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This is the official website to book Tokaido Sanyo Kyushu shinkansen tickets

https://smart-ex.jp/en/index.php

I’d avoid Klook no matter how attractive they are as if something goes wrong you’ll be stuck in never ending loops of who holds the information and then who is empowered to make a decision. You don’t want to be dealing with Japanese bureaucracy when on holiday.

And this is the official website for Kansai-Hiroshima Pass

https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ticket/pass/kansai_hiroshima/

Remember that you cannot book seats for online reservations for any train company between 11:30pm and 5:30am Japan time. So that means that you will not be able to choose and will be allocated seats randomly, but you can change them later free of charge.

And get yourself Suica or IC card to load all the train tickets on and for other useful stuff.