Just got this from Yahoo Japan, only Nozomi trains are affected. Slower trains like Hikari/Kodama/Mizuho/Sakura trains are not affected. Apparently this is to reserve the fastest trains for people who are willing to reserve their tickets, minimising the congestions from non-reserved seats.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7ffb9b8e59883bb910d052d40920e4c38dd52e8a
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Interesting! Makes sense though with the New Year Holiday.
Is this 28th December til 4th January?
My uk brain is struggling with the format as it reads to potentially April for me haha 😂