Hey guys, planning on a 7 days trip from Tokyo to Hiroshima travelling from 22th January 2016 to 29 January 2016.

Can the JR pass travel from Tokyo to Hiroshima (and back)? I googled it and found out that Nozomi and Mizuho lines cannot be used with JR pass, but others can. These two links too show that Hikari and Sakura lines can get from Tokyo to Hiroshima. Just wanna confirm (because the tickets are not cheap... not cheap at all!)

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2018_sanyo.html
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2018_tokaido.html

One more question... How do I reserve the places for JR pass trains (Ordinary JR pass)? Is it free?

THANKSSS SIFU.

Thanks! That really helped a lot and clarified my doubts.

Seemed like JR pass is really worth the money. Individual tickets would kill the bank!