Shinkansen and Limited express trains – Wheelchair Seats
Shinkansen and Limited express trains – Wheelchair Seats
Hello everyone!
We are a travel agency specializing in wheelchair-accessible travel in Japan, and we’d like to share some information with you (as long as it isn’t for our advertisement).
Today, we booked wheelchair-accessible seats on the Shinkansen and limited express trains for our customers. While each train typically has between two and six wheelchair seats, we found that our selected trains were fully booked on the very first day tickets became available. Fortunately, we were able to secure seats for our customers, but this was the first time we experienced such high demand – we were very surprised!
On the bright side, this means that more and more people are traveling around Japan using wheelchairs, which is great to see! However, if you have specific travel plans, we highly recommend booking your train tickets as early as possible.
Most trains become available for booking one month in advance, and some can be booked via an app. If you would like us to assist with ticket arrangements, kindly let us know at least one month in advance so that we can do our best to secure your seats.
We hope you have a wonderful trip to Japan!
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This is good to know. What app can I use for booking wheelchair seats on trains please? Many thanks!
Hi @sophieelwes -san!
Here is the official JR application.
You can book and purchase Shinkansen tickets for the section from Tokyo – Kyoto – Osaka – Kagoshima.
https://smart-ex.jp/en/reservation/reserve_smart/wheelchair/
Some other private railway companies have online booking sites as well.
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