Originally Posted by jerseytom (Post 35520762)

Give yourself a little extra time so you can shop around and find a good bento to take with you on the train... ekiben is part of the shinkansen experience!
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Originally Posted by jerseytom (Post 35520762)

In the sense that it's a major station with a lot of people flowing through, multiple levels, etc. - sure.

With that said, every major station I've been through in Japan, the signage for where to go for the shinkansen area is pretty big and obvious. 🙂 There will also be station attendants around that you can ask if need be.

Give yourself a little extra time so you can shop around and find a good bento to take with you on the train... ekiben is part of the shinkansen experience!

You'll do great.

Originally Posted by mapleg (Post 35529992)

Agreed. If you can navigate an airport, you can navigate any train station in Japan. I will admit Shinjuku might be the most confusing.

Originally Posted by PAX_fips (Post 35520385)

新幹線 - or in hiragana (easier to scribble): しんかんせん (shin-kan-sen), you can do it :)

Originally Posted by bmwe92fan (Post 35530820)

Shibuya gives me the most fits - the concept of leaving the station to walk around the corner and re-enter to get to my line seems so out of the ordinary for a normally efficient Japanese railway system -- I guess it's how they joined up all the lines over the years.....

Originally Posted by joejones (Post 35532230)

I'd say the least confusing way to get to the Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen at Tokyo Station is through the Nihonbashi exit on the north side.