Shinkansen smartEX App 4+

Tokaido/Sanyo/KyushuShinkansen

Central Japan Railway Company

    • Free

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Description

This is an official smartphone app to conveniently use the online reservation services “Smart EX” for Tokaido Sanyo Kyushu Shinkansen.

▼With the EX app, you can:
- Reserve Shinkansen seats through the app easily
- Discount for early booking
- Reserve Shinkansen seats up to 1 year in advance
- You can make as many changes as you need, free of charge, before getting on the train
- Reserve a set of Shinkansen seats and hotel rooms!
- Reserve activities, hotels and car rentals!
- Select any seat from the seat map (*reserved seats only)
- Information on services available in stations and trains
- You can log in quickly by using fingerprint authentication.
(only for compatible models)

▼ Main features
- Membership registration
- Purchase ticket/Reserve seats (time designation, train name designation, easy free seat reservation))
- Confirm reservation
- Change and refund reservation (reducing the number of persons)
- Display purchase history and receipt
- Check, change member information
- Display QR-Ticket for boarding
- Designate or register IC card for boarding
- Service status information (Link)

▼ Notes
- Membership registration is required to use this app. For registration, personal information is required, such as member name, date of birth, and a valid credit card, etc.
- Ticket purchase (reservation) payment will be taken from the credit card registered on the account.
-- You need to register or designate IC card for public transportation (*) to travel ticketless with IC card.
(*) Kitaca, PASMO, Suica, manaca, TOICA, PiTaPa, ICOCA, Hayakaken, nimoca, SUGOCA
- You need the pickup code to pick up tickets from ticket vending machines, etc., at main stations of Tokaido Sanyo Kyushu Shinkansen, such as Tokyo, Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Hiroshima, Hakata, Kumamoto etc.
- Please do not use this app to make a seat reservation for Japan Rail Pass.
- This service is available only in English.
- For more details on this service, please see the website.

*The email address below is for inquiries about application specifications. Please note that we cannnot answer inquiries about the service.

What’s New

Version 8.1.18

▼Ver. 8.1.18
- Performance improvements

Ratings and Reviews

1.8 out of 5
42 Ratings

42 Ratings

juju007 ,

Lot of improvements needed

no tablet resolution

cant search train hours/prices without login

ask credit card number and exp at registration, usually it should not be stored outside of transaction processing time.

I had a few times "system busy alert" forcing you to wait but I don't understand why this happens after login. It should be before or else, find a good way to not ask again authentication. Or allow better authentication mechanisms like passkeys.

Allow to filter out train for which no fare available.

No cache or favorite of recent/frequent search

kerokeejim ,

Terrible

Need to add credit card but cannot process any credit cards from Canada or the USA, simply terrible design and even less user friendly than the terminals

YoshiW101 ,

Keeps Crashing

I have used this app successfully in the past without issue. I tried using it again recently for my upcoming trip but unfortunately the app keeps crashing when I try to login. I’ve had to resort to using the online web browser version to take care of my Shinkansen booking needs.

App Privacy

The developer, Central Japan Railway Company, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Used to Track You

The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:

  • Identifiers

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

  • Purchases
  • Contact Info
  • Search History
  • Identifiers

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

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