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 Kyushu Shinkansen lines. 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 Kyushu Shinkansen. You can also reserve to travel during peak season when non-reserved seats are often full.
Please see here for more details. From am one year prior to boarding date, up to 4 minutes before the departure time shown in the timetable. 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. For one adult, the price is yen lower than that of regular season during off-peak season, yen more expensive during peak season than regular season, yen more expensive during high-peak season than regular season.
In the case that the boarding section straddles the Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen lines, for one adult, the price is yen lower than that of the regular season during off-peak season, yen more expensive during peak season than regular season, yen more expensive during high-peak season than regular season.
When transferring between a reserved seat on a "Nozomi" or "Mizuho" train and a "Hikari", "Sakura", "Kodama" or "Tsubame" train. If you use a Green Car First Class Car for part of boarding sections The sales price can be calculated by adding the price of a Ordinary Car reserved seat for the bording section and the amount in the table below for a Greeen Car bording section specified amount , and then subtracting the specified amount of Ordinary Car reserved seat and the specified amount of a Green Car refunded amount for delays of two hours or more,etc.
