Hotel Gracery → Tokyo Station:
• Walk to JR Shinjuku Station East Exit (~5 min)
• JR Chuo Line (orange) → Tokyo Station (~15 min) OR JR Yamanote Line (green) → Tokyo Station (~20 min)
• Budget 45-60 min total to reach Shinkansen platform
Boarding Shinkansen at Tokyo Station:
• Shinkansen gates on the Yaesu side (east). Platforms 14-19
• Look for blue signs for Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen
• Open SmartEX app → My Trips → Details → Display QR-Ticket
• Scan QR at gates with yellow QR sign
• Nozomi 27, 11:12 AM → Kyoto 1:23 PM. Green Car, 12C & 12D
• Find Car 12 markers on platform floor
Kyoto Station → Hotel Resol:
• Follow signs to Karasuma Line subway (within station complex)
• Take Karasuma Line north (toward Kokusaikaikan) — 2 stops to Shijo Station
• Use Exit 6 — Hotel Resol is a 2-min walk
Nishiki Market grazing. Dinner in Pontocho — friends loved Kobe beef at Pontocho-noichi.
Wandering evening — Pontocho, Gion, Kamogawa River. Let it unfold.
Shinkansen: reserve luggage storage (rear of car). Nishiki: flat covered arcade. Gion/Pontocho: flat streets.