>>2022098Actually I see what it's doing, it thinks there's no point leavinjg Kyoto at 9 PM because you can take a rapid an hour later and meet the Ginga at Himeji, and the JR pass reservation tool only shows the first three recommended routes obviously optimised for total travel time i.e. pure kuso.
Thankfully the way back from Shimonoseki only has the one practical non-Shinkansen route, so will get to couchette for the return at least.