I'm heading over to Hiroshima (from PHL) on my first international nonrev. I'm planning on departing around 25 AUG. I'm hoping to keep it simple and go PHL-SFO-KIX then take the shinkansen. I am curious, though - if the KIX flight is full and I have to go via NRT, what are the procedures for traveling NRT-HIJ?

I'm also curious if anyone has any general advice - my hope is SFO-KIX, but there is only one flight per day to KIX. Am I better off doing some extra leg work on the Japan side and just going to NRT as there are many more flights? I figure if I go via NRT I have options from JFK, ORD, LAX or SFO.

Thanks in advance!