June 26, 2020 East Japan Railway Company Resumption of service for Joyful Trains Due to the spread of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus), our Joyful Trains were cancelled until the end of June, and ticket sales from July to September were suspended. Now, we have decided to gradually resume service from Friday, July 3, while taking measures to prevent the spread of infection. ○ Joyful Trains to resume service ・ Please refer to the separate document for each train’s operation days and suspensions. ・ To avoid crowding on the trains, we will operate with changes to a portion of our services for the time being. Area Train Name Date service will resume SL Gunma Minakami Thursday, July 23 SL Gunma Yokokawa Saturday, July 11 Area (Includes SL YOGISHA Yokokawa and EL operation) Metropolitan Metropolitan B.B.BASE Saturday, July 4 Toreiyu Tsubasa Thursday, July 23 FruiTea Fukushima Thursday, July 23 SL Ginga Saturday, July 18 TOHOKU EMOTION Friday, July 24 POKÉMON with YOU Train Saturday, July 18 Resort Asunaro Tohoku Area Tohoku Saturday, July 4 (Resort Asunaro Shimokita, Sanriku Train Miyako) Resort Shirakami Friday, July 3 (Includes Gono Line Cruising Train) SL Banetsu Monogatari Saturday, August 1 KAIRI Saturday, August 1 GENBI SHINKANSEN Saturday, August 1 Koshino Shu*Kura Saturday, August 1 (Yuzawa Shu*Kura, Ryuto Shu*Kura) etsu Area etsu - Oykot Thursday, July 23 Shin HIGH RAIL 1375 Thursday, July 23 (Includes HIGH RAIL Hoshizora) Resort View Furusato Thursday, July 23 〇 Reserved seat sale start date ・ Tickets for trains operating from Friday, July 3 to Wednesday, July 29 will go on sale from 5:30 on Tuesday, June 30. ・ Tickets for trains operating on or after Thursday, July 30 will go on sale from 10:00, one month before the date of service. 〇 Measures to counteract the spread of COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) ・ Hand sanitizer has been placed inside of trains and interiors are being wiped down with alcohol disinfectant ・ Trains are being ventilated with air conditioning and open windows ・ Attendants are wearing masks, washing their hands at regular intervals and disinfecting their hands and fingers ・ On-board announcement system is being used to encourage passengers to wear masks, etc. Facilities in cars being disinfected Attendants wearing masks Hand sanitizer placed on board * “Joyful Train” is the general term we use for trains where the ride itself is the purpose of the trip and where passengers can enjoy the view from the window, in addition to onboard food, drinks and experiences. * There may be changes to the resumption date and services offered on the trains. * Images are all visual representations Tokyo Metropolitan Region Type Train Name Main Service Line Departure Station Destination Station Service Dates Service Cancellation Dates Takasaki Minakami 7/23 SL Gunma Minakami Joetsu Line 8/16.29 ― Minakami Takasaki 9/12.19.21 EL Gunma Yokokawa Takasaki Yokokawa 7/11 8/15.30 ― SL Gunma Yokokawa Yokokawa Takasaki 9/13.20 Shinetsu Main Line SL Gunma Yokokawa Takasaki Yokokawa 9/26 ― EL Gunma Yokokawa Yokokawa Takasaki Takasaki Minakami SL YOGISHA Minakami Joetsu Line ― 7/4 Minakami Takasaki EL YOGISHA Yokokawa Takasaki Yokokawa Rapid Shinetsu Main Line 7/25 ― SL YOGISHA Yokokawa Yokokawa Takasaki Ryōgoku Wadaura 7/18.19 B.B.BASE Uchibo Uchibo Line 8/8-10 ― Tateyama Ryōgoku 9/12.13 Ryōgoku Awa-Kamogawa 7/11.12 B.B.BASE Sotobo Sotobo Line 8/1.2.29.30 ― Awa-Kamogawa Ryōgoku 9/26.27 Ryōgoku Chōshi 7/23.24 B.B.BASE Choshi Sobu Main Line 8/22.23 ― Chōshi Ryōgoku 9/19-21 Ryōgoku Sawara 7/4.5.25.26 B.B.BASE Sawara Narita Line 8/15.16 ― Sawara Ryōgoku 9/5.6 Tohoku Region Type Train Name Main Service Line Departure Station Destination Station Service Dates Service Cancellation Dates Limite Toreiyu Tsubasa 1 Fukushima Shinjō 7/23-26 d Yamagata Shinkansen 8/1.2.8-10.22.23.29.30 7/4.5.11.12.18.19 Expres Toreiyu Tsubasa 2 Shinjō Fukushima 9/5.6.12.13.19-22.26.27 s FruiTea Fukushima 1 Kōriyama Kitakata 7/23-26 Ban-etsu-West Line 8/1.2.9.10.22.23.29.30 7/4.5.11.12.18.19 FruiTea Fukushima 2 Kitakata Kōriyama 9/5.6.12.13.19-22.26.27 7/18.23 Hanamaki Kamaishi 7/4.11 SL Ginga Kamaishi Line 8/1.8.15 7/19.25 Kamaishi Hanamaki 7/5.12 8/2.9.16 Hachinohe Kuji 7/24-26 TOHOKU EMOTION Hachinohe Line 8/1-3.7.8.10.14-17.21-24.28-31 7/4.5.12.13.17.20.27.31 Kuji Hachinohe 9/4-7.11-14.18.20.25.27.28 Rapid Ichinoseki Kesennuma 7/18.19.23-31 POKÉMON with YOU Train Ofunato Line 8/1-16.22-31 7/4.5.11.12 (POKÉMON Train Kesennuma) Kesennuma Ichinoseki 9/1-6.12.13 Resort Asunaro Shimokita 1 Hachinohe Ominato 7/11.12.18.19.23-26 Ominato Line 8/1.2.8-10.13-16.22.23.29.30 ― Resort Asunaro Shimokita 4 Ominato Hachinohe 9/5.6.12.13.19-22.26.27 Morioka Miyako 7/4.5.11.12.18.19.23-26 Sanriku Train Miyako Yamada Line 8/1.2.8.9.15.16.22.23.29.30 ― Miyako Morioka 9/5.6.12.13.19-22.26.27 Tohoku Region Type Train Name Main Service Line Departure Station Destination Station Service Dates Service Cancellation Dates Resort Shirakami 1 Akita Aomori 7/3-5.10-12.17-19.23-31 8/1-31 7/1.2.6-9.13-16.20-22 Resort Shirakami 4 Aomori Akita 9/1.4-30 7/4.5.11.12.18.19.23-31 Resort Shirakami 2 Aomori Akita 8/1-31 7/1-3.6-10.13.14.20-22 9/1-30 7/3.4.10.11.17.18.23-31 Gono Line Resort Shirakami 5 Akita Aomori 8/1-31 7/1.2.5-9.12.13.19-22 9/1-30 7/23-31 Resort Shirakami 3 Akita Hirosaki 8/1-19.21-26.28-30 7/1.3-8.10-22 9/2-9.11-16.19-23.25-30 Rapid 7/23-31 Resort Shirakami 6 Hirosaki Akita 8/1-18.21-25.28-30 7/3-7.10-14.16-22 9/3-8.11-15.19-22.25-29 Gono Line Cruising Train 1 Akita Aomori 9/2.3 ― Gono Line Cruising Train 4 Aomori Akita Gono Line Cruising Train 2 Aomori Akita ― 7/15-17 Gono Line Gono Line Cruising Train 5 Akita Aomori ― 7/14-16 Gono Line Cruising Train 3 Akita Hirosaki 8/20.27.31 7/2.9 9/1.10.17.18.24 Gono Line Cruising Train 6 Hirosaki Akita Shinetsu Region *Newly added dates are indicated in red. Type Train Name Main Service Line Departure Station Destination Station Service Dates Service Cancellation Dates Niitsu Aizu-Wakamatsu 8/1.2.8.9.12.13.15.16.22.23 SL Banetsu Monogatari Ban-etsu-West Line 7/4.5.11.12.18.19.23 9/12.13.19.20.22.26.27 Aizu-Wakamatsu Niitsu Rapid Niigata Sakata 8/1.2.7-10.21-23.28-30 7/3-5.10-12.17-19.22- KAIRI Uetsu Main Line 9/4-6.11-13.18-22.25-27 26.31 Sakata Niigata GENBI SHINKANSEN Toki 451 Echigo-Yuzawa Niigata GENBI SHINKANSEN Toki 452 Niigata Echigo-Yuzawa Limite GENBI SHINKANSEN Toki 453 Echigo-Yuzawa Niigata 8/1.2.15.16.22.23.29.30 d 7/4.5.11.12.18.19.23-26 Joetsu Shinkansen 9/5.6.12.13.19-22.26.27 Expres GENBI SHINKANSEN Toki 454 Niigata Echigo-Yuzawa s GENBI SHINKANSEN Toki 455 Echigo-Yuzawa Niigata GENBI SHINKANSEN Toki 456 Niigata Echigo-Yuzawa Joetsumyoko Tokamachi 8/1.2.21-23.28-30 Koshino Shu*Kura Iiyama Line 7/3-5.17-19.31 9/18-22.25-27 Tokamachi Joetsumyoko Joetsumyoko Echigo-Yuzawa 8/14-16 Yuzawa Shu*Kura Joetsu Line 7/10-12 9/11-13 Echigo-Yuzawa Joetsumyoko Joetsumyoko Niigata 8/7-10 Ryuto Shu*Kura Shinetsu Main Line 7/23-26 9/4-6 Niigata Joetsumyoko Nagano Tokamachi 7/23-26 Oykot Iiyama Line 8/1.2.8-10.15.16.29.30 7/4.5.11.12 Rapid Tokamachi Nagano 9/5.6.12.13.19-22 HIGH RAIL 1 Kobuchizawa Komoro 7/23-26.29-31 HIGH RAIL 2 Koumi Line Komoro Kobuchizawa 8/1.2.6-10.12-14.19-23.26-30 7/4.5.10-12.17-19.22 9/4-6.11-13.18-22.25-27 HIGH RAIL Hoshizora Kobuchizawa Komoro Nagano Minami-Otari 7/23-31 Resort View Furusato Oito Line 8/1-14.16-30 7/3-5.10-12.17-19.22 Minami-Otari Nagano 9/4-6.11-13.18-22.25-27 Nagano Obasute 7/4.11.18.23.24 Night View Obasute Shinonoi Line ― 8/1.8.9.22 Obasute Nagano 9/5.12.19.20.26.