Comment by tumdum_
12 hours ago
No only that, but to ride the fastest Shinkansen you still need to pay additional fee on top of JR Pass.
12 hours ago
No only that, but to ride the fastest Shinkansen you still need to pay additional fee on top of JR Pass.
Pedantic note: the fastest Shinkansen is the 320 km/h Hayabusa service from Tokyo to Hokkaido, which you can ride for free with a JR Pass.
The fastest service on the Tokyo-Osaka corridor, Nozomi, maxes out at 300 km/h but is indeed not included in the pass.
If you're referring to the Nozomi, wasn't it always excluded from the JR Pass?