Exchange at Haneda or Shinagawa?
Would you recommend exchanging the voucher for the JR pass at Haneda or Shinagawa? I will be arriving on an international flight into Haneda around 3 PM in May, after Golden Week, and would like to travel onward to Kyoto or slightly further west (perhaps Kobe or Okayama) that evening. I have used the JR pass many times before, but have always done the exchange at KIX or NRT, both of which have been pretty busy with the increase in visitors over the past decade. I was hoping to bypass the tourist lines by doing the exchange in Shinagawa. According to Hyperdia, there is a 5:10 PM Hikari departure from Shinagawa. Do you think I would be able to make this connection?