echoing everyone that shinkansen tickets are more easily bought in person + you can load a pasmo (the local tokyo subway card) on your phone and just tap on! there is also usually a person at the station near the machines who you can ask for help. DMing you the hotels we liked best on our trip!

you're so right!! i am at least as good or better than a dutchman of the modern age 🙂‍↕️

american ingenuity at its finest!!