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Reserve Seats Online in Advance with JR Pass

kdegraad
kdegraad
about 1 month ago
1 answer

I will be in Japan during the final 2 weeks of December and have purchased a 14 day pass accordingly. I have been looking but cannot find anywhere to reserve seats on the trains ahead of time, online, prior to our arrival.

Any information on where to go in order to make online reservations ahead of our travel would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

Alexis
Alexis
1050 posts
about 1 month ago
Expert

Hi there,

You’ll need to have activated the JR Pass once in Japan in order to begin making reservations, so that JR knows that you’ll actually be using the JR Pass. As long as you set an activation date for a few days in advance you can then start reserving seats.

Kind regards,

Alexis


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