{"id":172465,"date":"2025-07-29T10:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172465&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:53:20","slug":"obon-shinkansen-crowds-expected-august-9-and-16","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/obon-shinkansen-crowds-expected-august-9-and-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Obon Shinkansen Crowds Expected August 9 and 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Kyushu and JR West project peak congestion on the Shinkansen during the Obon holiday, with outbound travel peaking on August 9 and inbound on August 16. This forecast applies to the Kyushu, Nishi-Kyushu, and Sanyo Shinkansen lines. As of July 24, reservation rates are 39.7% for the Kyushu Shinkansen, 37.2% for the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen, and 30.3% for the Sanyo Shinkansen. The Nozomi services on the Tokaido and Sanyo lines will operate with all reserved seating during the period. Conventional limited express train reservations stand at 29.5% on the Nagasaki Line and 32.9% on the Nippo Line. JR officials urge early bookings while seats remain available.<\/span><b> Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrkyushu.co.jp\/news\/__icsFiles\/afieldfile\/2025\/07\/25\/250725_reservation_status_for_the_Obon_in_2025_3.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Kyushu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westjr.co.jp\/press\/article\/2025\/07\/page_28540.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159586\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fnn_shinkansen-hakata_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shinkansen\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fnn_shinkansen-hakata_2024_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fnn_shinkansen-hakata_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fnn_shinkansen-hakata_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fnn_shinkansen-hakata_2024_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JR Kyushu and JR West project peak congestion on the Shinkansen during the Obon holiday, with outbound travel peaking on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":159586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172465","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}