FIRST CLASS TRAIN Across Japan 🇯🇵 (Overnight on "SHIKI-SHIMA")
Welcome onboard one of the World’s Greatest Rail Journeys! This First Class Train across Japan has it all!
Watch this video to see what it’s like onboard the Train Suite Shiki-Shima across Japan! On our journey through massive urban centers, passed breathtaking mountains, and over peaceful rivers. We’ll cover nearly 550 miles over almost 31 hours!
The Shiki-Shima Train should be at the top of your travel bucket list. In this video, we’ll leave Tokyo at 9:15 and travel across Japan to return, the next evening, to our starting point: Ueno Station in Tokyo. Along the way, we’ll travel in a First Class train car with every amenity you can imagine (and some First Class Luxuries to surprise you!).
Onboard the Shiki-Shima First Class Train experience, we’ll have our own dedicated Team to take care of our every need, two INSANELY comfortable beds and Michelin Star Quality food.
Our room is in the “entry level” type, but you’d never know it! It’s got every amenity you can imagine!
The incredible Lounge includes a first class bar complete with snacks and other treats to enjoy along our journey.
We even had the opportunity to get out and explore Japanese culture twice during our journey. These explorations gave us a sense of just how special this magical country really is!!
You’ll see the sights, the food, and gain insight into what it’s like to travel on this incredible First Class Train: The Train Suite Shiki-Shima.
0:00 Introduction
2:39 Boarding Shiki-Shima
5:11 Shiki Shima Tour
10:47 Room Tour
15:49 Day Two
19:21 How to Book Shiki-Shima and Price
22:20 Bloopers
To register for Train Suite Shiki Shima ticket lottery: https://www.jreast.co.jp/shiki-shima/en/application.html
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Here’s a video about THE CANADIAN Train:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQRJ1n8igG0
Here’s a link to our Rocky Mountaineer Trip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b-cecHEfdU
Here’s a video about the MOST INCREDIBLE First Class Train!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzyYKAPcfmE
Don’t miss my video about Amtrak’s California Zephyr:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1gRPEZdKyI&t=0s
And, why not check out this one about Amtrak’s LONGEST Route:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-RcNp1uhKE&t=1227s
Oh! And here’s a link to the video we made about Amtrak’s Southwest Chief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYiMihP0OHU&t=164s
Just one more…a video I made comparing Amtrak's Acela to a plane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVLnQFTazz8&t=0s
If you made it this far, here’s a playlist of all of the train videos on my channel:
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Music:
Last Breath of Freedom - Bonnie Grace
Breaking the Fourth Wall - Edward Karl Hansom
Sights of the Tokyo Tower - Sight of Wonders
A True Master - Yi Nantiro
Specialty Qualities - Sarah, the Illstrumentalist
Rehearsal Decay - By Lotus
Black Water (Instrumental Version) - Loving Caliber
Skymning - Strom
Two of Many - Deskant
A Travelers’ Gloom - Dew of Light
Breathing Again - Clarence Reed
Japanese Garden - Sight of Wonders
You Are Special - Sarah the Illstrumentalist
Dust Turns to Gold - Hampus Naeselius
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