Hard to Book! Sophisticated Limited Express Train in Japan | Private Compartment

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  • Опубліковано 5 гру 2023
  • I'm taking Saphir Odoriko from Tokyo to Atami and trying the private compartment which is extremely hard to book. The train is operated by JR East.
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  • @nobodyatall1886
    @nobodyatall1886 5 місяців тому +59

    Mysterious substance @ 2:44 looks to be hummus, with a bit of olive oil. Other mysterious substance @ 3:00 looks to be some kind of salad with quinoa and corn and....seaweed, maybe?

    • @hamdinger7145
      @hamdinger7145 5 місяців тому +4

      Hummus and coos coos

    • @debbiecurtis4021
      @debbiecurtis4021 5 місяців тому +2

      I agree. Houmous may have sundried tomatoes or tumeric added.

    • @debbiecurtis4021
      @debbiecurtis4021 5 місяців тому

      I think this train is too high tech for me. I only have a minor in Japanese, and I can't understand the announcements. I wouldn't know how to book a restaurant reservation on this train. How would none Japanese speakers access the trains facilities. On a "normal" train, youd just walk to the buffet car when you want, and buy what you want. Why make life so totalitarian and confusing?

    • @helenel4126
      @helenel4126 5 місяців тому +3

      I think it was hummus too. For your edification, STJ, hummus is made with chickpeas, olive oil, and tahini. So you were sort of correct in your guess that it might be beans. As for the corn mixture, I vote with those who are guessing quinoa. The smoked salmon looked very tasty. You had an excellent breakfast, especially for the price!

    • @AdamHansen95
      @AdamHansen95 Місяць тому

      The salad looks to have quinoa, corn, chickpeas, seaweed, and some sort of black bean

  • @vidboyx2001
    @vidboyx2001 5 місяців тому +14

    13:06 The rare STJ voice makes an appearance, haha.

  • @ShellyS2060
    @ShellyS2060 5 місяців тому +39

    The side dish with corn looked like it might be quinoa. It's a small grain sort of like millet or a very round, small brown rice.

    • @cubbi2789
      @cubbi2789 5 місяців тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @PianoMelodicaDark
      @PianoMelodicaDark 5 місяців тому +5

      the other one looks like it's hummus

    • @Nushgala
      @Nushgala 5 місяців тому

      It's quinoa

  • @debbiecurtis4021
    @debbiecurtis4021 5 місяців тому +18

    It would be good to have a train that circles the whole of Japan, and you can keep the cabin for the whole journey. The seats could become a bed. There would need to be a shower.

  • @eanneham8613
    @eanneham8613 5 місяців тому +6

    this is probably my american vs. japanese culture gap showing but all i could think when you got into your compartment was “ooo! there’s stuff in those cabinets! go open the cabinets and see what’s inside! what are those expensive bottles in there? is there something inside? go look!” …that’s always my intrusive compulsion in “fancy” situations…to touch the “do not touch” things… maybe it’s more like my repressed inner child showing…🤔😅

  • @dmcarpenter2470
    @dmcarpenter2470 5 місяців тому +8

    On your plate, I believe I can identify it. The tan colored paste is, hummus (chick pea), I believe. On the other side appears to have been a mixed 'salad' of corn, black beans and couscous. I enjoy your videos. Thank you.

    • @JBM425
      @JBM425 5 місяців тому +3

      I think it’s quinoa rather than couscous.

    • @dmcarpenter2470
      @dmcarpenter2470 5 місяців тому

      @@JBM425 Could be.

  • @TheCheshireDragon
    @TheCheshireDragon 5 місяців тому +4

    Looks like hummus to the right and quinoa, corn, and black beans on the left at 2:23. Which doesn't really *go* with eggs Benedict....

    • @Hecatate
      @Hecatate 5 місяців тому

      Yea, that's what I was thinking...Kinda reminds me of that "Chicago deep dish pizza" something was lost in translation....

  • @traciechakraborty3829
    @traciechakraborty3829 5 місяців тому +33

    your compartment looked like a cozy private library. I love libraries! And the view of the Bay was gorgeous. But I don't know if I would pay $100 for an hour train ride. But, if I did, I'd DEF take a nice, long soak in an onsen before going back to Tokyo. Cheers for having way more willpower than I possess.

    • @Motherhubbard170
      @Motherhubbard170 5 місяців тому

      If you love libraries, look up the Signet library in Edenborough, just watched an afternoon tea there

    • @traciechakraborty3829
      @traciechakraborty3829 5 місяців тому

      @@Motherhubbard170 I'd love to! from the US & I ADORE tea! Yorkshire Gold, hojicha, matcha, Assam, & Tieguanyin are my faves. I like coffee, but tea is more uplifting. Add in tasty little bites, cream teas, dim sum or sushi, and I'm in heaven.

    • @sagnikchakraborty5720
      @sagnikchakraborty5720 5 місяців тому

      Well I also think $100 is a bit too much for an hour ride and it doesn't even have any perks worth the fare like complementary food. That aside I really like the coach

  • @knittiotsavant
    @knittiotsavant 5 місяців тому +3

    Noooo. The egg was seriously overcooked on the Benedict. So sad. 😢

  • @treesnl
    @treesnl 5 місяців тому +32

    The constant stream of repeating announcements would have driven me bonkers. 😒

    • @debbiecurtis4021
      @debbiecurtis4021 5 місяців тому +5

      I know, especially if you can't understand what is being said.

    • @kurofune.uragabay
      @kurofune.uragabay 5 місяців тому +8

      I have a recommendation for you: Sunflower Ferries. The longer the trip, the better. You're _absolutely_ going to love it... 😂

    • @Petroschka1979
      @Petroschka1979 5 місяців тому +4

      ​@@kurofune.uragabaysunflower 🎶🎵🎶, sunflower 🎶🎵🎶

  • @catherine59226
    @catherine59226 5 місяців тому +5

    Yippee! A new video!!❤️👍🏻

  • @Nushgala
    @Nushgala 5 місяців тому +3

    Saddest eggs Benedict I've seen...with hummus and quinoa.

    • @RonnocYad
      @RonnocYad Місяць тому +2

      right that yoke was over done and odd pairing hummus and a quinoas BEAN salad?

  • @Darkness-cd4ww
    @Darkness-cd4ww 5 місяців тому +1

    I had the chance to take this when I happened to be on business travel in Japan before the COVID restrictions were lifted. Amazing experience

  • @AnaSolVa
    @AnaSolVa 5 місяців тому +2

    That looked like quinoa with vegetables on the left and baba ganoush on the right.
    That compartment looked very cozy

  • @p.herrmann4538
    @p.herrmann4538 5 місяців тому +7

    egg benedict ...a cultured move, well done!.
    The cabin looks really nice ...sadly the ride was too short.

  • @user-pw9hh6tg3y
    @user-pw9hh6tg3y 5 місяців тому +2

    すごい🎉書斎みたいな個室🎉
    こんないい部屋に乗るんであれば、やはり朝ごはんもスタイリッシュでなくちゃ🎉
    むさむさ美味しそうでした。グラスワインぐらい飲みたいカンジ❤
    …って、ホンマにすぐに戻ったん⁉️😂😂😂

  • @snappycattimesten
    @snappycattimesten 5 місяців тому +3

    Train needs more announcements. 34 announcements not enough.

  • @annettefournier9655
    @annettefournier9655 5 місяців тому +5

    Fancy eggs Benedict with Asparagus, but that was the most pale Hollindase sauce I have ever seen on top of it. Usually it is the color of egg yolks because it is made from them. Very strange side dishes to go with eggs bene. Quinoa salad ,hummus and salmon? When in Japan I guess.😘

  • @gman3ful
    @gman3ful 5 місяців тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @CMP777.
    @CMP777. Місяць тому

    Thank you for showing us the different light settings because I genuinely was curious about it lol

  • @trevorarnold7098
    @trevorarnold7098 5 місяців тому +2

    It's always cool to see how much English is a part of Japan and it'd be so cool to visit and have this person show you around

  • @Blejermanuel
    @Blejermanuel 5 місяців тому +2

    what you think is potato or beans, it seems to be hummus: smashed chickpea with lime, olive oil and tahini. The other stuff looks like quinoa.

  • @groermaik
    @groermaik 5 місяців тому +2

    "Stylish" but not "!!". Man, even I could be comfortable in there.

  • @chrisp2034
    @chrisp2034 5 місяців тому

    Expensive coffee, the pudding looks tasty

  • @KM-xs5id
    @KM-xs5id 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for letting us help with the thumbnail photo 😆

  • @chellastation
    @chellastation 5 місяців тому

    This was relaxing to watch. Thank you.

  • @joshweinstein5345
    @joshweinstein5345 5 місяців тому

    I was kinda hoping it was your cup of coffee playing that tune at 13:14

  • @ibeam23
    @ibeam23 5 місяців тому +2

    For breakfast, looks like hummus and quinoa with corn.

  • @keepmoving1185
    @keepmoving1185 5 місяців тому +1

    I love the tiny vacation you take us on. Thank you greatly

  • @patshozo9158
    @patshozo9158 5 місяців тому

    Very nice video for a short train ride. Love the details. Looking forward next time I am in Tokyo.

  • @ReapTheWhirlwind
    @ReapTheWhirlwind 5 місяців тому

    Hearing the family next door was so cute. ❤

  • @blankadams3120
    @blankadams3120 5 місяців тому +41

    Not entirely sure, but the pile to the right of the eggs benedict looked like it could be either hummus with paprika on top, or possibly very fine ground grits. Grits is a more 'traditional' western breakfast option, but that didn't look like grits at all. The pile to the left looked vaguely like undercooked oatmeal...?

    • @darthguilder1923
      @darthguilder1923 5 місяців тому +35

      The one on the left looks like quinoa with others things mixed in, corn, seaweed maybe

    • @ByteBash50
      @ByteBash50 5 місяців тому +24

      Looks like hummus on the right and quinoa on the left

    • @frontc00king
      @frontc00king 5 місяців тому +8

      hummus was also my first guess, with oil and paprika powder on it

    • @OddLeah
      @OddLeah 5 місяців тому +4

      ​@@darthguilder1923definitely quinoa, with either seaweed or finely cut fungus and corn.

    • @NotTooGoodAtReading94
      @NotTooGoodAtReading94 5 місяців тому +6

      Definitely quinoa and hummus, which is a strange enough combination by itself, live alone the eggs benedict, but that's Japan I suppose!
      Also, grits aren't a thing outside of the US... no one eats them but you guys 😅

  • @Ms.HarmonyJ
    @Ms.HarmonyJ 5 місяців тому +2

    My friend, I would be delighted to travel with you at some point in the future.

  • @chrisp2034
    @chrisp2034 5 місяців тому

    Pushing the SOS button will stop the announcements😂😂😂

  • @robkelso7189
    @robkelso7189 5 місяців тому

    Great video, wish that I could travel with you when I visit Japan. Thanks for all of your videos.

  • @christopherfranklin972
    @christopherfranklin972 5 місяців тому

    Lovely breakfast!
    Lovely desserts!
    I love the 'jingles'!

  • @livingwithjoy89
    @livingwithjoy89 5 місяців тому

    A beautiful train compartment. Very elegant.

  • @TimandPax
    @TimandPax 5 місяців тому

    Thanks for all of your videos. My favorite is . I watch it every time I can your day😮trip to mount Fuji

  • @michellemeentemeyer7047
    @michellemeentemeyer7047 5 місяців тому

    The compartment was cool.

  • @sheilaathay2034
    @sheilaathay2034 5 місяців тому

    Nice train! Slick😉☺️

  • @amputeeright
    @amputeeright 5 місяців тому

    It looks like it was a comfortable trip. The desserts looked delicious.

  • @yadiamper1521
    @yadiamper1521 5 місяців тому

    Kopi hitam & makanan di pagi hari yang sangat nikmat & lezat ,
    Banyak makanan lain yang bisa dinikmati di Kereta yang mewah ❤

  • @mariojsworld
    @mariojsworld 5 місяців тому

    Great trip in the express train.

  • @hassanalihusseini1717
    @hassanalihusseini1717 5 місяців тому +1

    I totally agree with your result at the end. My first thought in the beginning was that the compartment was too much for this short trip for one person. But good for having a meeting on a business trip.

  • @renerivera9715
    @renerivera9715 5 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful ❤

  • @endangeredmarmot4518
    @endangeredmarmot4518 5 місяців тому

    Okay, fine, I'll go back to Japan and try more trains :) Thanks for sharing!

  • @lauracook9471
    @lauracook9471 5 місяців тому +1

    I don't do so well with fancy food either , lol , I love homemade home style flood , the train ride looks like a lot of fun , enjoy

  • @James-hp6oh
    @James-hp6oh 5 місяців тому

    Thanks for translate attendant voice👍 helpfully

  • @Hawaii_Sakura_88
    @Hawaii_Sakura_88 5 місяців тому

    こんにちは!もう一つの素晴らしいビデオ!印象的なキャビン。とてもプライベートで居心地の良い。共有してくれてありがとう。😌🙏✨

  • @bobfranklin2572
    @bobfranklin2572 5 місяців тому

    Nice!

  • @jaydugger3291
    @jaydugger3291 5 місяців тому

    Thank you.

  • @tomsoden1738
    @tomsoden1738 5 місяців тому

    Wow! It just needs an ashtray and karaoke machine!!!

  • @alifarrow6214
    @alifarrow6214 5 місяців тому +1

    I think it was Hummus on the right of the Eggs Benedict. And a Quinoa and Lentil salad on the left.

  • @Undrave
    @Undrave 5 місяців тому +2

    The souflé pudding from Family Mart! I tried it when I was in Japan in November! It's really good isn't it? I also really liked the pumpkin pudding they had. While there we visited Bessho-Onsen, taking the electric local train from Ueda station. It was a nice little hot spring village. They have a super old hexagonal pagoda there.
    We also went to a The City Bakery (in Shinagawa) for breakfast but only took baked goods. The cheese danish was great. I'm guessing the salad with corn and wakame on your plate was quinoa.

  • @dcrom
    @dcrom 5 місяців тому +1

    wow! you needed a bar tender and Martinis! Maybe a partner/friend.... thank you SoloSan, as ever, a great video!

  • @sdetent5787
    @sdetent5787 5 місяців тому

    Lovely

  • @educanassa100
    @educanassa100 5 місяців тому

    Nice train

  • @rezaalan3991
    @rezaalan3991 5 місяців тому

    Great trip, finally you booked this compartment. This room have great privacy suitable for group passengers. But to be fair if i doing solo trip, I prefer the front seat behind Driver cab.

  • @mak155
    @mak155 5 місяців тому

    The sounds of Tokyo station is like music to my ears

  • @miked3168
    @miked3168 5 місяців тому +2

    The egg looked a little over cooked to me. I would like a runny egg for that.
    Looked like quinoa and corn on the left.

  • @kclefthanded427
    @kclefthanded427 5 місяців тому

    Blue is my favorite color

  • @gizmogal89
    @gizmogal89 5 місяців тому

    Another beautiful and calming journey! Thanks for the video.
    What train(s) would you recommend for a daytrip to Izu Shaboten Zoo from Tokyo to Izu? I'd like the travel that route someday and visit the Izu capybaras 😄🤞

  • @seven_hundred-seven_hundred
    @seven_hundred-seven_hundred 5 місяців тому

    Very nice. Thank you. (Thumbnail images are quite important...)

  • @netrhyda8761
    @netrhyda8761 5 місяців тому +1

    Nice little experience!! But no curry!!!!

  • @dahliacross3584
    @dahliacross3584 5 місяців тому

    I love the city bakery. It’s expensive, but their pastries are good. I have been to the one in Hakuba at the mountain top in winter and it was so nice.

  • @KatzenwagenTV
    @KatzenwagenTV 5 місяців тому

    2:10 voice reveal! nice voice! 😻😻😻😻😻😻

  • @paulinelau7809
    @paulinelau7809 5 місяців тому

    Thanks

  • @Artura036_
    @Artura036_ 5 місяців тому

    I love your videos but I’m currently what the dessert you are eating, they look so yummy.

  • @Backoffboogaloo
    @Backoffboogaloo 5 місяців тому

    I think the food you don’t recognise is some kind of quinoa salad. Nice video. I especially liked seeing the fish painted on the side of the red train on your arrival at Atami.

  • @ktkace
    @ktkace 5 місяців тому +1

    if theres 4 pple it works out to 18.75 USD extra per pax~

  • @avjohnson
    @avjohnson 5 місяців тому +1

    I think it was humus with paprika (right) and quinoa salad (left)

  • @debbiecurtis4021
    @debbiecurtis4021 5 місяців тому +1

    I think the breakfast is quinoa with shredded nori and sweetcorn. Maybe some homous????

  • @dalektorgo2973
    @dalektorgo2973 4 місяці тому

    17:17 That's a cute angle.

  • @user-wv8cs4si4n
    @user-wv8cs4si4n 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for the vlog, very interesting. I agree with others that that may have been hummus and the grains quinoa on your breakfast. The desserts looked delicious. Tokyo Station is an absolutely beautiful building, are there apartments in the upper floors ? May I also possibly ask if you are Japanese, or another nationality, just curious ?

  • @katiepeterson2306
    @katiepeterson2306 5 місяців тому

    The stuff next to eggs Benedict looks like hummus.

  • @rrred100
    @rrred100 5 місяців тому

    Much fancy much wow

  • @rebeccataylor2049
    @rebeccataylor2049 5 місяців тому +1

    Sad that your eggs Benedict have no runny egg! I don't think it was made properly. still wondering what those two mystery items were on your plate, what kind of weird maybe potato and I don't know what the other black and beige rice thing kind a look like? ...Let's see what happens next!

  • @FriedEgg101
    @FriedEgg101 5 місяців тому

    Accompanying the Eggs Benedict I think was hummus with paprika sprinkled on it. Hummus is made with chick-peas and garlic. And the other thing was quinoa, as a salad. It's defo not couscous, which is semolina, and therefore doesn't sprout.

  • @purpledreamer9654
    @purpledreamer9654 4 місяці тому

    😮
    I have had this dish many times but with a runny egg and no idea of what the 2 sides were 😳
    But would have tried them 😋

  • @Benniuk
    @Benniuk 5 місяців тому

    Corn and sprouting quinoa on the left and hummus on the right

  • @kurofune.uragabay
    @kurofune.uragabay 5 місяців тому

    "Mille *crape* roll cake" ? Come on, STJ-san, it couldn't have been that bad... 😁
    @8:47: we call that in english "feeling self-conscious" 👀 [>

  • @VulpisFoxfire
    @VulpisFoxfire 5 місяців тому

    Breakfast was merely 'Good'. and not '!!'. Kinda says it right there. :-)

  • @srazaq1978
    @srazaq1978 5 місяців тому

    You ordered a benedicts royale- comes with salmon. Quinoa and hummus

  • @NoWay23548
    @NoWay23548 5 місяців тому

    Japan, the land of intrusive jingles

  • @peepjynx
    @peepjynx 5 місяців тому

    I believe the food to the left of the eggs was probably quinoa. And the stuff to the right was probably hummus. Source: I live in LA and those foods at everywhere here.

  • @bz10000
    @bz10000 5 місяців тому

    Nice but very expensive

  • @neilwilliams7479
    @neilwilliams7479 5 місяців тому +2

    Wish they had volume control in the room; nice but a tad pricey for a short journey but far better value than UK train fares 🥲

  • @cheetahjab
    @cheetahjab 5 місяців тому

    Looked like Hummus there on the right

  • @roonboo96
    @roonboo96 5 місяців тому

    I think the bit to the left of the eggs Benedict was quinoa, beans and corn. Not sure, though. But the grain did look like quinoa.

  • @UrdnotChuckles
    @UrdnotChuckles 5 місяців тому

    Looks like you had a quinoa salad on the left side of your breakfast plate, and hummus on the right.

  • @chaetostoma5
    @chaetostoma5 5 місяців тому +1

    Hummus and quinoa.

  • @thewkovacs316
    @thewkovacs316 5 місяців тому +1

    i wish i had money
    i would go to japan and take every mode of transport solo has

  • @hexmaniacwingy
    @hexmaniacwingy 5 місяців тому

    I think 3:42 is either couscous or quinoa? Given the other thing is almost certainly hummus I feel like it's the former.

  • @cat9762
    @cat9762 5 місяців тому

    Hilarious that you can only use your mobile phone in one carriage, yet you are forced to endure the constant announcements. Hardly a peaceful train ride!

  • @elteescat
    @elteescat 5 місяців тому

    You didn't take onsen while you were there? Bummer!

  • @whatjake7898
    @whatjake7898 5 місяців тому

    I don’t think I need to ever hear the beeper going off again.

  • @kevanhubbard9673
    @kevanhubbard9673 5 місяців тому

    So many different compartments on Japanese 🗾 trains and it does make you wonder if the design and building costs far outweigh whatever revenue such things will attract?

  • @t4me7
    @t4me7 5 місяців тому

    So many announcements 😵‍💫 How do you relax?

  • @aslamnurfikri7640
    @aslamnurfikri7640 5 місяців тому

    Cabin is really good, but it desperately needs better soundproofing. Private cabin is useless if I can hear people next door

  • @ay19861025
    @ay19861025 5 місяців тому

    20:24 You don’t have a small travel at Atami? I feel it’s a little bit zannen 😢