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Rider
6 months ago
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For future trip, I would like to know how to purchase the Nozomi Supplement to ride from Osaka to Tokyo. Does this purchase have to be in person or can it be done at a kiosk? I saw the guide said to purchase a special ticket for it? Exactly HOW please?

I’m asking because on July 18, my son and his friend used the kiosk in Osaka and they didn’t know they picked a Nozomi train so they had to pay $97 US for that trip to Tokyo.. They didn’t know about buying supplement. Their 7-day rail pass was not worth it at all.

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Daniel-san
18919 posts
6 months ago
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Hi there,

The Nozomi supplement can indeed be purchased at any manned ticket window. You'd show your JR Pass to the staff, and then tell them what train you'd like to take. They would then make the reservation for you and tell you the amount due.

In general we do recommend using the Hikari and Sakura trains, the different in travel time is often minimal and they are completely free with the pass.

Kind regards,
Daniel


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