East Japan Railway Company (JR East) will offer ‘Dokokani BYUUN! Greeeen!’, the Green Car version of the random-trip program ‘Dokokani BYUUN!’ that lets travelers go to one of four candidate Shinkansen stations at random, for applications starting December 1.
With ‘Dokokani BYUUN!’, once you choose your departure station, the outbound date and time window, the return date and time window, and the number of travelers, four suggested destinations are presented from among Shinkansen stops, and you can apply. Your destination is determined within three days of applying. Applications are accepted from 21 to 6 days before departure, and the local stay can range from 5 hours to 7 days.
The Green Car ‘Dokokani BYUUN! Greeeen!’ departs from and arrives at Tokyo, Ueno, or Omiya stations, and requires 10,000 points.
For itineraries to the following stations — on the Tohoku Shinkansen: Nasushiobara, Shin-Shirakawa, Koriyama, Fukushima, Shiroishi-Zao; on the Hokuriku Shinkansen: Karuizawa, Sakudaira, Ueda; and on the Joetsu Shinkansen: Jomo-Kogen, Echigo-Yuzawa, Gala-Yuzawa, Urasa, Nagaoka, and Tsubame-Sanjo — when traveling on the ‘Hakutaka’, ‘Asama’, ‘Toki’, ‘Tanigawa’, ‘Yamabiko’, or ‘Nasuno’ services, one way will be upgraded to Gran Class by lottery.
Additionally, for an extra 2,000 points, an ‘early-morning/late-night exclusion option’ is available that removes outbound departures in the 6 a.m. hour and return arrivals in the 11 p.m. hour from the candidates.
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