There are many types of Shinkansen (? ??), which also vary depending on the JR West, JR East, etc. The most common are those who utilizareis between Tokyo and Kansai, that is, the JR West. These are;
1. Kodama (???). For in all seasons. It is quite heavy because many stations are left waiting for other trains do not stop, pass you. It is impressive, indeed, the swing that hits the train stops at the station when another train over one hundred meters long passes next to 250km/hr (for the seasons pass slower). At the beginning scares some but then you just used to it.
2. Hikari (???). To only the most important. It’s faster than you can the Japan Railpass and therefore the most utilizareis. A few years ago was the most common, but now have increased the frequency of Nozomis (explained below) and are less Hikaris, but will not have to wait no more than an hour to get into one.3. Nozomi (???). It’s super bullet train that goes from start to finish stopping only in Tokyo (??), Nagoya (???) Kyoto (??) and Osaka (??.) Therefore, is it takes less. You can upload the same with a Railpass if you pay the price difference you ask at the station.
Identify the train is easy. Just look on one side and find posters like this. Before leaving, it should also have hotel reservation made because I will also request the location of it when you arrive at Narita and to put the stamp of tourist passport.
Before landing, after breakfast, you get a role where you have to answer questions like ‘do not carry drugs’,’ I have never been convicted “and the like. In it, there is a place to put the address of the hotel where you are staying. If you stay in several hotels, put the first, Tokyo.
This paper is only a formality that is incorporated for years. If you get it in the airplane, you can fill in as you queue at passport control. In passing through there, of course, have to leave your fingerprints and mug in a photo of this machine.
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