How to Buy & Use Shinkansen Bullet Train Tickets in Japan and Online

Let's look at how to buy Shinkansen tickets and how to use the various forms of tickets, including paper ticket, QR code, or ticket linked to an IC card. You can buy Shinkansen bullet train tickets in Japan at a JR Ticket Office or through a ticket machine. You can also purchase tickets online, through Klook, SmartEX, or JR East. We appreciate the commissions we earn when you purchase through our Klook affiliate link: https://geni.us/shinkansen or use KENSHOQUESTKLOOK (residents of USA, $50 minimum spend)


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TIME STAMPS

00:00 Ways to buy Shinkansen tickets in person and online
00:55 Classes of tickets: non-reserved, reserved, Green, Gran
02:12 How to purchase from ticket machine
07:12 How to use paper Shinkansen ticket
08:49 Purchase from JR Ticket Office Counter
09:50 How to buy Shinkansen tickets online
10:00 Klook app and website
13:02 How to use QR Code ticket
14:57 SmartEX JR West (Tokaido, Sanyo, Kyushu)
15:56 Linking SmartEX ticket to IC card
17:15 How to use ticket linked to IC card
17:42 Other ways to use SmartEX tickets
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