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bullet trains are not where groping happens... everyone has a seat in bullet trains, except for rare exceptions like Golden Week or end of the year holidays where Shinkansen sometimes run over capacity.

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and, speaking from experience, the "slow" tourist one that's included with the JR pass. On the way to Osaka from Iwakuni, we found ourselves with a few other tourists getting to ride the Shin sitting on our luggage at the back of one of the cars. Not a horrible experience, obviously, and gave us the opportunity to have a nice 45 minute chat about "WE ARE IN JAPAN AND IT IS THE BEST" with people we wouldn't have otherwise met.

I got such a kick out of the "slow" shin still being worlds better than anything here in the USA.

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