For busy businessmen, the inside of a moving Shinkansen car is also a valuable workspace. However, since it is good manners to refrain from talking on the phone inside the train as it may disturb other passengers, everyone must have experienced standing on the boarding deck and making a call. This time, the Shinkansen office vehicle introduced by JR East is "OK for calls" and "OK for web conferences using PCs", making it possible to contact and participate in meetings while traveling.
The target routes are Tohoku, Hokkaido, Joetsu, and Hokuriku Shinkansen, and the target vehicle is limited to No. 8 car. The 7-car Akita/Yamagata Shinkansen is not eligible. Anyone with the necessary tickets (including Shinkansen e-tickets, such as passenger tickets and limited express tickets) for the section to be used can use it, and no additional charges will be incurred. Also, since there is no seat assignment, it is treated like a free address system recently introduced by companies, where you can find a vacant place and work. However, talking loudly, chatting with other passengers, and rotating seats are prohibited.
Although it is limited to car No. 8, it can be used to make calls within the company.The car covers the Tohoku, Hokkaido, Joetsu, and Hokuriku Shinkansen. Information stickers are affixed to the doors of these cars. is new in that it is different from other vehicles. Seats are not specified, but in order to improve the environment, you can also participate in the meeting using a tablet that recommends using seats A, C, and E
When introducing this service, we conducted two demonstration experiments on the Tohoku Shinkansen. In the demonstration experiment, we received requests such as "I'm worried about the eyes around me" and "I don't want to see the PC screen". (Some charges apply) on some trains of the Tohoku Shinkansen.
The target trains are Hayabusa 7 (departing Tokyo at 8:20), Hayabusa 21 (departing Tokyo at 11:20), Hayabusa 25 (departing Tokyo at 13:20), and Hayabusa 14 (inbound). (Depart Sendai at 10:31), Hayabusa 28 (Depart Sendai at 15:31), and Hayabusa 110 (Depart Sendai at 16:08). A full-time attendant is stationed in the vehicle and handles rentals. The sections that can be used are from Tokyo to Sendai or Morioka on the outbound, and from Sendai or Morioka to Tokyo on the inbound. The rental service will be available from December 1st.
Four items will be available for rental from December. One is KDDI's Wi-Fi router, which provides a communication environment using 4G LTE. This is a paid rental of 200 yen once. In response to the request, we created a "foldable partition" that allows for comfortable PC work. By unfolding the A4 book size cover, it is characterized by a width of 420 mm that can be expanded to fill the table. Since the upper part is open, it is not possible to block the line of sight from above, but it seems that you can work while securing a certain amount of privacy.
"WEAR SPACE" is available as an item to improve concentration. This is a combination of noise-cancelling headphones and a partition that narrows the field of view like an eye-shield, and is devised so that you can concentrate by blocking out the surrounding noise. Headphones can be connected wirelessly via Bluetooth.
We also have smart glasses "MOVERIO" as an advanced item. This is a high-definition smart glass that can be used as a PC sub-monitor, and can display the desktop on a large screen even in a mobile environment. In addition, the company is currently considering lending mobile printers.
4G LTE mobile router (KDDI Corporation) Foldable partition (Dots and Lines Co., Ltd.) WEAR SPACE (Panasonic System Solutions Japan Co., Ltd.) MOVERIO (Epson Sales Co., Ltd.) Rental services are provided by WEAR SPACE and WEAR SPACE on some Tohoku Shinkansen trains. I put on MOVERIO. If you go this far, you might be able to improve your work efficiencyMr. Hajime Nakamura, deputy manager of the new business creation department new area unit of JR East, who is in charge, said, I would like a wide range of customers to use it as a new form of transportation, including those who are already in the office."