However, since the Tokaido Shinkansen line was constructed in a rush for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, it initially took four hours for the Hikari to ... Operating as the Nozomi, it reduced the Tokyo ...

Nonreserved seats will remain available on the slower Hikari and Kodama trains along the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines. The Nozomi trains started out with all seats reserved. Three of the 16 ...