How to Write Train Seat Reservation Application Form

How to Write "Train Seat Reservation Application Form"

For those passengers who use the "Japan Rail Pass"

For those passengers who do NOT use the "Japan Rail Pass"

Train Seat Reservatrion Application Form

About Reservation
Reserved seats can be purchased at JR Reservation Ticket Offices ( "Midori-no-madoguchi") , from the same day of 1 month before departure. You should make reservations in Japan. Travel agencies which are not in Japan may not make JR reservations. Please use "Train Seat Reservation Application Form". Most of the JR station staff do not speak English. This Japanese&English form must be useful! And you will not wait for a long time at the Midori-no-madoguchi. Literally speaking, Midori-no-madoguchi also means "Green Window". Depending on days, "Super Express charge (Reserved)", "Limited Express charge (Reserved), and Reserved Seat charge" are different.

boarding on 18 November ===> sold from 10:00, 18 October
boarding on 29 March, 30 March, or 31 March ===> sold from 10:00, 1 March
boarding on 31 May ===> sold from 10:00, 1 May
boarding on 31 July ===> sold from 10:00, 1 July
boarding on 31 October ===> sold from 10:00, 1 October
boarding on 31 December ===> sold from 10:00, 1 December

Passengers need fare tickets if they do not have any passes.
EX:
Local train without reservation: "fare ticket"
Limited express without reservation: "fare ticket" and "limited express ticket (non-reserved)"
Fare tickets for local trains can be purchased from automatic ticket vending machines. Machines with a slanted display provide information and instructions in English. At first, press "English" button.

Charge Tickets You Need to Buy (cf: tkt = ticket, rsvd = reserved)
-----	Sleeping Car		Reserved Car		Non-reserved Car
-----	Sleeping Car A	Sleeping Car B	Green Car	Ordinary Car	Green Car	Ordinary Car
Shinkansen	-----	-----	Shinkansen Super exp tkt, Green tkt (rsvd)	Shinkansen Super exp tkt (rsvd)	-----	Shinkansen Super exp tkt (Non-rsvd)
Limited EXP.	Limited exp tkt, Sleeping tkt A	Limited exp tkt, Sleeping tkt B	Limited exp tkt, Green tkt (rsvd)	Limited exp tkt (rsvd)	-----	Limited exp tkt (Non-rsvd)
Express	Exp tkt, Sleeping tkt A	Exp tkt, Sleeping tkt B	Exp tkt, Green tkt (rsvd)	Exp tkt, Rsvd tkt	Exp tkt, Green tkt (Non-rsvd)	Exp tkt
Rapid or Local	----	-----	Green tkt (local rsvd)	Rsvd tkt	Green tkt (local Non-rsvd)	(fare tkt only...)
Ship	-----	-----	----	-----	-----	(fare tkt only...)

Reservation tickets are sold as long as a train you want to take has not departed your station yet.
EX:
the "Nozomi 1": Tokyo (6:00) ==> Shinagawa (6:07) ==> Shin-yokohama (6:18) ==> Nagoya (7:40) ==>Kyoto (8:16) ==> Shin-osaka (8:32) ==>...
Mr. Shonan is in Nagoya, and it is 7:32 now. He wants to take this train from Nagoya through Shin-osaka with seat reservation. It is only 8 minutes before departure of this train, and he does not have tickets of this train. This train has departed Tokyo starting station already. Of course he can reserve a seat because this train have not departed Nagoya yet. But he should be careful of missing this train!

About ticket information, Rail Passes, "Changes to Tickets and Refund Policy"...:
JR-East English Website: http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/index.html
Japan Rail Pass: http://www.japanrailpass.net/
Japan Railways Group: http://www.japanrail.com/

For those passengers who use the "Japan Rail Pass"

Click Red Number to Go to Explanation
(1)	Check "New Application". If you want to change your reservation, check "Changing Reservation". And you should return previous tickets simultaneously at the ticket office.
(2)	Date (Year/Month/Date) Japanese people use 1 2 3 --- for month. 1 = January, 2 = February, 3 = March, 4 = April, 5 = May, 6 = June, 7 = July, 8 = August, 9 = September, 10 = October, 11 = November, 12 = December.
(3)	We recommend you write your name the same as an international airline ticket. the way of airline ticket: "FamilyName/MiddleName LastName MRorMS", that is like "Shonan/Boys Adventures MR".
(4)	Telephone number you will be in Japan. For example, your mobile phone, and phone in hotel...
(5)	If you have Japan Rail Pass, check here. So you can receive reservation tickets without charge. Please see the regulation of this pass what trains you can use.
(6)	Smoking Preference We do NOT recommend you check "Only Non-smoking Preferred" or "Only Smoking Preffered" very much. Sometimes some trains you want to take are full.
(7)	Date (Month/Date) Write numbers. But most of Japanese people understand Jan, Feb, Mar...
(8)	Train Name of 1st Choice In Japan Railways, train number is not used for reservation, but they use train name. Write train name you want to take. When it is full, train of 2nd use will be reserved.
(9)	Train Name of 2nd Choice If 1st choice is full, 2nd choice will be reserved.
(10)	Portion Write station name of boarding and destination. Some of limited express train run as local train on the way. For example, the "Wakashio 11" limited express for Awa-kamogawa runs as a limited express from Tokyo through Katsuura. From Katsuura to Awa-kamogawa, it runs as a local train without reserved seat. If you want to take trains like this, you should write "boarding and destination" of reserved seat portion only. In this case, you should write "boarding: Tokyo, destination: Katsuura", or a reservation computer will answer "Full" or "No Operation".
(11)	Quantity Write the number of adult and child. If a baby use 1 seat, you should contain him or her in number.
(12)	Seat Type 1st class: "Green car", 2nd class: "Ordinary Car". If you take a train without reservation, check "Non-reserved Ordinary". Some of Shinkansen and limited express trains are not coupled Green Car or reserved ordinary car. That is to say, all seats are Non-reserved, or all seats are "Ordinary Car". Caution: Some of trains do NOT couple "Non-reserved" car, so passengers without seat reservations cannot take these trains. For example, Overnight Limited Express, Tohoku Shinkansen the "Hayate" and Akita Shinkansen the "Komachi", and so on. Please see timetable in advance.
(13)	This application is for Japan Rail Pass for "Green Car". In this application, passengers means to use ordinary seats as second choice, if the "Wakashio 7" of Green seat is full.
(14)	In this case, a passenger will go to Tokyo, and the other will go to Kisarazu. But they want to sit next seats. This train runs from Tateyama via Kisarazu to Tokyo.
(15)	Remarks You can write anything, but people in ticket office are not good at English. We recommend you write routings of your travel. So they can issue appropriate tickets easily.

For those passengers who do NOT use the "Japan Rail Pass"

Click Red Number to Go to Explanation
(1)	Check "New Application". If you want to change your reservation, check "Changing Reservation". And you should return previous tickets simultaneously at the ticket office.
(2)	Date (Year/Month/Date) Japanese people use 1 2 3 --- for month. 1 = January, 2 = February, 3 = March, 4 = April, 5 = May, 6 = June, 7 = July, 8 = August, 9 = September, 10 = October, 11 = November, 12 = December.
(3)	We recommend you write your name the same as an international airline ticket. the way of airline ticket: "FamilyName/MiddleName LastName MRorMS", that is like "Shonan/Boys Adventures MR".
(4)	Telephone number you will be in Japan. For example, your mobile phone, and phone in hotel...
(5)	Method of Payment Cash or Credit Card. JR accepts credit cards; Visa, Master, etc.
(6)	Fare Ticket Write fare ticket portions. If a basic fare ticket is 101km or over, passengers can stopover within effective duration (as long as that is not a ticket using only "Greater Tokyo Area" or "Greater Osaka Area" or "Greater Fukuoka Area"). But any express ticket, Sleeping ticket, or green ticket cannot be stopovered. If passenger buy a ticket that is 601km and over, basic round trip discount is applied. effective duration (one way): 1day: 1 - 100km and a ticket using only "Greater Tokyo Area" or "Greater Osaka Area" or "Greater Fukuoka Area" 101 - 200km for 2 days 201 - 400 km for 3 days 401 - 600km for 4days 601 - 800km for 5 days... (round trip: twice as long as one way)
(7)	"One Way", or "Round Trip" fare ticket If passenger buy a ticket that is 601km and over, basic round trip discount is applied.
(8)	Write your routing. Fares are different depending on routing.
(9)	Write a day you will use.
(10)	The number of Adult, child fare, or other fare... Adult: 12 or older Child: 6 through 11 Infant: 1 through 5 Baby: Less than 5
(11)	If you want to buy discount ticket or commutation ticket, write the "ticket name", "seat type (some tickets only), "starting station or portion (portion for commutation ticket)", "date", etc. There are many kind of them. EX: "Holiday Pass", "Seishun ju-hachi kippu", "Kamakura & Enoshima Furii kippu", "Minami-boso furii kippu", "Shinkansen Kaisuken between Tokyo and Niigata for ordinary car", etc... EX: Shinkansen Kaisuken means 6 tickets of commutation ticket, etc. 1person for 3 round trip, or 3 person for round trip...
(12)	Write stopover stations. Depending on stopover station, fare calculations may be different.
(13)	If you have a discount ticket for seat reservation or commutation for seat reservation, complimentary seat reservation ticket will be issued.
(14)	Smoking Preference We do NOT recommend you check "Only Non-smoking Preferred" or "Only Smoking Preffered" very much. Sometimes some trains you want to take are full.
(15)	Date (Month/Date) Write numbers. But most of Japanese people understand Jan, Feb, Mar...
(16)	Train Name of 1st Choice In Japan Railways, train number is not used for reservation, but they use train name. Write train name you want to take. When it is full, train of 2nd use will be reserved.
(17)	Train Name of 2nd Choice If 1st choice is full, 2nd choice will be reserved.
(18)	Portion Write station name of boarding and destination. Some of limited express train run as local train on the way. For example, the "Wakashio 11" limited express for Awa-kamogawa runs as a limited express from Tokyo through Katsuura. From Katsuura to Awa-kamogawa, it runs as a local train without reserved seat. If you want to take trains like this, you should write "boarding and destination" of reserved seat portion only. In this case, you should write "boarding: Tokyo, destination: Katsuura", or a reservation computer will answer "Full" or "No Operation".
(19)	Quantity Write the number of adult and child. If a baby use 1 seat, you should contain him or her in number.
(20)	Seat Type 1st class: "Green car", 2nd class: "Ordinary Car". If you take a train without reservation, check "Non-reserved Ordinary". Some of Shinkansen and limited express trains are not coupled Green Car or reserved ordinary car. That is to say, all seats are Non-reserved, or all seats are "Ordinary Car". Caution: Some of trains do NOT couple "Non-reserved" car, so passengers without seat reservations cannot take these trains. For example, Overnight Limited Express, Tohoku Shinkansen the "Hayate" and Akita Shinkansen the "Komachi", and so on. Please see timetable in advance.
(21)	In this application, passengers mean to use ordinary seats as second choice, if the "Nozomi" of Green seat is full.
(22)	Train name for non-reserved car. Depending on trains, non-reserved limited express (or super express, or express) charges are different. Write a train name you will board.
(23)	Write seat or room type. Overnight Trains: If you use an overnight train, you should make a reservation in advance. Ticket offices may closed before departure. So we recommend you reserve it as soon as possible. There are many kind of bed rooms. Write room type and the number of rooms you need. Tohoku Shinkansen the "Hayate", and Akita Shinkansen the "Komachi": All seats are reserved, and Non-reserved seat car is not coupled. Passengers without reservation may not travel on these trains. But "Super Express Standing Ticket" is sold when they are full, and write "Standing" and "train name".
(24)	Remarks You can write anything, but people in ticket office are not good at English. We recommend you write routings of your travel. So they can issue appropriate fare tickets easily.