Limited Express // Shinkansen You must have 2 Ticket
One is Train Ticket. One is Reserve Seat Ticket or Unreserve Seat Ticket

Normal Local Train like our KTM Commuter & Subway & Tram
Only one Train Ticket

Example:
JR Haruka Limited Express from Kansai Airport to Kyoto fare are 1880 Yen + 1450 for Reserve Seat or 1150 for Unreserved Seat

On your Question:
You have to Pay 1880 Yen Train Fare + 1150 for Unreserved Seat Fare
Inside Unreserved Seat coach, all seat are 1st come 1st serve. Even you got seat, during half way you get up form seat going toilet, someone will take over your seat.

This post has been edited by RegentCid: Oct 13 2016, 11:22 AM

Sifu I am really confused with the reserve and unreserved seat issue.

My apology to you for being unable to comprehend your explanation. I would really appreciate it if Sifu can enlighten me by pointing out anything that I may have missed in the following scenario.

I will be travelling to Osaka next week.

From Kansai Airport if I will to take the Haruka Ltd. Express to Shin Osaka

1. Under normal circumstances I have to Pay 1360 Yen + 1490 yen Total 2850 Yen.

2. Alternatively if I buy the ICOCA discount ticket one way which will cost me 1300 yen. Does the price 1300 yen
inclusive of the reserved seat charges? or otherwise I have to pay 1300 yen + 1490 yen for the reserved seat.

Thank you. You have been very helpful all along.

If you buy Icoca + Haruka Combo. your Haruka Train fare will be 1300 Yen but Reserve Seat still cost you 1490 Yen
In Japan Train is Train...seat is seat, they are separated charges.


This post has been edited by RegentCid: Oct 13 2016, 01:38 PM

If I have a unreserved seat ticket and I get into a reserved seat car, so can I make the payment for the reserved seat in the car itself. Or will I be penalized?

No, You cannot make payment inside train to upgrade from Unreserve to reserve.
If you get caught by doing this (using Unreserve ticket but sit inside reserve coach, you will end up in police station)

So that mean I have to buy the reserve seat ticket together with the train ticket at one go.

So serious meh? Not all trains right? Some trains like shinkansen or some other train you can pay on the spot. Cant remember the line, but I took express train from Hitachi to Tokyo. I was in a rush I just bought the train ticket. Then I pay for the reserve seat ticket to the conductor.

if u are using JR, just go to JR counter, more easy for u to buy a reserve seat ticket
i have experience buying from machine, missing a step end up getting an unreserved seat, then have to stand for 90 mins.

i dont think this is possible, unless is just only one station, ppl will up and down from different station, unless the conductor with a PDA to check the seat availability, else they wont know if the seat reserve by a customer at next station.

All express train required 2 ticket ma. Even you choose reserve seat or unreserved seat you still need to pay. Because you in rush , you only got train ticket. So inside train, you got 2 option to choose either want reserve or unreserved seat.

Most of people buy during ticket machine or counter, once buy already it cannot be upgrade anymore.

But using unreserved ticket sit on reserve seat is cheating case, If the fussy passenger on that particular reserve seat want report you then really will end up in police station.

I also haven't plan litenary and I have a month to go !

Same here, but agak-agak, I know what I wanted to do la...

Agak also I know but the route damn headache like suicide

just do it, a good itinerary isn't a last minute thing
u need alot of time to do research and homework to make it worth

mine only left last day deciding wanna go where

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Request to add this link in item 7 first post. Tqvm

Luckily my iti was done few months before. So I was able to route the places we want to go to nicely, according to the hotel's locataion. Instead going zigzag, we are going in circle. For 10 days

I'm going for 10 days. 2 days would be the compulsory Mt Fuji and Hakkonne, one day at Roppongi / Odaiba , Disney Sea , I have a rough sketch on location and using Odaigo to route my way easier. Now we just can't decide to buy Metro or JR pass since JR are more on the bigger places while Metro covers more smaller places etc .

Now one worry is my flight arriving is night at 10.30pm and Air Asia famous for tunggu sedikit, etc etc would be done by 11.30pm minimum so pretty scared on train cause our Airbnb is at Shin-Ohkubu which needs intertrain keiku- shinjuku - shin Okubu, whereas the bus heck need to find out .

Any of you guys night flight like mine can share what transportation you think best to take incase the train station closes at midnight?

I think all AA to Haneda flight will arrive at the same time; I usually tidur at airport and only move to the city in the morning. Save one night of hotel.

If you are just sticking to one o.r two places a day, just forget about passes. Gives you more flexibility

If airasia just 1 flight so arrive at midnight. You can either lepak at the airport or go lepak somewhere near Ginza. There is a midnight bus to Ginza from Haneda. My plan is going to Yurakucho and lepak there until the first train. I didnt buy any pass as I only use SUICA

Hey fellow travelers, I have almost completed my itinerary for my Japan trip from Feb 18 - 24. However, I have few issues would like to check with those who experienced in traveling to Japan. Your advice will be greatly appreciate.

Day 1 (Sat) - Land Japan morning time and free & easy at Shinjuku (Staying around shinjuku area)
Day 2 (Sun) - Empty at the moment
Day 3 (Mon) - Tsujiki Fish Market, Ginza/Chuo, Taito, Sumida-ku visit
Day 4 (Tue) - Lake Kawaguchiko
Day 5 (Wed) - DisneySea
Day 6 (Thu) - Free and easy to Meiji Shrine, Yogogi park, Shibuya Shopping
Day 7 (Fri) - Back to KL

I am actually pondering if I want to swap my Lake Kawaguchiko to Sunday as I do not want to have two days straight to travel extensively. But Sunday I worried that might be too jam as many visitor even Japanese are heading there as well. If push Lake Kawaguchiko to Sunday and DisneySea to Thursday, I have 3 days space in between for me to travel around Japan and I can buy the 72 hours pass to go around.

Need all the advice from travelers. Please let me know if which is better. Or you could share with me a better planning.

Thank you!