Now, after returning home, I am on the Shinkansen on my way home.

This year, I was planning to return to my home on December 31st, but two days before I checked my seat reservation with an internet application(Smart EX), it was hopeless.

Well, since I can make a reservation one month ago, I know that I'm bad because I've been lazy.

As a test, I checked around 21:00 on December 30, and found that there were many vacant seats.

I had a reservation for the Shinkansen in time.

Shin-Yokohama Station was also quiet, as I have never seen before.

Even if "homecoming rush", late at night, seats may be vacant." I was stunned by the exaggerated press of the media. At that time.

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So, The day after New Year's Day.

I thought, "I would have no problem getting a seat on the Shinkansen when returning from home late at night"

―― From early morning till late night, no seat of Shinkansen

It was a miserable situation that there was no extra seat.

In a hurry, I drove to the nearest JR station.

Because I know that trains had a "seat distribution".

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By the way,

In Japan, the number of people who cannot use internet reservations is quite large.

If all seats can be reserved with "Smart EX"-

All ticket vending machines and ticket sales counters have been eliminated, and these people will no longer be able to take the Shinkansen.

There is no doubt about this trend.

Railroad companies want to reduce, and eventually abolish, ticket sales services, which involve labor and maintenance costs.

However, even if I can use smartphones now, I will definitely not be able to use them in the near future.

Even if I don't have dementia, I can't use devices because of deterioration of vision, touch, and motor nerves due to aging.

So, I'm in trouble with "a society where everything is made up of smartphones".

Now, let's move on the next topic.

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At the station of JR, I asked the person at the counter

"January 4, anytime, any seat to Shin-Yokohama is O.K."

This is an absolutely impossible request by a smartphone.

At this stage, the human operation of "cancellation that appears in seconds in real time" is more effective.

Fortunately, in the second trial, I was able to get hold of the cancellation seat that happened to appear.

At such times (only), I realize that Internet services (only) are not absolute.