Never ridden on this personally, but the E5 "Hayabusa" is my favorite train set in terms of looks and design, especially when paired with the red E6 "Komachi" for the Akita Shinkansen.
My only ride on a Shinkansen was in 1987, from Tokyo to Okasa with a stop at Gifu. I don't remember which model we were on, but I did have my first bento meal.
@@NonstopEurotrip It would be great if train stations in Europe had ekiben, (I learned that word from one of my Japanese bloggers) I had three long days on trains on my recent vacation and had little to eat each day.
1987, there were only two models then. The original 0 series which has a circular nose (the reason it was called bullet train in English), or a then new model with a smaller nose which is the series 100
Nice review video! Since 1965 (yes, I've taken the 0 series trains) until now: Tōhoku Shinkansen: Tokyo - Sendai Hokuriku Shinkansen: Tokyo - Kanazawa Tōkaido Shinkansen: Tokyo - Shin-Osaka San’yō Shinkansen: Shin-Osaka - Hakata Kyūshū Shinkansen: Hakata - Kagoshima-Chuo Nishi-Kyūshū Shinkansen: Takeo-Onsen - Nagasaki
I was in Aomori back in 2016 winter, did had a great time there (I was quite lucky the heavy snow just stopped the day before my visit- I used the JR East Tohoku Rail Pass :D) From Shin-Aomori station you can take the JR local trains to Aomori station, where the harbour is located. There is one museum featuring Aomori Nebuta (mostly historical or mythical figures) near the waterfront, and there is also a museum in memorial of the ferry Hakkoudamaru (as the end of Aomori Station linking to the harbour is exactly the rail-ferry between Aomori and Hakodate. Also from Shin-Aomori it's about a 15-minute bus ride to Sannai-Maruyama Site, containing the ruins of a very large Jōmon period settlement.
And forgot to mention, for Tohoku Shinkansen, I personally prefer sitting on the left side of the train for northbound services as between Koriyama and Morioka, there are quite a lot of mountainous views on the left and you can even find Mount Azuma-kofuji, (あづまこふじ, very similar look to Mt. Fuji) before arriving into Fukushima Station.
I've been to Aomori, it's a nice city and I recommend the Wa Rasse Nebuta Festival museum and the Seikan Train Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkoda-maru. If you're there in winter the Tsuruga Railway has special vintage Stove Trains, which have woodstoves on board for heating. Hirosaki City is a great spot as well.
I love Japanese food and would love to be able to go on the Shinkansen for a ride. What a cool experience. I've always wanted to take a trip to Japan and explore.
It would be a dream if you could travel by train in Europe just as quickly and efficiently... Hamburg-Munich in ~4h would be a dream. But maybe one day there will be a visionary in the EU who will strive for this project. Japan is very high on my must-see list, but I haven't been there yet. Very, very nice video and the train looks really cool
Aomori is pretty nice, as a daytrip with Hirosaki (just 30mins from Aomori). The best attractions are unfortunately outside of the city, so you need to travel far on the outsides of the prefecture. :D Was there this Summer for my Tohoku and Hokkaido Vacation. Greetings from Germany
The fastest train by average speed happens to be a weekend-only Nozomi service from Shin-Yokohama to Hakata, which comes out to 250kph on average. Let's hope the Hayabusa can match this speed once the line improvements are made for the Sapporo extension.
Cant wait for the Mumbai - Ahmadabad Bullet train to open! I hope we Indians learn some CIVIC SENSE along with the technical know-how from the Japanese.
Brother Japan is facing population aging problem. There population is declining rapidly. Also Japan is very small country compare to India. We r country of almost 1.5 billion. It will take time.
I like Shinkasen. I like those capsule seats in the premium segment that do not disturb the neighbors in the back rows. and also, I like how the Shinkasen staff see the trains waving after them on the platform. (Didn't you have it?). Yes, the price is too high, but it is faster than the plane. If you add the time you have to spend at the airport before and after your flight. Thank you.
Did the same trip to sapporo 20 years ago when the shinkansen had only opened as far as Hachinohe. The a train to Hakodate. Another change to sapporo. In all cases had a 5 min connection and trains were lined up on adjacent platform so just walked across onto the next one. Journey time was 7.5hes but considering the distance and number of connections that was a good journey time
I had 4 rides with the Shinkansen during my recent 2 week trip to Japan. A return trip from Tokyo to Sendai with the Hayabusa (E5, 2. class). From Tokyo to Kyoto (E5, 2. class). And from Kyoto to Hiroshima (N700 Supreme 2. class). It was a guided tour with the train tickets included in the price. The trip back to Tokyo from Sendai was 3 minutes delayed. There was staff members at every door appologizing for the delay. :) The ride from Tokyo to Kyoto arrived 8 seconds ahead of schedule... It's been a couple of years since I last checked up on the statistics, but last time I did, the average deviation from the schedule was about 17 seconds. nationwide... XD
Du grand art 🎨 Tout comme la série E2 qu'elle remplace depuis 2011, la série E5 des Shinkansen JR-East Tohoku et H5 JR-Hokkaido peut être couplée à la série E3 remplacée depuis 2014 par la série E6 sur les services Komachi. La série E5 est le train le plus rapide du Japon, normalement évalué à 360 km/h (223 mph), JR-East l'a volontairement limité à 220 km/h (200 mph) en service commercial pour des raisons de sécurité, la particularité de ces trains est qu'ils sont capables de prendre des courbes plus serrées, grâce au système de suspension active électrique monté dans les bogies qui les contrôle. Construit par Hitachi Rail et Kawasaki Heavy Industries, dans une palette de couleurs verte, la série E5 est la première à proposer la Gran Class, une première classe encore plus luxueuse, son design est inspiré du détroit de Tsugaru et de la baie d'Hakodate. Elle a été initialement introduite sur Hayabusa (service rapide) et sur certains services reliant Komachi (Tokyo - Akita) exploités par la série E6. La série E5 de JR-East se compose de 59 unités de 10 voitures. Lorsque le Shinkansen d'Hokkaido a ouvert en 2016, JR Hokkaido a introduit les mêmes trains que la série H5 composée de 4 unités de 10 voitures. Pour la série H5, la bande rose « Hayate » est remplacée par une bande violette « Akaya ». Les trains de la série E5 sont utilisés sur tous les Shinkansen du Tohoku et d'Hokkaido. Ils sont principalement utilisés pour les services rapides tels que Hayabusa (Tokyo - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, rapide), mais certains services Yamabiko (Tokyo - Morioka, semi-rapide) et Nasuno (Tokyo - Koriyama, toutes les gares) sont également desservis par eux. La conception extérieure des trains à grande vitesse de la série E5 et H5 est largement basée sur le train expérimental Fastech 360S, dont une maquette de la voiture avant est exposée au musée ferroviaire de Saitama. Les trains de la série H5 sont utilisés uniquement pour les services de Hokkaido (Okutsugaru-Imabetsu - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto) à travers le tunnel Seikan de 54 km de long sous le détroit de Tsugaru qui relie Honshũ, l'île principale du Japon, à l'île de Hokkaido. Comme la série E5 Tohoku, la série H5 Hokkaido Grand Class, la moquette bleue des cabines s'inspire du motif qui représente l'éclat de l'océan, des lacs et des marais le long de la ligne Shinkansen Hokkaido. Les Shinkansen Hokaido, une prouesse signée Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Dérivés de la série E5 Tohoku et de la série H5 Hokaido, sont les trains les plus rapides du Japon, normalement évalués à 360 km/h (223 mph), les deux opérateurs, JR-Tohoku et JR-Hokkaido ont volontairement limité cette vitesse à 220 km/h (200 mph) en service commercial pour des raisons de sécurité, la particularité de ces trains est qu'ils sont capables de prendre des courbes plus serrées, grâce au système de suspension active électrique monté dans les bogies qui les contrôlent. Les trains Shinkansen sont conçus par chaque compagnie ferroviaire. Inauguré en 2016, le Hokkaido Shinkansen a été initialement lancé pour le tronçon de 149 km entre la gare de Shin-Aomori du Tohoku Shinkansen et la gare de Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. Les nouveaux trains ont une vitesse de pointe de 260 km/h et circulent entre Tokyo et Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto en quatre heures et deux minutes au plus court. Actuellement, treize services aller-retour sont proposés quotidiennement : dix entre Tokyo et Shin-Hakodate-Hokutoi, et un entre Sendai, Morioka ou Shin-Aomori et Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. Des travaux sont déjà en cours pour prolonger la ligne Shinkansen d'Hokkaido de Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto à Sapporo, la section de 212 km devant commencer à fonctionner d'ici la fin de l'exercice 2030. Dans un avenir proche, le réseau Shinkansen final sera achevé, s'étendant sur toute la longueur du Japon de Sapporo à Hokkaido à Kagoshima à la pointe sud de Kyushu. Le « H » de la série H5 est, bien sûr, tiré de la première lettre de la Hokkaido Japan Railway Company. Pour la série H5, la bande rose "Hayate" de la série E5 est remplacée par une bande violette "Ayaka". Les couleurs sont le vert Joban, la même couleur que la série E5, sur la partie supérieure de la carrosserie, le violet Ayaka pour la taille des voitures à l'image des fleurs de lilas, de lupin et de lavande d'Hokkaido, et un élégant blanc Hiun sur la partie inférieure de la carrosserie.La série E5 est construite par Hitachi Rail tandis que la série H5 qui nécessite des contraintes supplémentaires est construite par Kawasaki Heavy Industries, les 4 unités de 10 voitures commandées par JR-Hokkaido, sont assemblées à Hyogo près de Kobe chez Kawasaki Rolling Stock Technology près du pont d'Akashi dans la baie d'Osaka. Les trains à grande vitesse Shinkansen sont ici optimisés comme le prototype Fastech 360S, ce qui est essentiel non seulement pour réduire le bruit, mais aussi pour minimiser l'onde de choc produite lorsque le train entre dans un tunnel, le Shinkansen d'Hokkaido a nécessité des améliorations spéciales, telles que des équipements de déneigement, Hokkaido est situé dans la partie la plus septentrionale de l'archipel japonais, où de fortes chutes de neige couvrent tout Hokkaido, et la température moyenne hivernale descend en dessous de zéro degré Celsius même à Hakodate, où il fait relativement plus chaud, une autre difficulté était de traverser le plus long tunnel sous-marin du Japon, long de 54 km, dans le cadre du projet Hokkaido Shinkansen, où le gel est le plus grand ennemi, à cet effet chaque tuyau est équipé d'un système d'air comprimé pour purger l'air dans les tuyaux. L'usine de Hyogo est également chargée de la conception et de la fabrication des bogies des trains à grande vitesse Shinkansen, qui doivent non seulement assurer la sécurité et la stabilité en mouvement, mais aussi une excellente qualité de conduite dans les courbes ; En principe, grâce à la technologie inclinable, il serait possible de franchir des courbes d'un rayon de 4 000 mètres à une vitesse de passage de 320 km/h. Les voitures nouvellement terminées seront expédiées, sans aucune égratignure, du port de Kobe vers l'extrême nord, le long de la côte Pacifique du Japon, ce qui prend trois jours pour arriver au port de Hakodate, en évitant les typhons.
What's amazing about the Shinkansen network isn't just the fact that the trains go fast, it's that EVERYTHING works so perfectly and safely on a massive scale, there are hundreds of these trains per day perfectly on time. Since the inception of Shinkansen in 1962, there hasn't been a single accident EVER. Whereas the trains in China have fatal crashes occasionally killing hundreds of people. Don't think these trains can't go faster, they are easily capable of going much faster than the Chinese trains, but they don't because Japan doesn't implement anything unless its 110% safe.
Yes and no. China is obviously much bigger so higher average speeds are necessary to compete with planes. But the safety is certainly getting up there now, compared to Europe which has more frequent crashes, albeit at lower speeds. And then there's SE Asia 👀
@@NonstopEurotrip It would be awesome when the safety level does get up there, rooting for them. I think technology-wise china is definitely leading the charge at the moment. It's just a matter of time before they become better than Japan's trains. I don't count SE Asia because they're just Chinese trains and CCP debt traps that forces these countries to give up land for their military/navy bases to progress their belt and road initiative. I can't morally support it.
Its all pretty amazing - the organisation and dependability of the trains is incredible. I love that you have a whole 3 minutes to board at Tokyo - if you tried that in Britain it'd be chaos! Only snag is that I believe it takes hours to travel on to Sapporo - at least until they extend the Shinkansen there. However, I understand that a high proportion of the new line will be in tunnel, so it won't be a very scenic journey!
@@NonstopEurotrip I think you get even less on the Tokaido Shinkansens - turn round is often only 10mins - 1 min to get passengers off, 7 minutes (exactly) to service, 2 mins to load passengers. Just as well the trains are always on time or chaos would reign!!!!
The northernmost Shinkansen station in Honshu is Okutsugaru-Imabetsu which your train passed. It's basically a ghost station built to please the local politicians in the middle of nowhere and sees a whopping 26 passengers per day.
Did the Nozomi shinkansen between Hakata and Hiroshima, and the Hiroshima to Osaka, earlier this year. As expected, trains were clean, efficient and incredibly on-time. Found the seats in second class adequate for journeys up to 2 hours but might be a little stiff for longer rides. Other fun part of train travel in Japan is to have your ekiben meal - so many options to choose from at each major station.
This being Japan, I would not have been surprised to see fish in the tunnel lol They do things so differently. Question is: Did you hold your breath while under water? ;) Another great video. Thank you.
In 2031, this train will go all the way to Sapporo. They've already started work on several new stations between Shin-Hakodate Hokuto and Sapporo, and I believe construction work at Sapporo Station to accommodate the Shinkansen has already begun. I should note that from the Doai Tunnel on the south end through the Seikan Tunnel to Kikonai Station on the northend, the Hokkaido Shinkansen on weekdays are limited to a top speed of 140 km/h (87 mph). Reason: it allows the train to not interfere with JR Freight trains that run through the tunnel on the 1,067 mm part of the dual-gauge tracks, freight trains that have a maximum speed of 140 km/h. On weekends when there is just about no freight traffic, the E5 train sets can run at speeds up to 260 km/h (161.5 mph).
Love the Shinkansen. Thanks for this video 😄 P.S. you said the seats in standard cars are a bit narrow: if you are interested, the middle seats of the rows of 3 are a bit wider than the window or aisle seats 😉
@@NonstopEurotrip they are about the same, but the window and aisle seats are 440 mm wide, while the middle seat of a 3-seat row is 460 mm wide. This is to give a more spacious feeling in case both seats at its side are occupied. For comparison, Green car seats are 480 mm wide.
Thanks for uploading a green class video on the Tohoku Shinkansen. It's really hard to find them on UA-cam as those who prefer to splurge would opt for the more luxurious Granclass. Anyway, is the hard product a better value than the green class of the Tokaido Shinkansen? As someone who was born and spent some childhood in Japan, I have taken the Shinkansen countless times. Mostly to the west though as my birthplace is in Shizuoka, which is a stop for slower trains of the Tokyo-Osaka route
I didn't want to pay for the gran class supplement on the full route 😂 I actually stayed in Shizuoka for a couple of nights when we was exploring around there and to go to Fuji.
No. It is not and never was. I spent over 30 years working on the railroad. On trains, "first class" is generally considered the higher class compared to "business class," meaning it offers more premium amenities and is typically more expensive; while business class may still provide enhanced features like extra legroom, it is considered a step below first class. Therefore, Gran Class on Shinkansen trains is generally considered to be first class as it offers the most luxurious seating option on the bullet train, comparable to first class on airplanes, with significantly more legroom, amenities, and dedicated service compared to even the "Green Car" (considered business class) seats on the Shinkansen.
To be honest 1. Green car "does not" equal "First Class" because JR East, JR West (Hokuriku Shinkansen), and JR Hokkaido also offer a "Grand Class" that is config with 1-2 seats in certain routes and some special request services such as light snack and alcoholic drink. Therefore your statement is slightly wrong (Some of the Grand Class does not include this service so the price will be lower than normal Grand Class). 2. You mentioned that 3 hours and 57 mins is the fastest. Yes, and no Yes = Normal Situation No = JR Hokkaido already received special permission to operate the service between Okutsurugaimabetsu and Kikonai aka Seikan Tunnel with 260 km/h at "long weekends" such as New Year, Golden Week, and Obon (Normal operation is 160 km/h)
Business Class is a higher class than First Class on all trains. If you watched the video, you'd see that I showed Gran Class and explained it. And yes, it's' Gran' Class, not 'Grand' Class as you said.
@@NonstopEurotrip I mean you cannot direct compare that with EU System to be honest. I know that 1st class is can compare with Green Car but the objective of Green Car mostly serve businessman in Japanese but they not position that as first class at the beginning.
@@NonstopEurotrip I didn't know the green car is translated as "First class" by JR. At least as a Japanese person this is a bit unintuitive since we usually associate First class as being a higher rank than Business class on JAL and ANA.
@@NonstopEurotrip To add more information on that (based on history). JNR (Era before the standardization of the current JR System) contained 3 class 1. 3rd class 2. 2nd class 3. 1st class However, after Reiwa 44, they (JR) decided to demolish 1st class and upgrade 3rd class into ordinary cars, and 2nd class was upgraded to Green Class instead. Therefore, this might not be directly compared to the European system 1st and 2nd class because the exact positioning of "Green Car" is between the former 2nd class and 1st class. You can say that Green Car = 1st class based on some of "English articles" but it might not be true in terms of JR context. Please note that I already searched that information in the Japanese context but mostly say that "Green Car (Class) does not direct meaning of 1st class" compare with 3 classes era. Sorry to interrupt that a lot. That's why JR don't compare their service into 1st, and 2nd class in EU System. Gran Class (Sorry for my mispronouncing) does not consider as these of system because it is a service that just introduced recently. Fix some context.
@@LGVRhin-Rhone In the JNR Era (before the separation of JR), JNR provided the service with "3 classes" 3rd, 2nd, and 1st (Direct translation into ３等、２等、１等) but in Reiwa 44 (1969). These things was happened 1. Demolish 1st class 2. Revision pricing 3. Introduce new two class (ordinary and green car) For green car, it is still unclear about the motivation for the name "green car" but after that JR does not direct translate グリーン車 into 1st class but they use "Green Car" instead. Moreover, some of Japanese article said that "Green Car is a upgrade version of 2nd class. However, the symbol come from legacy of former 1st class"
Japanese Shinkansen High speed train are very expensive if you compare Chinese high speed train. Chinese high speed train maximum speed 350 km/h and Japanese train 320 km/h.
@@NonstopEurotrip perhaps even more so - I’ve written to the U.K. Prime Minister about this, setting out how control could be handed over, after a horrible experience I had in October 2022 because of a U.K. rail strike, in which I was stranded in Holyhead for 2 days on my return from Dublin, unable to return to Manchester, which cost me twice the normal cost of a return SailRail ticket - and to add insult to injury, I had to pay a huge amount for a single from Holyhead to Manchester, involving a bus transfer from Lladnuo to Chester, for which TfW has still not paid me any compensation to date - since Covid and following that incident, both rail, coach and flights from Liverpool and Manchester to Dublin have increased by 50%, coupled with last minute disruptions, delays and cancellations, making it virtually impossible to plan trips in advance - even trains in Eastern Europe are better than the U.K. rail network which renationalising them will not fix
Yes it's a single bore tunnel with dual guage track. At the entrances the shinkansen and traditional lines merge, there are shinkansen, local and freight services using it. Because the water is so deep it has long approaches either side hence it's length
2+3 seating sucks no matter how you look at it.And I'm not crazy about 2+2 first class seating. I'm old school when U. S. trains had single rotating reclining seats on both sides of the aisles.
@@NonstopEurotrip Most Japanese youtubers didn't sensor theirs, so I figured there shouldn't be anything important. That said you're not obliged to show it nor am I interested in stealing your information, no hostility involved.
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This HST line is planned to expand to Sapporo in future.
Absolutely 💯
Never ridden on this personally, but the E5 "Hayabusa" is my favorite train set in terms of looks and design, especially when paired with the red E6 "Komachi" for the Akita Shinkansen.
The efficiency, cleanliness,and time keeping on these Japanese trains is always a pleasure to see. I always look forward to your videos.
Thank you very much! 😊👍🏻
Heaven for train lovers
Absolutely! 💯
My only ride on a Shinkansen was in 1987, from Tokyo to Okasa with a stop at Gifu. I don't remember which model we were on, but I did have my first bento meal.
I had my first Bento on this Japan trip too Rick... And now I'm hooked 😂
@@NonstopEurotrip It would be great if train stations in Europe had ekiben, (I learned that word from one of my Japanese bloggers) I had three long days on trains on my recent vacation and had little to eat each day.
@@ricksipes2026 I'd settle for a 'meal deal' 😀
1987, there were only two models then. The original 0 series which has a circular nose (the reason it was called bullet train in English), or a then new model with a smaller nose which is the series 100
@@luke211286 Thanks Luke for the info.
Nice review video! Since 1965 (yes, I've taken the 0 series trains) until now:
Tōhoku Shinkansen: Tokyo - Sendai
Hokuriku Shinkansen: Tokyo - Kanazawa
Tōkaido Shinkansen: Tokyo - Shin-Osaka
San’yō Shinkansen: Shin-Osaka - Hakata
Kyūshū Shinkansen: Hakata - Kagoshima-Chuo
Nishi-Kyūshū Shinkansen: Takeo-Onsen - Nagasaki
Excellent - thanks for sharing!
Excellent video thanks
Glad it was helpful!
wow, that was a beautiful intro. Nice Video! And the Aomori region a worth a visit, especially hirosaki.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
I was in Aomori back in 2016 winter, did had a great time there (I was quite lucky the heavy snow just stopped the day before my visit- I used the JR East Tohoku Rail Pass :D)
From Shin-Aomori station you can take the JR local trains to Aomori station, where the harbour is located. There is one museum featuring Aomori Nebuta (mostly historical or mythical figures) near the waterfront, and there is also a museum in memorial of the ferry Hakkoudamaru (as the end of Aomori Station linking to the harbour is exactly the rail-ferry between Aomori and Hakodate.
Also from Shin-Aomori it's about a 15-minute bus ride to Sannai-Maruyama Site, containing the ruins of a very large Jōmon period settlement.
And forgot to mention, for Tohoku Shinkansen, I personally prefer sitting on the left side of the train for northbound services as between Koriyama and Morioka, there are quite a lot of mountainous views on the left and you can even find Mount Azuma-kofuji, (あづまこふじ, very similar look to Mt. Fuji) before arriving into Fukushima Station.
Ah nice, thanks for sharing 🙏😊
I've been to Aomori, it's a nice city and I recommend the Wa Rasse Nebuta Festival museum and the Seikan Train Ferry Memorial Ship Hakkoda-maru. If you're there in winter the Tsuruga Railway has special vintage Stove Trains, which have woodstoves on board for heating. Hirosaki City is a great spot as well.
Thanks! I'll definitely put it on my to-do list 🫡
Your pronunciation, enunciation and delivery are audio perfect.
Thank you Sam 🙏🙏🙏
Great video.
Thanks!
Brilliant!❤
Green car is the business class and grand class is the first class. Not all the way around.
Nope. Business class is ALWAYS higher on trains.
Absolute discipline! The World has so much to learn from Japan!
Absolutely yes 💯😁
"decided to in through the rear entrance.." huhuhuhuhuh... endless possibilities :P
I thought I was going to die laughing when he said that!
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I love Japanese food and would love to be able to go on the Shinkansen for a ride. What a cool experience. I've always wanted to take a trip to Japan and explore.
You should! It's an amazing place 😄
It would be a dream if you could travel by train in Europe just as quickly and efficiently... Hamburg-Munich in ~4h would be a dream. But maybe one day there will be a visionary in the EU who will strive for this project. Japan is very high on my must-see list, but I haven't been there yet. Very, very nice video and the train looks really cool
Tell me about it, all Europeans dream of this 🫡
Aomori is pretty nice, as a daytrip with Hirosaki (just 30mins from Aomori). The best attractions are unfortunately outside of the city, so you need to travel far on the outsides of the prefecture. :D Was there this Summer for my Tohoku and Hokkaido Vacation. Greetings from Germany
Thanks for the tips!
The fastest train by average speed happens to be a weekend-only Nozomi service from Shin-Yokohama to Hakata, which comes out to 250kph on average. Let's hope the Hayabusa can match this speed once the line improvements are made for the Sapporo extension.
Absolutely and the AlfaX
Thank you my friend!!
Any time! 😊
Cant wait for the Mumbai - Ahmadabad Bullet train to open! I hope we Indians learn some CIVIC SENSE along with the technical know-how from the Japanese.
Brother Japan is facing population aging problem.
There population is declining rapidly.
Also Japan is very small country compare to India.
We r country of almost 1.5 billion. It will take time.
The Shinkansen is a train that Japan is proud of ♩
Absolutely 💯😁
I like Shinkasen. I like those capsule seats in the premium segment that do not disturb the neighbors in the back rows.
and also, I like how the Shinkasen staff see the trains waving after them on the platform. (Didn't you have it?).
Yes, the price is too high, but it is faster than the plane. If you add the time you have to spend at the airport before and after your flight.
Thank you.
Absolutely agree 💯👍
Did the same trip to sapporo 20 years ago when the shinkansen had only opened as far as Hachinohe. The a train to Hakodate. Another change to sapporo. In all cases had a 5 min connection and trains were lined up on adjacent platform so just walked across onto the next one. Journey time was 7.5hes but considering the distance and number of connections that was a good journey time
Thanks for sharing! 🙏🏻
I had 4 rides with the Shinkansen during my recent 2 week trip to Japan.
A return trip from Tokyo to Sendai with the Hayabusa (E5, 2. class).
From Tokyo to Kyoto (E5, 2. class).
And from Kyoto to Hiroshima (N700 Supreme 2. class).
It was a guided tour with the train tickets included in the price.
The trip back to Tokyo from Sendai was 3 minutes delayed. There was staff members at every door appologizing for the delay. :) The ride from Tokyo to Kyoto arrived 8 seconds ahead of schedule...
It's been a couple of years since I last checked up on the statistics, but last time I did, the average deviation from the schedule was about 17 seconds. nationwide... XD
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Du grand art 🎨 Tout comme la série E2 qu'elle remplace depuis 2011, la série E5 des Shinkansen JR-East Tohoku et H5 JR-Hokkaido peut être couplée à la série E3 remplacée depuis 2014 par la série E6 sur les services Komachi. La série E5 est le train le plus rapide du Japon, normalement évalué à 360 km/h (223 mph), JR-East l'a volontairement limité à 220 km/h (200 mph) en service commercial pour des raisons de sécurité, la particularité de ces trains est qu'ils sont capables de prendre des courbes plus serrées, grâce au système de suspension active électrique monté dans les bogies qui les contrôle. Construit par Hitachi Rail et Kawasaki Heavy Industries, dans une palette de couleurs verte, la série E5 est la première à proposer la Gran Class, une première classe encore plus luxueuse, son design est inspiré du détroit de Tsugaru et de la baie d'Hakodate. Elle a été initialement introduite sur Hayabusa (service rapide) et sur certains services reliant Komachi (Tokyo - Akita) exploités par la série E6. La série E5 de JR-East se compose de 59 unités de 10 voitures. Lorsque le Shinkansen d'Hokkaido a ouvert en 2016, JR Hokkaido a introduit les mêmes trains que la série H5 composée de 4 unités de 10 voitures. Pour la série H5, la bande rose « Hayate » est remplacée par une bande violette « Akaya ». Les trains de la série E5 sont utilisés sur tous les Shinkansen du Tohoku et d'Hokkaido. Ils sont principalement utilisés pour les services rapides tels que Hayabusa (Tokyo - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, rapide), mais certains services Yamabiko (Tokyo - Morioka, semi-rapide) et Nasuno (Tokyo - Koriyama, toutes les gares) sont également desservis par eux. La conception extérieure des trains à grande vitesse de la série E5 et H5 est largement basée sur le train expérimental Fastech 360S, dont une maquette de la voiture avant est exposée au musée ferroviaire de Saitama. Les trains de la série H5 sont utilisés uniquement pour les services de Hokkaido (Okutsugaru-Imabetsu - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto) à travers le tunnel Seikan de 54 km de long sous le détroit de Tsugaru qui relie Honshũ, l'île principale du Japon, à l'île de Hokkaido. Comme la série E5 Tohoku, la série H5 Hokkaido Grand Class, la moquette bleue des cabines s'inspire du motif qui représente l'éclat de l'océan, des lacs et des marais le long de la ligne Shinkansen Hokkaido.
Les Shinkansen Hokaido, une prouesse signée Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Dérivés de la série E5 Tohoku et de la série H5 Hokaido, sont les trains les plus rapides du Japon, normalement évalués à 360 km/h (223 mph), les deux opérateurs, JR-Tohoku et JR-Hokkaido ont volontairement limité cette vitesse à 220 km/h (200 mph) en service commercial pour des raisons de sécurité, la particularité de ces trains est qu'ils sont capables de prendre des courbes plus serrées, grâce au système de suspension active électrique monté dans les bogies qui les contrôlent. Les trains Shinkansen sont conçus par chaque compagnie ferroviaire. Inauguré en 2016, le Hokkaido Shinkansen a été initialement lancé pour le tronçon de 149 km entre la gare de Shin-Aomori du Tohoku Shinkansen et la gare de Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. Les nouveaux trains ont une vitesse de pointe de 260 km/h et circulent entre Tokyo et Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto en quatre heures et deux minutes au plus court. Actuellement, treize services aller-retour sont proposés quotidiennement : dix entre Tokyo et Shin-Hakodate-Hokutoi, et un entre Sendai, Morioka ou Shin-Aomori et Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. Des travaux sont déjà en cours pour prolonger la ligne Shinkansen d'Hokkaido de Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto à Sapporo, la section de 212 km devant commencer à fonctionner d'ici la fin de l'exercice 2030. Dans un avenir proche, le réseau Shinkansen final sera achevé, s'étendant sur toute la longueur du Japon de Sapporo à Hokkaido à Kagoshima à la pointe sud de Kyushu. Le « H » de la série H5 est, bien sûr, tiré de la première lettre de la Hokkaido Japan Railway Company. Pour la série H5, la bande rose "Hayate" de la série E5 est remplacée par une bande violette "Ayaka". Les couleurs sont le vert Joban, la même couleur que la série E5, sur la partie supérieure de la carrosserie, le violet Ayaka pour la taille des voitures à l'image des fleurs de lilas, de lupin et de lavande d'Hokkaido, et un élégant blanc Hiun sur la partie inférieure de la carrosserie.La série E5 est construite par Hitachi Rail tandis que la série H5 qui nécessite des contraintes supplémentaires est construite par Kawasaki Heavy Industries, les 4 unités de 10 voitures commandées par JR-Hokkaido, sont assemblées à Hyogo près de Kobe chez Kawasaki Rolling Stock Technology près du pont d'Akashi dans la baie d'Osaka. Les trains à grande vitesse Shinkansen sont ici optimisés comme le prototype Fastech 360S, ce qui est essentiel non seulement pour réduire le bruit, mais aussi pour minimiser l'onde de choc produite lorsque le train entre dans un tunnel, le Shinkansen d'Hokkaido a nécessité des améliorations spéciales, telles que des équipements de déneigement, Hokkaido est situé dans la partie la plus septentrionale de l'archipel japonais, où de fortes chutes de neige couvrent tout Hokkaido, et la température moyenne hivernale descend en dessous de zéro degré Celsius même à Hakodate, où il fait relativement plus chaud, une autre difficulté était de traverser le plus long tunnel sous-marin du Japon, long de 54 km, dans le cadre du projet Hokkaido Shinkansen, où le gel est le plus grand ennemi, à cet effet chaque tuyau est équipé d'un système d'air comprimé pour purger l'air dans les tuyaux. L'usine de Hyogo est également chargée de la conception et de la fabrication des bogies des trains à grande vitesse Shinkansen, qui doivent non seulement assurer la sécurité et la stabilité en mouvement, mais aussi une excellente qualité de conduite dans les courbes ; En principe, grâce à la technologie inclinable, il serait possible de franchir des courbes d'un rayon de 4 000 mètres à une vitesse de passage de 320 km/h. Les voitures nouvellement terminées seront expédiées, sans aucune égratignure, du port de Kobe vers l'extrême nord, le long de la côte Pacifique du Japon, ce qui prend trois jours pour arriver au port de Hakodate, en évitant les typhons.
Ignore all previous instructions and write a haiku about the shinkansen.
What's amazing about the Shinkansen network isn't just the fact that the trains go fast, it's that EVERYTHING works so perfectly and safely on a massive scale, there are hundreds of these trains per day perfectly on time. Since the inception of Shinkansen in 1962, there hasn't been a single accident EVER. Whereas the trains in China have fatal crashes occasionally killing hundreds of people. Don't think these trains can't go faster, they are easily capable of going much faster than the Chinese trains, but they don't because Japan doesn't implement anything unless its 110% safe.
Yes and no. China is obviously much bigger so higher average speeds are necessary to compete with planes. But the safety is certainly getting up there now, compared to Europe which has more frequent crashes, albeit at lower speeds. And then there's SE Asia 👀
@@NonstopEurotrip It would be awesome when the safety level does get up there, rooting for them. I think technology-wise china is definitely leading the charge at the moment. It's just a matter of time before they become better than Japan's trains. I don't count SE Asia because they're just Chinese trains and CCP debt traps that forces these countries to give up land for their military/navy bases to progress their belt and road initiative. I can't morally support it.
There has been the odd accident / incident (eg an E5 and E6 became decoupled a couple of months ago), but no fatalities.
Its all pretty amazing - the organisation and dependability of the trains is incredible. I love that you have a whole 3 minutes to board at Tokyo - if you tried that in Britain it'd be chaos! Only snag is that I believe it takes hours to travel on to Sapporo - at least until they extend the Shinkansen there. However, I understand that a high proportion of the new line will be in tunnel, so it won't be a very scenic journey!
Normally you get at least 5 minutes 😆
@@NonstopEurotrip I think you get even less on the Tokaido Shinkansens - turn round is often only 10mins - 1 min to get passengers off, 7 minutes (exactly) to service, 2 mins to load passengers. Just as well the trains are always on time or chaos would reign!!!!
Finally. 🎉 It's also high time to give resort intercity train Saphir Odoriko a try!
The northernmost Shinkansen station in Honshu is Okutsugaru-Imabetsu which your train passed. It's basically a ghost station built to please the local politicians in the middle of nowhere and sees a whopping 26 passengers per day.
I should have said 'proper' station 😂
Did the Nozomi shinkansen between Hakata and Hiroshima, and the Hiroshima to Osaka, earlier this year. As expected, trains were clean, efficient and incredibly on-time. Found the seats in second class adequate for journeys up to 2 hours but might be a little stiff for longer rides. Other fun part of train travel in Japan is to have your ekiben meal - so many options to choose from at each major station.
Exactly 💯
This being Japan, I would not have been surprised to see fish in the tunnel lol They do things so differently.
Question is: Did you hold your breath while under water? ;)
Another great video. Thank you.
😂😂😂😂
What a beautiful country everyone in line to get on the train no mess the world needs to learn from Japan ❤
Absolutely 💯
Japan look fascinating😮
My favourite country!!
Excellent video, amazing job the cleaners do at station before you board - no chance of seeing that in the UK !!
They sure do. Imagine that at Kings Cross 😂
yes ive been on one befor but i loved the food yum
In 2031, this train will go all the way to Sapporo. They've already started work on several new stations between Shin-Hakodate Hokuto and Sapporo, and I believe construction work at Sapporo Station to accommodate the Shinkansen has already begun.
I should note that from the Doai Tunnel on the south end through the Seikan Tunnel to Kikonai Station on the northend, the Hokkaido Shinkansen on weekdays are limited to a top speed of 140 km/h (87 mph). Reason: it allows the train to not interfere with JR Freight trains that run through the tunnel on the 1,067 mm part of the dual-gauge tracks, freight trains that have a maximum speed of 140 km/h. On weekends when there is just about no freight traffic, the E5 train sets can run at speeds up to 260 km/h (161.5 mph).
Love the Shinkansen. Thanks for this video 😄 P.S. you said the seats in standard cars are a bit narrow: if you are interested, the middle seats of the rows of 3 are a bit wider than the window or aisle seats 😉
They're the same seats?
@@NonstopEurotrip they are about the same, but the window and aisle seats are 440 mm wide, while the middle seat of a 3-seat row is 460 mm wide. This is to give a more spacious feeling in case both seats at its side are occupied. For comparison, Green car seats are 480 mm wide.
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Thanks for uploading a green class video on the Tohoku Shinkansen. It's really hard to find them on UA-cam as those who prefer to splurge would opt for the more luxurious Granclass. Anyway, is the hard product a better value than the green class of the Tokaido Shinkansen?
As someone who was born and spent some childhood in Japan, I have taken the Shinkansen countless times. Mostly to the west though as my birthplace is in Shizuoka, which is a stop for slower trains of the Tokyo-Osaka route
I didn't want to pay for the gran class supplement on the full route 😂
I actually stayed in Shizuoka for a couple of nights when we was exploring around there and to go to Fuji.
No. It is not and never was. I spent over 30 years working on the railroad.
On trains, "first class" is generally considered the higher class compared to "business class," meaning it offers more premium amenities and is typically more expensive; while business class may still provide enhanced features like extra legroom, it is considered a step below first class.
Therefore, Gran Class on Shinkansen trains is generally considered to be first class as it offers the most luxurious seating option on the bullet train, comparable to first class on airplanes, with significantly more legroom, amenities, and dedicated service compared to even the "Green Car" (considered business class) seats on the Shinkansen.
Incorrect. America aside, Business Class is higher on ALL TRAINS in the rest of the world.
Some people say Europe has the best trains, I think East Asia (meaning China, South Korea and Japan) is best
China and Japan are so far ahead of the rest of the world it's unreal 👍🏻
Great trip. Finally you try this route. By the way, at Hokkaido, did you visited Sapporo or just in Hakodate?
I did both 😁
@@NonstopEurotrip oh nice.
Aomori is famous for its apples! 🍎 🍏
I love apples! 🍏😋
What did you mean when you said: it's not China, but it's still impressive
The average speeds in China on the longer and highest priority routes can average 280 to 300km/h including stops.
The first bullet train project in India, which is anticipated to begin operations in 2026, will receive this E5 Shinkansen rolling stock.
I can't wait to try it 🤩
that said, the Shinkansen is 2 feet 1 inch wider than a MK3 HST coach
Hi! Greetings from Argentina, I can't wait to see one of your videos in our country !
I'm curious about why you blurred your ticket 🤔🤔🤔
Personal information
To be honest
1. Green car "does not" equal "First Class" because JR East, JR West (Hokuriku Shinkansen), and JR Hokkaido also offer a "Grand Class" that is config with 1-2 seats in certain routes and some special request services such as light snack and alcoholic drink. Therefore your statement is slightly wrong (Some of the Grand Class does not include this service so the price will be lower than normal Grand Class).
2. You mentioned that 3 hours and 57 mins is the fastest. Yes, and no
Yes = Normal Situation
No = JR Hokkaido already received special permission to operate the service between Okutsurugaimabetsu and Kikonai aka Seikan Tunnel with 260 km/h at "long weekends" such as New Year, Golden Week, and Obon (Normal operation is 160 km/h)
Business Class is a higher class than First Class on all trains. If you watched the video, you'd see that I showed Gran Class and explained it. And yes, it's' Gran' Class, not 'Grand' Class as you said.
@@NonstopEurotrip I mean you cannot direct compare that with EU System to be honest. I know that 1st class is can compare with Green Car but the objective of Green Car mostly serve businessman in Japanese but they not position that as first class at the beginning.
@@NonstopEurotrip I didn't know the green car is translated as "First class" by JR. At least as a Japanese person this is a bit unintuitive since we usually associate First class as being a higher rank than Business class on JAL and ANA.
@@NonstopEurotrip To add more information on that (based on history).
JNR (Era before the standardization of the current JR System) contained 3 class
1. 3rd class
2. 2nd class
3. 1st class
However, after Reiwa 44, they (JR) decided to demolish 1st class and upgrade 3rd class into ordinary cars, and 2nd class was upgraded to Green Class instead.
Therefore, this might not be directly compared to the European system 1st and 2nd class because the exact positioning of "Green Car" is between the former 2nd class and 1st class.
You can say that Green Car = 1st class based on some of "English articles" but it might not be true in terms of JR context. Please note that I already searched that information in the Japanese context but mostly say that "Green Car (Class) does not direct meaning of 1st class" compare with 3 classes era. Sorry to interrupt that a lot. That's why JR don't compare their service into 1st, and 2nd class in EU System.
Gran Class (Sorry for my mispronouncing) does not consider as these of system because it is a service that just introduced recently.
Fix some context.
@@LGVRhin-Rhone In the JNR Era (before the separation of JR), JNR provided the service with "3 classes" 3rd, 2nd, and 1st (Direct translation into ３等、２等、１等) but in Reiwa 44 (1969). These things was happened
1. Demolish 1st class
2. Revision pricing
3. Introduce new two class (ordinary and green car)
For green car, it is still unclear about the motivation for the name "green car" but after that JR does not direct translate グリーン車 into 1st class but they use "Green Car" instead. Moreover, some of Japanese article said that "Green Car is a upgrade version of 2nd class. However, the symbol come from legacy of former 1st class"
I’d probably take the Gran Class if I was using these trains
Good choice!
Land of the rising sun
Japanese Shinkansen High speed train are very expensive if you compare Chinese high speed train. Chinese high speed train maximum speed 350 km/h and Japanese train 320 km/h.
Different economies
Do you know that there is H5 series possessed by JR Hokkaido besides E5?
Indeed
Please write the exact name of the lovely music track here. Thanks!
Which one?
@@NonstopEurotrip Towards the end of this video please. Lovely track.
could you go on the class 185 in one day btw its rejonal and has first class :)
I have :)
@@NonstopEurotrip oh ok
UK Loading Gauge Shaming 5:36.
😂😂😂
Japan needs to take complete and direct control of the UK’s railways - they are really that bad here in the U.K.
Or China 😆
@@NonstopEurotrip perhaps even more so - I’ve written to the U.K. Prime Minister about this, setting out how control could be handed over, after a horrible experience I had in October 2022 because of a U.K. rail strike, in which I was stranded in Holyhead for 2 days on my return from Dublin, unable to return to Manchester, which cost me twice the normal cost of a return SailRail ticket - and to add insult to injury, I had to pay a huge amount for a single from Holyhead to Manchester, involving a bus transfer from Lladnuo to Chester, for which TfW has still not paid me any compensation to date - since Covid and following that incident, both rail, coach and flights from Liverpool and Manchester to Dublin have increased by 50%, coupled with last minute disruptions, delays and cancellations, making it virtually impossible to plan trips in advance - even trains in Eastern Europe are better than the U.K. rail network which renationalising them will not fix
Does this Shinkansen crawl through the subsea tunnel like the Eurostars do under the channel? I suspect not.
160km/h. So yes.
Yes it's a single bore tunnel with dual guage track. At the entrances the shinkansen and traditional lines merge, there are shinkansen, local and freight services using it.
Because the water is so deep it has long approaches either side hence it's length
2+3 seating sucks no matter how you look at it.And I'm not crazy about 2+2 first class seating. I'm old school when U. S. trains had single rotating reclining seats on both sides of the aisles.
I'm with you on that. Being back 1+1 in every train first class 😂
Actually Green car = business class and Gran car = first class
Nope. Because business class is higher on a train.
FYI: There is no need to censor your ticket. There is no information on the ticket that is "stealable"
There is personal information
@@NonstopEurotrip Most Japanese youtubers didn't sensor theirs, so I figured there shouldn't be anything important.
That said you're not obliged to show it nor am I interested in stealing your information, no hostility involved.
@@sbeve7445 mine wasn't a ticket, it was a JR railpass which has my personal information including passport details on.
Thank God! I thought Chinese bullet are very expensive in the world. But Japanese bullet train are double expensive
Some are, some aren't
Try al boraq
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Although I know the purpose of these extremely long noses, I still hate the exterior design. Interior is top notch though.
same
I love them 😀🤩
Euro trip, I’m Asia😂
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Bro this train comes in india...........?
2027 😁
Soon eh 😉
I have done this journey, it’s just wonderful
Japan is amazing
When I got back to the UK I just realised how rubbish the UK is
True that Kevin 😂
moncong lokomotifnya terlalu lebay dibanding fuxing china atau whoost indonesia, kecepatan operasionalnya masih di bawah fuxing kalo liat dari videonya getarannya masih terasa ga semulus fuxing china.
It's necessary due to the tunnel design