Nozomi (train)

• N700 series (July 2007 – )
• N700S series (July 2020 – )

• 
  N700 series, June 2008
• 
  N700S series, September 2021

• 300 series (March 1992 – March 2012)
• 500 series (March 1997 – June 2008)
• 700 series (March 1999 – March 2020)[3]

• 
  300 series, February 2011
• 
  500 series, February 2010
• 
  700 series, January 2008

Trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Hakata end, and car 16 at the Tokyo end.[4][5]

Car no.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Class	Standard			Standard				Green			Standard
	Non-reserved			Reserved				Reserved			Reserved
Facilities	WC		WC / smoking compartment	Cardphone	WC	Vending machine	WC / smoking compartment		WC / cardphone	Smoking compartment	Vending machine / WC / wheelchair space	Cardphone	WC		Smoking compartment / WC / cardphone
Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	No-smoking

(All cars are completely non-smoking, except for enclosed smoking compartments located in cars 3, 7, 10, and 15)

In an announcement by JR Central, JR West, and JR Kyushu made on 17 October 2023, the companies stated that all onboard smoking rooms on the Tokaido, San'yo, and Kyushu Shinkansen trains would be abolished by Q2 2024.[6] In addition, all smoking rooms located on station platforms on the aforementioned Shinkansen lines would also be abolished.[6]

• 
  N700 series Green car interior
• 
  N700 series standard-class car interior
• 
  An internationally recognizable "No Smoking sign"

Services formerly operated with 700 series sets until their removal in March 2020 were as follows:[7]

Car No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Class	Standard Non-reserved	Standard Non-reserved	Standard Non-reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Green Reserved	Green Reserved	Green Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved	Standard Reserved
Facilities	WC	Cardphone	WC / vending machine		WC	Cardphone	WC		WC		Vending machine / WC / wheelchair space	Cardphone	WC		Vending machine / WC / cardphone
Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	No-smoking	Smoking	No-smoking

The Nozomi name was first used for long-distance express services operated between Busan in Japanese-occupied Korea and Mukden (now Shenyang) in the former Manchukuo (now China) from 1934.[8] From 1938, the services were extended to run between Busan and Hsinking (now Changchun) in Manchukuo. The 1,530 km journey from Busan to Hsinking took over 29 hours, with an average speed of 52 km/h (32 mph). The services were run down between 1943 and 1944.[8]

Nozomi shinkansen services commenced on March 14, 1992, using new 300 series trainsets with a top speed of 270 km/h. From March 1997, 500 series trainsets were introduced on Tokyo - Hakata Nozomi services, running at a maximum speed of 300 km/h and covering the section between Shin-Osaka and Hakata in 2 hours 17 minutes.

700 series trains were introduced on Nozomi services in 1999, and N700 series trains were introduced from July 1, 2007, initially with four daily round-trip runs. All regularly scheduled through Nozomi services to the San'yō Shinkansen (Tokyo–Hakata) were operated by N700 series sets from 13 March 2010. From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, all regularly scheduled Nozomi services, including runs limited to the Tokaido Shinkansen, were operated by N700 series sets.

Effective December 2023, JR Central and JR West will adjust all Nozomi services to operate completely with reservations during three seasons that experience the highest ridership: New Years and Christmas (late December thru the first week of January), Golden Week (29 April to 5 May), and the Obon festival (mid to late August).[9] These adjustments will be made in a bid to increase seat patronage and reduce the amount of standing passengers.[9]