Among those trains, congestion are sometimes expected in the case of Moonlight Kyushu. It is recommendable to make reservation or queue up for non-reserved seats at least two hours. Traveling during daytime I will show you some major routes here. But, if you are in hurry, traveling a long distance journey by local trains during the day is not very recommended. It is the best line for the beginners of local train travel, though its scenery is rather dull.
Train comes every ten to twenty minutes.
Using this line, you can travel fairly smoothly. Leaving Tokyo in the morning, you will arrive at Kyoto and Osaka in the evening. In the section between Tokyo and Kofu, more frequent services are provided. About two and a half hours from Tokyo to Kofu, five hours to Matsumoto, seven hours to Nakatsugawa. And if you go to Nagano by local train, you should take this route.