to address that JR Central will be adding a 13th Nozomi per hour to trains departing Shin Osaka Station and headed to Tokyo Station between 2 and 6 p.m.<\/strong>, with the new departures at 2.42, 3:36, 4:42, and 5:36 p.m. <\/strong>Note that on certain days the 5:36 train will only go as far Shinagawa Station, but that\u2019s still in downtown Tokyo and a very short ride by non-bullet train to Tokyo Station, if that\u2019s specifically where you need to be.<\/p>\n \u25bc And if you\u2019re on the Shinkansen because it\u2019s the last day of your Japan trip and you\u2019ve got a flight out to catch, you\u2019ll need to get off in Shinagawa anyway to make the transfer to Haneda Airport.<\/p>\n For especially early risers, there are also new early-morning Tokyo-bound Nozomi trains being added to the timetables at Kyoto and Nagoya Stations. Kyoto is getting a new 6:03 a.m. departure that will run on weekends, Mondays, and some holidays<\/strong>. Meanwhile, Nagoya\u2019s every-day first-departure Tokyo-bound Nozomi is having its departure time moved up from 6:37 to 6:28 a.m.<\/strong>, with the current 6:37 a.m. slot to be filled by a train running on select travel days. All of these will have riders in Tokyo before 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n Zooming out on the map to include the Sanyo Shinkansen Line, which connects to the Tokaido at Shin Osaka Station and continues on west through Kobe and Hiroshima to Fukuoka, JR will be adding additional Nozomi trains past the currently scheduled last departures on especially busy travel days. For trains headed west from Tokyo to Hiroshima, an additional 8:09 p.m. departure<\/strong> (9 minutes later than the current last Nozomi) will be added<\/strong>, and for trains headed east from Hakata Station (Fukuoka), there\u2019ll be new a 7:18 Nozomi<\/strong> (18 minutes later than the ordinary last departure).<\/p>\n The new schedules go into effect on March 26, meaning they should be in place by the time Japan gets into the peak cherry blossom travel season.<\/p>\n Source: JR Central<\/a> via Narinari.com<\/a><\/em> Extra bullet trains at peak times and new early-morning\/late-night departures will make it easier to zoom from one region of Japan to another. 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