This page provides information on Shinkansen tickets and various rules regarding fares and charges.
Fares / charges
- How Shinkansen fares work
- What is a fare?
- What is an express train fare?
- Unreserved seat express train fare
- Reserved seat express train fare
- Green Fees
- Gran Class fare
- Special limited express fare
- What is a special limited express ticket?
- What is a standing-room-only express train ticket?
- Types of tickets
- children's fare
- Baggage fees
- Pet fees
- Commuter Pass
- Admission ticket
- Student discount
- Group discounts / Student group discounts
- Transfer discount(End)
- Round-trip discount(End)
Rules
- Ticket validity period
- Tochugesha
- Stations within the city limits, stations within the Tokyo metropolitan area, stations within the Yamanote Line
- Peak season and off-peak season
- Express train fare when transferring between Shinkansen trains
- Changing Shinkansen reservations
- Cancellation and refund of reservations
- If you lose your ticket
- If you miss the Shinkansen
- Reissuance of tickets
- Rules for discounted tickets
- Rules for tickets reserved and purchased online
- Rules for tickets purchased from a travel agency
- Rules for boarding the Shinkansen without a ticket
- Refunds in case of delay
- Refunds and changes in case of service cancellation
- Operation information