Thank Cyclamen for your recommendation to Shinagawa station.
I think I will choose to get off there if I stick with my current itinerary.
Though it IS a very TIGHT first night in Japan and 20.06 Hikari #389 is the last Hikari of the day, which means if something goes wrong and I don't catch that one I will be screwed. So from that perspective, I may not buy the JR Pass, just buy the regular ticket and find a coupon shop in Kyoto for a discounted ticket back from Kyoto to Tokyo.
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Originally Posted by Cyclamen
Yes, the Tokaido shinkansen leaves from Tokyo to Osaka, and the first stop is actually Shinagawa eki. If you're planning to take the Tokaido sen bound to Shin-Osaka (and the Hikari you've choosen is one of those), every train leaving from Tokyo will stop there, so it would be indeed the best choice.
Shinagawa eki has a very simple structure, and there is a train coming from Narita (I don't remember the name of the line, but it has a small plane as its logo...) that stops just a few platforms away from the shinkansen platforms.
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