{"id":172917,"date":"2025-09-01T16:33:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172917&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-09-01T16:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T07:34:21","slug":"line-to-offer-shinkansen-booking-without-credit-cards","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/line-to-offer-shinkansen-booking-without-credit-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"LINE to Offer Shinkansen Booking Without Credit Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Central will launch a new service on October 4 allowing passengers to book Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen tickets through LINE without registering a credit card. The service, called \u201cLINE kara EX,\u201d accepts PayPay and offers contactless boarding via IC cards or QR codes. It targets occasional travelers who prefer simpler booking methods and builds on the existing EX reservation system. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrkyushu.co.jp\/news\/__icsFiles\/afieldfile\/2025\/08\/28\/20250828_nomembership_registration_required_PayPay_payment_makes_EX_services_more_acc.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Kyushu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-139010\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shinkansen-seats.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shinkansen-seats.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shinkansen-seats.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shinkansen-seats.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shinkansen-seats.jpg?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 Central will launch a new service on October 4 allowing passengers to book Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen tickets through LINE without&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":139010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172917","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\/172917","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=172917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}