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Originally Posted by Reutte
I've never purchased a shinkansen ticket so I'm pretty suprised to hear trains leave every 10 minutes. I thought they had to keep a minimum of two hours between trains to keep the rails open.
So I can go to the shinkansen station in Kyoto and then just buy a return ticket there and there should be space? I'm just worrying because during the New Years trying to get a ticket was impossible.
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Yes, you can just go to the station and pick up a ticket. I imagine Golden Week and New Year's might be more difficult. When you buy your ticket on the 30th buy your return ticket at the same time (it's cheaper) The Hikari from Tokyo to Kyoto runs every 30 minutes (12:03, 12:33, 1:03, 1:33, etc.)
Nozomi runs every 10 minutes or less from Tokyo, and there are 10 Nozomi trains between noon and 1:13 on March 27.
Shinkansen Timetable - Schedule