{"id":72,"date":"2008-05-19T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T13:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=72"},"modified":"2008-05-19T22:05:21","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T13:05:21","slug":"opening-the-new-english-jr-east-seat-reservation-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/opening-the-new-english-jr-east-seat-reservation-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening the New English JR East Seat Reservation System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning 25 March 2008 JR(Japan Railways) East has opened its <a href=\"http:\/\/jreast-shinkansen-reservation.eki-net.com\/\">English\u201cJR-EAST Shinkansen Reservation\u201dsystem<\/a> allowing reservations on JR East trains from overseas, according to JR Group mail magazine &#8216;TRAVEL NEWS&#8217;.<br \/>\nAzusa (Tokyo &#8211; Matsumoto) and Narita Express (Narita Airport &#8211; Tokyo) can be reserved using a credit card.<br \/>\nSee our <a href=\"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/contents01+index.id+2.htm\">Transport to Matsumoto<\/a> page for details about transportation from Tokyo to Matsumoto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/opening-the-new-english-jr-east-seat-reservation-system\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/transportation\/opening-the-new-english-jr-east-seat-reservation-system\/\" data-text=\"Opening the New English JR East Seat Reservation System\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning 25 March 2008 JR(Japan Railways) East has opened its English\u201cJR-EAST Shinkansen Reservation\u201dsystem allowing reservations on JR East trains from overseas, according to JR Group mail magazine &#8216;TRAVEL NEWS&#8217;. 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