Meanwhile, the german national railway company took a revolutionary and successful approach to reduce delays by implementing a new definition for the very concept of punctuality. In Germany, trains are considered to be "on timne" as long as they arrive within a 15 min time frame of what the schedule says. Yay!
Few years back in Assam (India) I was incredibly thrilled to find the train I was about to board arrived 3 mins early! Later after enquiry I found it was actually 23 hrs 57 mins late. Lessons learnt. 🙏
I was born and spent half of my childhood in Japan. And Shinkansen amazed and confused me at the same time. For example, my dad took me with him to visit my granny from Osaka. Usually, we were traveling by car, but that time he decided to use Shinkansen. And after we reached the destination I was pretty sure he's lying to me because there's no way we could reach Osaka in such a small amount of time. It was such a remarkable experience especially for 5yo me back then. So knowing that you usually cover how another new ambitious technology failed, I almost had a heart attack when I saw in recommended that you covered Shinkansens story too :D
@@mikumikuareka woah,that's pretty cool! How do you communicate with the locals there? Do you learn the basic words of the native language or do you use a translator?
@@mikumikuareka Shinkansen took a lot of effectiveness in Japan (like same designs in France, Germany and Britain later on... due the size of country). Both USA and Russia just can't afford to throw billions of money due their ranges, stretch terrain, private property amount on the gaps between stations... The solution in both US and Soviets cases was - Inland Airlines. Overall the Shikansen design is great, same as japanese engineers job to get these thousand ton bullets running in their speeds over 180mph.
@@ligaya85 not really, if anything society is moving towards more sustainable transportation systems, which don't pollute. The maglev works perfectly well for this present era.
Tried this train last May. The train is already on the platform, a bunch of passengers are neatly and patiently queueing except... "why the door is not opening? What are they waiting for?" Then I looked at the watch, it is still 5 seconds to 8:33. Then we playfully count, 5...4...3...2...1... aaand the door opens exactly at 8:33:00. Yes this is that particular bullet train service in that particular station.
You can set your watch by how punctual Japanese trains are. They're so punctual that a thirty second delay will cause the conductor to come onto the PA system and personally apologize to the passengers for it. What's more because you might have missed your connecting train because of this, there will be train employees standing by the exit with "excuse slips". If you are late for work you show that to your employer to prove that it was the train's fault you were late.
@@umachan9286 this reminds me of last week when I was at a local train and it got delayed for a few minutes. this should resulted in me missing a 4min transfer to an another train (45min interval). I actually gave up hope but nope. We arrived 4min late (which is the time for the other train to depart) but the other train waited for a few minutes longer and we barely got on to it. The train afterwards went abit faster to catch up to the schedule and I got to my station exactly stated on hyperdia. I don't understand Japanese but I think the driver was apologising over the pa for the first train. I was so impressed that the other train waited becoz I know, this is like the only country that will do that.
@@kamalsinha4511 A person from India, one of the worst countries on earth for women; has absolutely no business lecturing the Japanese on women's safety 😂
I once took the Shinkansen from Osaka to Nagoya just for supper with my friends because we felt like some Miso Katsu (that cities specialty). Since the trains always run exactly on time, we were comfortable making our reservations only a few minutes prior to our arrival, and we arrived at the restaurant right on the dot. Japan is truly amazing!
BrandonUpload I lives in Nippon and on Saturday, my dad goes to a meeting in Osaka, while we live in Tokyo. He goes there at 9, and returns home by 3. Absolutely amazings
Honestly, Japanese culture is weird, but that's not what this is about. If you are dealing with transporting people in a nation like Japan, you need to be crafty!
@Liang Xu, Punctuality is very important to Japanese. My wife used to work for a Japanese company. If you're not at work at least 5 minutes before your start time, you're considered late.
@@UserAgreementNoodle there are actually a bunch of cities predestined to have hsr, like L.A. to S.F, L.A. to L.V., N.Y. to Washington, Dallas to Houston, Miami to Orlando (just to name some that already have hsr like systems in place/planned/under construction)
The combination of the Shinkansen and metro in Japan is flawless. You can get anywhere for very little money, with extreme punctuality and extreme safety. With properly designed cities, these could almost entirely eliminate the need for personal cars in urban areas.
Eh, its actually kind of pricey, ironically flying is cheaper in most cases. For example round trip to Tokyo-Kyoto is about $200 usd, but more like $100 to fly. But the shinkansen is much more comfortable and convenient and better for the planet of course
@@DamnJungleFunction The benefit of bullet train, just like Eurostar is its simplicity to use. You don’t have to go through stupidly long checkin (Eurostar’s checkin sucks but Shinkansen is domestic) and have absolutely no delays. While air travel is usually delayed due to weather conditions and non human errors, bullet trains are much more predictable in its operation. And most importantly, flying, tho minimal, holds the danger of dying or hijack and bla bla. While bullet train is safe from such terror. Plus you can hold more luggage in most cases
"With properly designed cities, these could almost entirely eliminate the need for personal cars in urban areas" American oil and motor giants: "Not on my watch"
Japan: average delay measured in seconds Europe: average delay measured in minutes India: average delaymeasured in hours USA: average delay measured in football fields
@@thomasfy4 OK, you are mentioning some other issues with japan but they are still internal, in no way do they harm other countries or people with that. But the issues you mentioned actually give me a lot of respect for the Japanese people. Overworking, suicide, stringing population... all of that is related to them working very hard and from an outsiders perspective this is extremely respectable, but also I think that in some ways, this work pays off, for example look at their services: public transportation, police, healthcare (except maybe the mental healthcare like you said), education (it's harsh but probably the best in the world)... They are without doubt some of the best in the world, and we mustn't forget that their work sometimes benefits the entire world in terms of scientific discoveries, inventions... I just want to say that no country is perfect, not even japan because of the issues you mentioned, but I just can't help but think that japan has really a lot of merit, unlike any african shithole
All the comments are about train delays. Nobody talks about safety. Cars: tens of thousands of deaths every year in each country. Hundreds of thousands of debilitating injuries. Shinkansen: 60 years with no deaths or injuries.
Japanese trains are just one manifestation of who and what Japan is as a nation. Their code of conduct is exemplary. Diligence, discipline, cleanliness and punctuality are the norms. Of course there are exceptions but it is very rare. Great country to visit.
Your production value never ceases to amaze me. I’ve watched basically all your videos, even ones that don’t particularly interest me, many times just because the visuals are stunning and the whole video watching experience is very cohesive. A video about trains certainly peaked my interest as a trainspotter, and I have to say you completely did it justice. As a Brit, a video that would interest me is a video on Beeching’s Axe of 1964-1967, in which Britain lost a third of its railway network and half of its stations, and now busy suburan areas, ripe for a very good turn of profits from the railway, were almost completely demolished. In fact, the Beechjng cuts were so over the top, we’ve started putting some lines back, for example, the Ebbw Vale line from Cardiff in Wales was reopened in the 2000s, and work is underway to rebuild the “Varsity Line”, the railway line linking Oxford and Cambridge, of which, only the Oxford to Bicester and Bletchley to Bedford sections survived.
It makes me proud of how trains were able to prove everyone wrong and show themselves to be the future. That's important today as trains are the only way to address the climate crisis and high speed rail is going to be a key part of a zero carbon world.
@@a.b.__iii Bullet train in India is set to get delayed further thanks to Maharashtra government. So add the never ending delays to Yugas, maybe we can call it SuperYugas ;-)
I have been on the Shinkansen a few times, very fast and surprisingly smooth, way more comfortable than economy class on an aircraft too (more space, better seats).
@@johncarlofernando1705 none of them can match Shinkansen in economy though. It may be cheaper and for some routes faster, but certainly not more comfortable, especially if you include the hassle at the airport.
but really... I had to go to college by train. Just in the first week I had delays every. single. day! Monday: stuck behind freight train, Tuesday: Broken headlights, Wednesday: Door won't shut, Thursday: Delayed because of a red sign. Friday: overhead cabling was damaged. Not only that but in the Netherlands, trains are noisy A.F. there is a "silent compartment" but nobody cares and just keep using their cellphones to call their mums and shout it through the cabin. So you want to be in there as short as possible to avoid becoming insane. My parent's always told me "you can't expect trains to run on time! and you really can't expect people to be silent on a train!" and then I went on a trip to Japan.... First reaction: SO IT IS POSSIBLE!!?? 😲😲😲 My parents lied to me!!
@@NiekNooijens Dayyuum and I thought Taiwan Railway was bad enough with their delays. At least their service is adequate and you'd never encounter passenger door malfunction. Taiwan High Speed Rail is a different matter, which is built and operated completely with the Shinkansen model.
I just came back from Japan yesterday and when i was taking the shinkansen from tokyo to kyoto with my earphones on i thought the train had stopped because it was so smooth. They really are nice to ride on, all clean inside and you get good space for travelling.
I'm grateful that Japan gave the world high speed rail transport and hopefully the UK (the country that I'm from) will have a proper high speed rail network some time in the future
@@ΤΗΞΙηΣΑζΤΞΚδ You may be right but instead of building brand new railway line that is already too expensive it would be better to upgrade the existing network and increasing the maximum speed limit on most mainlines
The shinkansen is not only fast, but the maintenance and time management are carried out at a very high standard. It's amazing that we were able to create this in the 1960s.
Let me introduce you to Croatian railways. As of 15th December 2019 a new rail section was finally constructed, being 12.2 kilometers long (7.58 miles). It only took 52 years, starting in 1967 in ex. Yugoslavia. *A railway is a reflection of the country.*
@Vaas Montenegro Dude, India is huge! We are 1300 million, its not a joke, it hard to control such a huge population and it is bound to be extremely diverse. If you're not an Indian, I'd recommend you to visit India and experience yourself. Have first hand opinion about the people of the country.
@Vaas Montenegro I believe no country in the world has more than half of its population as a productive population. India is in a transitional phase and is badly in need of proper implementation of schemes it has made. The problem is that a large part of the population is corrupt to its core. Education is very important. Also, the dreams of going and settling abroad, i.e., brain drain, needs to be plugged.
@Heat Ray .... Only the new ones are better. The old ones have a long life. Unfortunately we'll have to use them until they're obsolete and simultaneously build New metro and railway lines. Also the railway department is much better now with the current governments decision to follow PPP model. Before they sucked real bad. Also our railway operatives are the best now. They're the only ones that have converted entire trains into mobile Covid-19 hospitals!! And they resumed a 1000 km rail line to provide essential service for a 3 year old Autistic child whose mother tweeted tagging our PM for help. I'm so proud of them 😍😊
Fun fact, the Shinkansen transports more people/year than all US airlines combined. The same applies to profit/year. Not bad for a "outdated" form of transportation...
@@OliverDobbs It's not, but the true numbers might surprise you. The Shinkansen carries about (slightly more) 1/4 of the total passengers the sum of all US airlines do per year. Profits I do not know, but it wouldn't surprise me if the margins were bigger for the Shinkansen than for the airline industry.
But also the Japanese didn't give in to political pressure and cut corners. HSR is something where you can't cut corners without consequences. YOu have to do it well and the Japanese did do it well.
What I love about the Japanese culture is that they don’t half ass jobs Their maintenance records are unmatched. They take the trains off the lines and inspect them properly with no crushing pressure of tight deadlines and loss of profit unlike say in the U.K. where they have knowingly put defective trains onto the tracks to save money
@@Necrodermis yeah but those measures were completely out of the control of the technicians. Fukushima had more than double the legal minimum number of redundancies. It’s amazing the reactor lasted as long as it did considering that it survived one of the worst earthquakes in recorded history
@@Necrodermis They did as they planned to prevent such destruction, but they didn't expect that the earthquake took down the surface 1 meter below the average surface. I mean, they built a 6 meter wall (If I remember correctly), (exactly as high as the tsunami was) to prevent the tsunami from hitting the Power Plant. But when the earthquake occured, it was so powerful, (even roads were waving like the waves in the sea) that it took down the ground by 1 meter. As a result, it made the wall look like it was 5 meters tall, although the wall was 6 meters. This is the reason all the destruction occured.
Me: "God I'm so tired. I should go to sleep." My computer: "Mustard posted a new video" Me: drops everything "Who needs sleep when you have a new Mustard video." Keep up the amazing work mate !!
Well there's ups and downs A train can't take you to the store or your house. Only to certain stops. So cars aren't useless. Train and car have different usea
When it comes to a budget bidding here in my country: USA: We can finish it with $ 1 Million. Japan: $ 800 K. Korea: $ 500 K. Our local company: $ 2 Million. Government officer: Why does a local company cost even more? Our local company: Well, let's give Korea $500K to finish the project, then we still have $ 1.5 Million for our sharing. You'll get $750K, same as me. Perfect budget plan, isn't it?
I remember boarding on Shinkansen Nozomi (500 series), from Osaka to Nagoya. Didn't realize my seat was in the 14th coach while I boarded from first coach. Had to walk the entire length of the train to my seat. Funny thing was the train already covered more than halfway my destiny when I found my seat!
that is why the carriage no. and seat number are printed on the ticket. all carriages stop at predetemined spots on the platform and are clearly marked on the platform.
This is an amazing story and we as a family had the opportunity to ride this train in around 1972. I was about 5 years old at the time. Our dad was an airline pilot with Flying Tigers and spent a lot of time in Japan, so learn enough Japanese to get around. We took this from Tokyo to a town outside city, but don't remember name of that town. We stayed in a Japanese Ryokan Hotel. Not something an American tourist would do, at least not at that time.
Just spent a few weeks in Japan. Rode the shinkansen about 8 times. Unbelievable effinciency. So much fun to ride and so convenient. Every few minutes you have a train ready. Its incredible
Over the years, I've spent many hours on the shinkansen, and each trip is newly delightful. The system is indeed a wonder of the world. Thank you for a superb video, both content and fabulous graphics.
I am a 40-year-old Japanese person. In Japan, people are very strict about train delays. For example, if a train is delayed, the station staff will announce over the speakers, "The train is currently running approximately 3 minutes behind schedule. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to those in a hurry. Please wait a little longer." Such announcements are made even at very small stations, not just at large, busy stations like Shinjuku in Tokyo. Moreover, train delays are not just addressed for passengers. Train operations are meticulously managed with a diagram called a "timetable," tracking down to the second. If the train driver arrives at a station on time, they will say, “Arrived! On time!” On the other hand, if they are late by, for example, 1 minute, they will say, “1 minute late!” When passing through stations on schedule, they would say, “XX Station! On-time pass!” Why are things managed so meticulously? The reason is that in Japan, while cars are common, trains are also essential for people's transportation, especially for commuting to work and school. There is still a strong social pressure that "being late for work or school is not acceptable," "no matter the reason, being late is bad," and "even in heavy rain, one must arrive on time." Although this pressure has lessened somewhat in recent years, it remains deeply rooted. As a result, people become irritable, particularly in the mornings, if trains are delayed. In extreme cases, some passengers hurl abuse at station staff or file complaints over mere minutes of delay. In Japan, unlike in Western countries, flexible working hours and remote work have not become widespread (remote work only gained some traction during the COVID-19 pandemic), causing a surge in commuters in the morning. It's especially intense in large cities. The rush-hour trains are so packed that people are crushed together, making it impossible to relax, which is very stressful. Moreover, due to the extreme crowding, it becomes difficult to see people's actions, leading to an increase in cases of sexual harassment (chikan). To address this issue, Japan has introduced women-only cars, primarily during commuting hours, which have become common in major cities nationwide. However, some men see this as favoritism toward women, causing friction and contributing to social division. Also, because it’s hard to see what’s happening in packed trains, false accusations of sexual harassment are more likely, creating an unfortunate situation for both women and men. According to experts and researchers, “if we eliminate crowded trains, sexual harassment will almost completely disappear; it’s much harder to commit harassment in situations where one is seen or visible.” Therefore, while Japan’s train schedules being managed down to the minute (and even to the second behind the scenes) is seen as commendable from a foreign perspective - and I, as a Japanese person, also believe it is remarkable - I think it’s challenging for major Japanese railway companies like JR. A single section fare is around 150 yen. For that price, they have to handle complaints, manage time schedules, implement anti-harassment measures, and in recent years also deal with foreign tourists. It must be tough. That’s why I think Japanese people, as a society, need to change their working style a bit and adopt a more relaxed attitude, where we can say, “It’s fine if the train is 5 or 10 minutes late,” and live with a little more tolerance.
@Observer778 It sure would be nice if we had a Shinkansen in the US. Too bad no one has Japanese punctuality here. Its just cars, cars and OH SUPRISE... more cars :(
Thank you for introducing the Shinkansen to the rest of the world! As a native Japanese, I'd like to mention two points: 1. Not ShinkanZen but ShinkanSen, with an S sound and 2. I'd like to see a Shinkansen train running against Mt. Fuji!
@@GedMaybury23 Well, it's not something you have to be sorry for. Yumoto (literally "hot water origin") is a place name. Hakone Yumoto (箱根湯本), for instance, is famous for its hot springs. Hot spring is 温泉 (onsen) in Japanese.
@@湯本弘幸 A place name. Ah! Thank you. (My 'apology' was my Western-habit speaking. More "excuse me for very forward and asking you, a total stranger, this question." Rather than "Sorry I done a bad thing!") I'm still learning. Thank you!!
@@GedMaybury23 Now I know what you mean by 済みません. Thanks for your clarification. Yumoto is also a family name. 湯元 (also pronounced Yumoto) is also a place name and a family name.
I am Japanese. It's a very easy-to-understand and wonderful video! I didn't expect to see Doctor Yellow. There are many railways in Japan with great designs and concepts. I would be grateful if you could feature them as well. Thank you for your cooperation.
I often use Shinkansen. I usually eat "Bento（弁当）"and drink beer in Shinkansen. especially,I like "Shumai bento" made by Yokohama Kiyoken（横浜崎陽軒）. Please come to Japan someday. I welcome you🤗
@@ar2dee2 Actually it's just two of us who make these videos (part-time as we both have day jobs). Standard.tv links channels to sponsorship (which definitely helps make this channel possible) but they don't get involved in making our content. Thanks for watching :)
@@Satchmoeddie when the world thinks Americans don't use the metric system xD shame on them well, most don't people don't, but professionals in specific areas have to know both systems so in a way, Americans probably are "The Envy Of The World." :)
While using metric for measuring things like distance, volume and weight is easier, I see no benefit in using Celsius over Fahrenheit and usually prefer Fahrenheit because it is a more granular scale.
its 2 am in the morning i was about to sleep but a new mustard video. my day is already made. this is the only channel i have subscribed with notifications on. keep up the good work sir.
Shinkansen are really incredible. One particular thing is that you never have to reserve a ticket in advance. Even on a long journey through the whole country you just show up and buy a ticket, and take the next train 15 minutes later. Its incredible.
Interesting fact:One of the designer of Shinkansen named Tadanao Miki was originally aircraft engineer. During ww2,he designed suicide bomber plane(baka bomb). After the war,he regretted it and became railway engineer because train can be used only peaceful.
Reminds me of Battlestation Pacific. They were carried by G4M Bettys. There was a special mission in the game where you had to sink a bunch of ships using those.
in germany, the train is "delayed by a few minutes", then, three hours later, it's "slightly delayed", then, another *five* hours later, it's "having a technical problem", and a replacement train will "arrive shortly", then, another two hours later, instead of the ICE (intercity express, basically the fastest train germany has), something like an IC (intercity) or an even slower and/or smaller train arrives, and the passengers have to sit in a train for three times as much time, sometimes crammed, sometimes without heating/cooling, most of the time without food or drinks that you can normally buy in the train, and maybe that train stops to work, and then, sometimes in the middle of the night, the passengers have to go into YET ANOTHER TRAIN, and sometimes it's not even at a train station, and sometimes the doors don't work, or they just sit around in the train waiting for three hours, and then the next train comes and they may or may not have the problems they had in the previous train, and then if they finally arrivr the next morning, sometimes late by as much as two or three days, most of them just have to take a train back home, as wichever reason they had for getting there is now probably a thing of the past.
If these stats are true - that is incredible. One million passengers a day - and at up to 198 mph. Operating for decades with no fatalities. AND profitable.
Visited Japan last summer, it was amazing. The Shinkansen were awesome! _SUPER_ fast! And it didn't feel fast unless you looked outside - things were very very smooth
If shinkansen exists in every corner of the world. Conductor: Lady’s and gentlemen, we are sadly delayed by 30 seconds Karen: I'd like to speak to the manager. Get me the manager right NOW!!
A german guy told me, when a shinkansen train arrives at your station, you can literally adjust your watch. same could not be said for DB trains in germany. go figure.
@@MP-ut6eb 30min late isn't that bad. I never saw a db Train leave on time for a year now. They even canceled the route im using soo there's not even trains going here anymore 😅
To give you some more insights as a German: DB trains used to be a VERY punctual. Once the DB was privatized, fares went up and the punctuality down the drain. The DB used to have a slogan: "Die Bahn kommt." (The train is coming), German's quickly added "oder auch nicht" (or maybe not) after the privatization. :)
Many japanese really neat, always on time. So yeah, if you late 2 second and the train going passing you, leave the shinkansen alone and please commit seppuku now you gaijin 😂😂
To this day one of the most memorable experience I had in Japan. Incredibly comfortable and smooth, I placed a cup of tea on table and it barely moved let alone spill. Awesome train...
Ok dude that's it, these need to be shown on TV, minisode style. I'm sure some history, culture or science channels would love to pick these up and air them like that. Also I'm glad the Shinkansen revolutionized rail travel. Now I'm from Denmark, a pretty small country in Scandinavia connected to Germany, and we haven't had our own high speed rail service. We do have Swedish X2000 trains going from Copenhagen to Stockholm and we used to have Old ICE trains running between Copenhagen and Hamburg but this may soon change! We're currently building a line going parallel to one of our busiest one, which when opened will be able to have 5 trains an hour each way operating at 250km/h. And on top of that going down from the one end, another line is being upgraded from speeds of 120km/h to 200km/h, leading up to the construction of an underwater tunnel linking Denmark and Germany, which should drastically reduce travel time, since as of now both cars and trains have to load onto a ferry. So yeah I'm glad we're getting some investment.
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I am Japanese. Thank you for introducing the Japanese Shinkansen this time.Currently building a linear motor car,Recorded 600km / h Please come to Japan and take the Shinkansen!
The Shinkansen will definetly leave an impact on me! Trains in my country run at around 160kph and that is the IC trains (the fast ones). The standar trains are only going at 85-90kph!!! Most of them are Diesel locos...
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@@nasosgreece45 good for you then, meanwhile our train (indonesia's CC 206) are able to go beyond 180 kmh. But due to the railway's limitation, it only do 70-90 kmh
Sorry but they are too costly for me, my whole travel budget will go over a single ride🤭, but Japan is building shinkasen in my country, I mean was building but then the opposition party came to power in one of the two states the shinkasen was supposed to pass, and ordered to stop the work, you know dirty politics, main reason most of the projects are delayed in my country 😞
I rode the Shinkansen across japan (across almost the entire island) during my graduation trip. It was amazing the bridges over huge bodies of water and the tunnels going through mountains. It was amazing. It was also stunningly fast and comfortable. It really felt like a pinnacle of mankind’s work
My phone: "you have a text from your girlfriend" Me: "Meh, I've got homework to finish. I'll read it later." My computer: "Mustard posted a new video" Me: *drops everything* "Welp, I've got nothing better to do."
princess sarragozza, but then the video will be broadcast once and then rot in the archives forever. A lot of great documentaries were made in the 1990s and I do not know why they are not put online.
For the math problem at 9:20 Assuming the slow train is our point of reference. Fast train is 137 mph minus the 54 mph of the slow train (because we're standing still in the slow train. I prefer converting hours to seconds in this case, the difference of speed is 83 miles/3600 seconds. Times 7.5 seconds and times 5280 feet per mile gives 913 feet. I'm Canadian so I had to look up how many feet in a mile. Good question 👍
"average delays measured in seconds"
Sydney trains delays are measured in days.
オーカミww
Indian train delays are measured in years.
Brazil, 1 light-year.
Meanwhile, the german national railway company took a revolutionary and successful approach to reduce delays by implementing a new definition for the very concept of punctuality. In Germany, trains are considered to be "on timne" as long as they arrive within a 15 min time frame of what the schedule says. Yay!
amtrak trains are delayed in centuries
Few years back in Assam (India) I was incredibly thrilled to find the train I was about to board arrived 3 mins early!
Later after enquiry I found it was actually 23 hrs 57 mins late.
Lessons learnt. 🙏
Oh bhai 😂😂
It must be Manas Rhino 🤣🤣
So you almost missed your train?
@@Someone25948 Yep...
And people thi nk this is a joke..
I was born and spent half of my childhood in Japan. And Shinkansen amazed and confused me at the same time. For example, my dad took me with him to visit my granny from Osaka. Usually, we were traveling by car, but that time he decided to use Shinkansen. And after we reached the destination I was pretty sure he's lying to me because there's no way we could reach Osaka in such a small amount of time. It was such a remarkable experience especially for 5yo me back then.
So knowing that you usually cover how another new ambitious technology failed, I almost had a heart attack when I saw in recommended that you covered Shinkansens story too :D
Which country are u staying at now?
@@SirZeck I lived in a lot of countries since then like Russia and Ukraine. But for today I live in Turkey.
@@mikumikuareka mr national
@@mikumikuareka woah,that's pretty cool! How do you communicate with the locals there? Do you learn the basic words of the native language or do you use a translator?
@@mikumikuareka Shinkansen took a lot of effectiveness in Japan (like same designs in France, Germany and Britain later on... due the size of country). Both USA and Russia just can't afford to throw billions of money due their ranges, stretch terrain, private property amount on the gaps between stations... The solution in both US and Soviets cases was - Inland Airlines.
Overall the Shikansen design is great, same as japanese engineers job to get these thousand ton bullets running in their speeds over 180mph.
Back here from the maglev train video!
Japan will do it again!
yeshh
Japan once again dragging the rest of the world along with it into the future, kicking and screaming.
@@hedgehog3180 same with anime :D
Linear, which consumes a lot of power, is not suitable for the present era
@@ligaya85 not really, if anything society is moving towards more sustainable transportation systems, which don't pollute. The maglev works perfectly well for this present era.
"Average delay is measured in seconds" - in Romania, you born in a train and you die in that train
A good one
LMAO
Boy ....come to india ....u will see legendary trains which can outclass Romanian trains on being late.
@@kumarvishesh6456 cough... germany. DAYS, they Delay by DAYS. Not just minutes or hours
@@cantinadudes seriously?? ....I thought Germany would be as good as japan
Jesus, those visuals are amazing.
Yeah, I wonder how they're made
Making-of would be awesome
Yes the Blackbird episode was just _OMGWOW_
I rode the Shinkansen a few months ago from Hamamatsu to Shinagawa and it was fast very very fast.
just add chromatic aberration and everything can look like this :)
British trains delays are measured in "CANCELED".
Mikhail Man yes
GERMAN ALSO sometimes skip the stop
dutch onces too
@@Renjii1991 nah but your trains tickets are cheap and affordable
I live in the UK catching the train for work is too unreliable
Meanwhile in Serbia :
" When will the train arrive ?"
"Soon, they started building the train tracks..."
Ne samo Srbija, cijeli Balkan je takav
sounds like Eurotrip 2004 :D
Don’t worry lad China gonna help y’all beat Croatia
@@NapoleonBonaparte05 By beat you mean be forced to be allied with China.
@@ThatSamuel24 XD hey chinas making ur country way better than all ur neighbors. Isnt that all yall want?
In my country, train delays are timed by calendar not stopwatch.
have you been to the UK? ever? gone on a british train? Yeah last year only like 15% of trains in the Uk departed and arrived ontime...
In my country we dont even have steam trains
We had but the british closed it fkr a reason in the 50s
Do you live in germany?
@@Jan0808 nope. Nairobi, Kenya.
Ok, Germany actually has its own definition of delays.
Tried this train last May. The train is already on the platform, a bunch of passengers are neatly and patiently queueing except... "why the door is not opening? What are they waiting for?"
Then I looked at the watch, it is still 5 seconds to 8:33. Then we playfully count, 5...4...3...2...1... aaand the door opens exactly at 8:33:00. Yes this is that particular bullet train service in that particular station.
Japanese Trains are well known for their punctuality. (And maybe Japanese people too)
You can set your watch by how punctual Japanese trains are. They're so punctual that a thirty second delay will cause the conductor to come onto the PA system and personally apologize to the passengers for it. What's more because you might have missed your connecting train because of this, there will be train employees standing by the exit with "excuse slips". If you are late for work you show that to your employer to prove that it was the train's fault you were late.
@@bibekanandahansda2926 Thought he'd say "Aaand it's gone"
@@umachan9286 thats really awesome! does slips must be really really rare!
@@umachan9286 this reminds me of last week when I was at a local train and it got delayed for a few minutes. this should resulted in me missing a 4min transfer to an another train (45min interval). I actually gave up hope but nope. We arrived 4min late (which is the time for the other train to depart) but the other train waited for a few minutes longer and we barely got on to it. The train afterwards went abit faster to catch up to the schedule and I got to my station exactly stated on hyperdia.
I don't understand Japanese but I think the driver was apologising over the pa for the first train.
I was so impressed that the other train waited becoz I know, this is like the only country that will do that.
Conductor: Lady’s and gentlemen, we are sadly delayed
Passengers: by how much
Conductor: 10 seconds
Shamefur dispray!
well all that conversetion of conductor takes 10 secs so no delay
That should be the norm of the world. Do you know how much we could do in those 10 seconds!!
@@SilverforceX 😂
Unacceptable
"Since 1964 the Shinkansen has moved over 10 billion people... without a single passenger casualty."
Not gonna lie... that is damn impressive.
Over 1 million women had their bottoms pinched. fact of life in Japan. impressive.
It's not trains fault but people's.
@@kamalsinha4511 Made over a million men happy.
@@kamalsinha4511 A person from India, one of the worst countries on earth for women; has absolutely no business lecturing the Japanese on women's safety 😂
@@kamalsinha4511 適当なこと言うなよ
I once took the Shinkansen from Osaka to Nagoya just for supper with my friends because we felt like some Miso Katsu (that cities specialty). Since the trains always run exactly on time, we were comfortable making our reservations only a few minutes prior to our arrival, and we arrived at the restaurant right on the dot. Japan is truly amazing!
BrandonUpload I lives in Nippon and on Saturday, my dad goes to a meeting in Osaka, while we live in Tokyo. He goes there at 9, and returns home by 3. Absolutely amazings
Honestly, Japanese culture is weird, but that's not what this is about. If you are dealing with transporting people in a nation like Japan, you need to be crafty!
Once I took the Shikansen to Osaka, the in-train announcement apologized for a 46 second delay.
@Liang Xu, Punctuality is very important to Japanese. My wife used to work for a Japanese company. If you're not at work at least 5 minutes before your start time, you're considered late.
And the best Misokatsu restaurant is not far from Nagoya Station!
This achieved in 1964? Just wow.
It was damn expensive, but it sure worked. Japan and the entire world were all the better for it too.
Absolutely correct
Meanwhile in the US...
@@UserAgreementNoodle there are actually a bunch of cities predestined to have hsr, like L.A. to S.F, L.A. to L.V., N.Y. to Washington, Dallas to Houston, Miami to Orlando (just to name some that already have hsr like systems in place/planned/under construction)
Tokyo Olympic led Japan to build that.
Lets take a moment to realize how good this mans animations are, his aircraft,boat, and train 3d models are astonishing!
They look real
Sometimes I actually have trouble telling his animations and actual footage he uses apart
@@prasanttwo281 its real when the quality goes down because the animations are so good!
Absolutely.
And yet he couldn't figure out how to correctly pronounce a word he said a billion times in the video 😒
The combination of the Shinkansen and metro in Japan is flawless. You can get anywhere for very little money, with extreme punctuality and extreme safety. With properly designed cities, these could almost entirely eliminate the need for personal cars in urban areas.
Eh, its actually kind of pricey, ironically flying is cheaper in most cases. For example round trip to Tokyo-Kyoto is about $200 usd, but more like $100 to fly. But the shinkansen is much more comfortable and convenient and better for the planet of course
@@DamnJungleFunction
The benefit of bullet train, just like Eurostar is its simplicity to use. You don’t have to go through stupidly long checkin (Eurostar’s checkin sucks but Shinkansen is domestic) and have absolutely no delays. While air travel is usually delayed due to weather conditions and non human errors, bullet trains are much more predictable in its operation. And most importantly, flying, tho minimal, holds the danger of dying or hijack and bla bla. While bullet train is safe from such terror.
Plus you can hold more luggage in most cases
"With properly designed cities, these could almost entirely eliminate the need for personal cars in urban areas"
American oil and motor giants: "Not on my watch"
The real benefit of the SHinkansen was and remains capacity. No airport in the world can match the capacity of even a small HSR station.
@@MrMarinus18 With trains every 15 minutes on the Tokaido Shinkansen, and each train can hold 1,000 people. The Shinkansen has a very high capacity.
"Average delay is measured in seconds"
In Greece average delay is measured in "It will either come in 20 mins or not this week"
just like sri lanka :)
@@DrKahaduwa or germany
They don't just do that for the Shinkansen. They even do it for city subway trains.
@@OneKnifeYeHand or United States
Specifically long distance Amtrak
Or the UK. Trains never arrive on time, and they're always dirty.
Japan: average delay measured in seconds
Europe: average delay measured in minutes
India: average delaymeasured in hours
USA: average delay measured in football fields
China: average delay measured is 0 seconds.
My home country germany: CANCELED
Florida: *Laughs in Brightline Train*
@@隔壁王爷
Person: “But it was late yesterd..”
Government: We don’t do that here.
@@隔壁王爷 0 seconds delay isnt delay just saying
Japan is prime example of "keep your head down and work hard , your success will speak for you ."
@@thomasfy4 yes but it is internal dept so they owe nothing to other countries, unlike greece or even the united states
@@thomasfy4 OK, you are mentioning some other issues with japan but they are still internal, in no way do they harm other countries or people with that. But the issues you mentioned actually give me a lot of respect for the Japanese people. Overworking, suicide, stringing population... all of that is related to them working very hard and from an outsiders perspective this is extremely respectable, but also I think that in some ways, this work pays off, for example look at their services: public transportation, police, healthcare (except maybe the mental healthcare like you said), education (it's harsh but probably the best in the world)... They are without doubt some of the best in the world, and we mustn't forget that their work sometimes benefits the entire world in terms of scientific discoveries, inventions...
I just want to say that no country is perfect, not even japan because of the issues you mentioned, but I just can't help but think that japan has really a lot of merit, unlike any african shithole
@@thomasfy4 Yes but they owe it all to each other and nobody will collect...that is how Japan rolls with such high debt levels..
@@thomasfy4 Also Greece is an incredibly inefficent country compared to Japan..
@@thomasfy4 u r an loser
新幹線が発車する時、たまに気付かない時があるんだよね
無音で振動もショックもなく発車するのはとても感動して、これからの旅のワクワク感が爆増する！
All the comments are about train delays. Nobody talks about safety.
Cars: tens of thousands of deaths every year in each country. Hundreds of thousands of debilitating injuries.
Shinkansen: 60 years with no deaths or injuries.
@@qwl4363 It wasn't a Shinkansen train, though. There were no casualties due to the earthquake OR tsunami on a Shinkansen on 3/11.
@@qwl4363 that wasn't human error
@@lonebeagle only the cab kind derailed but nothing much
Japanese trains are just one manifestation of who and what Japan is as a nation. Their code of conduct is exemplary. Diligence, discipline, cleanliness and punctuality are the norms. Of course there are exceptions but it is very rare. Great country to visit.
@@Houtarou_Hyouka_Unforgiven yeah if people die on the train and it was the eq thats killed its not then shinkansen
Your production value never ceases to amaze me. I’ve watched basically all your videos, even ones that don’t particularly interest me, many times just because the visuals are stunning and the whole video watching experience is very cohesive. A video about trains certainly peaked my interest as a trainspotter, and I have to say you completely did it justice. As a Brit, a video that would interest me is a video on Beeching’s Axe of 1964-1967, in which Britain lost a third of its railway network and half of its stations, and now busy suburan areas, ripe for a very good turn of profits from the railway, were almost completely demolished. In fact, the Beechjng cuts were so over the top, we’ve started putting some lines back, for example, the Ebbw Vale line from Cardiff in Wales was reopened in the 2000s, and work is underway to rebuild the “Varsity Line”, the railway line linking Oxford and Cambridge, of which, only the Oxford to Bicester and Bletchley to Bedford sections survived.
Well... Mistakes were made
*railfan
Investment by goverment to increase a transport by a public transport network.
"Beeching was the head of British Railways and a man with an incurable phobia of trains."
The world : Trains are so bad!
Japan: Observe!
Laught in france
Japan, France, Germany, China: Observe!
@@owen1994 after what happened with the ATP? Meh
@@owen1994 ok that’s good to hear
You mean USA?
I am not even Japanese, but this makes me proud!
Exactly!
as a human being may be...
Me neither... But I wish I was born there
It makes me proud of how trains were able to prove everyone wrong and show themselves to be the future. That's important today as trains are the only way to address the climate crisis and high speed rail is going to be a key part of a zero carbon world.
@@hedgehog3180 I’m pretty sure Japan did that...
Mesurement instruments for train delays:
Japan: Chronometer
Germany: Calender
India : Yugas !
marsal 79 Hotel: Travigo
you guys get trains?
@@sarahlilly1745 Travigo
@@a.b.__iii Bullet train in India is set to get delayed further thanks to Maharashtra government. So add the never ending delays to Yugas, maybe we can call it SuperYugas ;-)
I have been on the Shinkansen a few times, very fast and surprisingly smooth, way more comfortable than economy class on an aircraft too (more space, better seats).
Tech Showdown it depends on what airline you fly with.
It also depends on what plane you fly on
Ex. B777 has more room than B737
@@johncarlofernando1705 none of them can match Shinkansen in economy though. It may be cheaper and for some routes faster, but certainly not more comfortable, especially if you include the hassle at the airport.
Tech Showdown l love how they sell foods and drinks
What is the pricing for traveling on the Shinkansen?
I like how what unites people together is the hate of their local trains
but really... I had to go to college by train. Just in the first week I had delays every. single. day! Monday: stuck behind freight train, Tuesday: Broken headlights, Wednesday: Door won't shut, Thursday: Delayed because of a red sign. Friday: overhead cabling was damaged.
Not only that but in the Netherlands, trains are noisy A.F. there is a "silent compartment" but nobody cares and just keep using their cellphones to call their mums and shout it through the cabin. So you want to be in there as short as possible to avoid becoming insane.
My parent's always told me "you can't expect trains to run on time! and you really can't expect people to be silent on a train!"
and then I went on a trip to Japan....
First reaction: SO IT IS POSSIBLE!!?? 😲😲😲 My parents lied to me!!
This is why we don't even have trains here in america (except for the downeaster *shudders*) we just take planes
@@NiekNooijens Dayyuum and I thought Taiwan Railway was bad enough with their delays. At least their service is adequate and you'd never encounter passenger door malfunction.
Taiwan High Speed Rail is a different matter, which is built and operated completely with the Shinkansen model.
@@JamesJohnson-iq5wb You technically have trains, they are just mostly freight.
@@dbclass4075 which get robbed by their own people
Japan: “Average delays are measured in seconds.”
India: “Dat Real Shit?”
I am indian
Over here delays are usually measured in days
No joke
In Tokyo at train-platforms, you can hear apologizing announcement by conductor which is triggered by approximately 30 seconds delay.
@@motoyasukinoshita7068 FR?
I don't know about other region but in Indore the train are on time every day !! Only 10 minutes up and down !!
I just came back from Japan yesterday and when i was taking the shinkansen from tokyo to kyoto with my earphones on i thought the train had stopped because it was so smooth. They really are nice to ride on, all clean inside and you get good space for travelling.
Your production quality is amazing.
Good afternoon Lord Gaben
I bought some games from Steam
thank you for providing such good deals
@@ankush-kl2nf Thank you for you offering my son.
Good morning my lord.
When my refund complete so I can buy The Division and rainbow six siege?
278.28225 metres
Can you give us Half Life 3 please, Lord Gaben?
The colors of the map makes my eyes see the land as sea and reverse. LOL
amazing comment !! lol
The same, LUL
😁😁😂 same
I was about to say the same thing. I was so confused! Stupid fucking map lol
Annoying map!
As a japanese person like myself, this is our great source of pride and we were able to achieve what the world seems impossible.
I'm grateful that Japan gave the world high speed rail transport and hopefully the UK (the country that I'm from) will have a proper high speed rail network some time in the future
@@AdamTheMan1993 we won’t, it’s not practical for a country this small. 4 hours from Edinburgh to London is fast enough for almost anyone.
@@ΤΗΞΙηΣΑζΤΞΚδ You may be right but instead of building brand new railway line that is already too expensive it would be better to upgrade the existing network and increasing the maximum speed limit on most mainlines
@@AdamTheMan1993 that would be good
Japan is always ahead of time...love from India
The length of the train is : use international units.
And... it depends on how big your feet are.... :-)
@@gijsgijs2365 I heard Japanese had small feet, the train is therefore smaller than in America ? Haha
HEH HEH AMERICA IS SUPREME
good joke though
@@aydemphialewis6093 Feet is not the only thing that's small in japan. :)
This is what I call quality content ! Wonderful video Mustard
In India l wake up at 7 am to catch a 6 am train. Time work differently here🤣🤣🤣
Train is train
bruh xD
@Hogwartz Wizard oh boy,
You don't have any idea how trains run in INDIA
@Hogwartz Wizard "NOW"?
now there are running in very limited numbers. Thats why.
@Hogwartz Wizard I am talking about elsewhere around
The shinkansen is not only fast, but the maintenance and time management are carried out at a very high standard.
It's amazing that we were able to create this in the 1960s.
I fell asleep on the train and by the time I woke up, I missed my stop by 120km!
True enough, I personally experienced that before!
So you got to be extremely alert on Shinkansen and for that matter all High speed Train.
I did that in America, I fell asleep for 4 hours past my stop, but I missed it by like 2 kilometers
@@brendonmorehouse4896 4 hours to get 2 km wtf
@@brendonmorehouse4896 Lmao! hahaha!
@@brendonmorehouse4896 must have taken a grey hound 😂
Let me introduce you to Croatian railways.
As of 15th December 2019 a new rail section was finally constructed, being 12.2 kilometers long (7.58 miles).
It only took 52 years, starting in 1967 in ex. Yugoslavia.
*A railway is a reflection of the country.*
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Vaas Montenegro India is way, way, way better my dear friend. Come to India and rediscover yourself 😀
@Vaas Montenegro That is true. But, India is by Indians and not political parties. Indians are one of the liveliest people in the planet.
@Vaas Montenegro Dude, India is huge! We are 1300 million, its not a joke, it hard to control such a huge population and it is bound to be extremely diverse. If you're not an Indian, I'd recommend you to visit India and experience yourself. Have first hand opinion about the people of the country.
@Vaas Montenegro I believe no country in the world has more than half of its population as a productive population. India is in a transitional phase and is badly in need of proper implementation of schemes it has made. The problem is that a large part of the population is corrupt to its core. Education is very important. Also, the dreams of going and settling abroad, i.e., brain drain, needs to be plugged.
Japanese Train : "delays measured in seconds"
Indian Trains: "Hold my tracks"
Wow
We have nobody to blame but the general public, who blow up the tracks for every little polical happenings.
@Heat Ray .... Only the new ones are better. The old ones have a long life. Unfortunately we'll have to use them until they're obsolete and simultaneously build New metro and railway lines. Also the railway department is much better now with the current governments decision to follow PPP model. Before they sucked real bad. Also our railway operatives are the best now. They're the only ones that have converted entire trains into mobile Covid-19 hospitals!! And they resumed a 1000 km rail line to provide essential service for a 3 year old Autistic child whose mother tweeted tagging our PM for help. I'm so proud of them 😍😊
Now compare the price of Indian trains with other counterparts too
@@naveenarora6467 Our rails are improving...no excuse, we are bad in many sectors but things are changing.
Fun fact, the Shinkansen transports more people/year than all US airlines combined. The same applies to profit/year. Not bad for a "outdated" form of transportation...
HSR isn't outdated lmao, the video was calling steam locos slow and outdated.
There’s no way this is true
@@OliverDobbs It's not, but the true numbers might surprise you. The Shinkansen carries about (slightly more) 1/4 of the total passengers the sum of all US airlines do per year. Profits I do not know, but it wouldn't surprise me if the margins were bigger for the Shinkansen than for the airline industry.
@@haechiwr they were likely referring to rail in general.
But also the Japanese didn't give in to political pressure and cut corners.
HSR is something where you can't cut corners without consequences. YOu have to do it well and the Japanese did do it well.
What I love about the Japanese culture is that they don’t half ass jobs
Their maintenance records are unmatched. They take the trains off the lines and inspect them properly with no crushing pressure of tight deadlines and loss of profit unlike say in the U.K. where they have knowingly put defective trains onto the tracks to save money
japan has an amazing mindset. Do it the right way. Everytime. No matter the cost.
yeah but when we fuck up we fuck up hard. Look at Fukushima. Could have been prevented had the proper measures been taken
@@Necrodermis Everything can prevented. but you dont Plan for everything. like you Could Hit atomreactors with cruisemissles to create a meltdown
@@Necrodermis yeah but those measures were completely out of the control of the technicians. Fukushima had more than double the legal minimum number of redundancies. It’s amazing the reactor lasted as long as it did considering that it survived one of the worst earthquakes in recorded history
@@Necrodermis They did as they planned to prevent such destruction, but they didn't expect that the earthquake took down the surface 1 meter below the average surface. I mean, they built a 6 meter wall (If I remember correctly), (exactly as high as the tsunami was) to prevent the tsunami from hitting the Power Plant. But when the earthquake occured, it was so powerful, (even roads were waving like the waves in the sea) that it took down the ground by 1 meter. As a result, it made the wall look like it was 5 meters tall, although the wall was 6 meters. This is the reason all the destruction occured.
Me: "God I'm so tired. I should go to sleep."
My computer: "Mustard posted a new video"
Me: drops everything "Who needs sleep when you have a new Mustard video."
Keep up the amazing work mate !!
Relatable!
Andrei Cristian I bailed on a party bc I was late and also it started raining. This is helping me cope with my let down feel
Then he gave us a maths problem at the end... =(
MrHan Yeah :))) But honestly this was the only time I wished I was good at math because it made curious
Add metric units too, please.
Great video as always.
I agree, but there's always google!
And then remove customary units.
I agree almost everyone uses the metric system.
Diego C. You misspelt F R E E D O M. U N I T S
@@BananaNik "Freedom units" also known as... British units.
Americans: "Wow. That looks like a great way to travel within my region. Can we do something like that?"
US Automakers: no.
Dodge: MOAR POWER BABY
@@jojodivas9211 Dodge: * Snorts coke off a hooker * "LET'S PUT A HELLCAT ENGINE IN A MINIVAN!"
17 year olds getting mustang and keeping city population in check on their mustang so they dont need trains
Well there's ups and downs
A train can't take you to the store or your house. Only to certain stops. So cars aren't useless. Train and car have different usea
@@bradleon1926 bruh...your dp
*Japan : The budget has become twice than what was planned. I should resign
*my country : twice? there's still room for more
Brazil: the project was done entirely within budget? We didn't have to ask for any extra money? You're fired.
When it comes to a budget bidding here in my country:
USA: We can finish it with $ 1 Million.
Japan: $ 800 K.
Korea: $ 500 K.
Our local company: $ 2 Million.
Government officer: Why does a local company cost even more?
Our local company: Well, let's give Korea $500K to finish the project, then we still have $ 1.5 Million for our sharing. You'll get $750K, same as me. Perfect budget plan, isn't it?
I was like "only 2x? that's amazing!!"
@@rhsaputro4793 is your country Indonesia?
@@budisoemantri2303 saputro o nya jawa kan ya blom pernah denger surname kyk itu kalo bule hmm maybe
I remember boarding on Shinkansen Nozomi (500 series), from Osaka to Nagoya. Didn't realize my seat was in the 14th coach while I boarded from first coach. Had to walk the entire length of the train to my seat. Funny thing was the train already covered more than halfway my destiny when I found my seat!
MS_ B The 500 Series were transferred to Kodama(Hope) all-stop services
@@leontransit1652 I know that. My mentioned travel was back in 2002, then 500 series was in Nozomi services.
that is why the carriage no. and seat number are printed on the ticket. all carriages stop at predetemined spots on the platform and are clearly marked on the platform.
damn that is fast
@@sashingopaul3111 Or long.
Or both.
This is an amazing story and we as a family had the opportunity to ride this train in around 1972. I was about 5 years old at the time. Our dad was an airline pilot with Flying Tigers and spent a lot of time in Japan, so learn enough Japanese to get around. We took this from Tokyo to a town outside city, but don't remember name of that town. We stayed in a Japanese Ryokan Hotel. Not something an American tourist would do, at least not at that time.
I hope you had a mask on ;)
Sounds like a very treasured memory, there, Robert.
Just spent a few weeks in Japan. Rode the shinkansen about 8 times. Unbelievable effinciency. So much fun to ride and so convenient. Every few minutes you have a train ready. Its incredible
Stunning visuals as always, this is definitely one of the best channels on youtube
as a Japanese American who often visited japan, bullet trains r nothing short of amazing. the ride is fast and smooth as hell
I'm sure Japan uses metric system, so please use metric system for countries outside of usa.
I would agree with this. Using the native or contemporary measurement system makes sense.
And Americans need to learn the metric system, so please use it within America
It is up to people who publish material such as this video to use metric so ordinary Americans start to get used to it.
He should use both
Get back inside your hut.
I come back to this documentary periodically. Japan is truly ahead of its time paving their own way defining modern world. Love from India❤.
Over the years, I've spent many hours on the shinkansen, and each trip is newly delightful. The system is indeed a wonder of the world. Thank you for a superb video, both content and fabulous graphics.
Japan: train delayed by seconds
Other countries: delayed by minutes and hours
Meanwhile Singapore: no delay *just breakdown*
never before have i been so offended by something i 100% agree with
?
Yesesssss,so relatable
Basket 😂
Singapore? Fake country just 50 years old with ridiculous 728 km2 how you can have delay with that mosquito seize of "country"?
Great video! Thanks!
8:50 "...moving over ten billion people without a single passenger casualty." That's amazing!
There must be like a "If your over 80 years old your not allowed on the train" thing to keep people from dying on the train :P
@@spacemonkey037 it’s Japan so more like 95 years old ;)
I am a 40-year-old Japanese person. In Japan, people are very strict about train delays. For example, if a train is delayed, the station staff will announce over the speakers, "The train is currently running approximately 3 minutes behind schedule. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to those in a hurry. Please wait a little longer." Such announcements are made even at very small stations, not just at large, busy stations like Shinjuku in Tokyo. Moreover, train delays are not just addressed for passengers. Train operations are meticulously managed with a diagram called a "timetable," tracking down to the second. If the train driver arrives at a station on time, they will say, “Arrived! On time!” On the other hand, if they are late by, for example, 1 minute, they will say, “1 minute late!” When passing through stations on schedule, they would say, “XX Station! On-time pass!” Why are things managed so meticulously?
The reason is that in Japan, while cars are common, trains are also essential for people's transportation, especially for commuting to work and school. There is still a strong social pressure that "being late for work or school is not acceptable," "no matter the reason, being late is bad," and "even in heavy rain, one must arrive on time." Although this pressure has lessened somewhat in recent years, it remains deeply rooted. As a result, people become irritable, particularly in the mornings, if trains are delayed. In extreme cases, some passengers hurl abuse at station staff or file complaints over mere minutes of delay.
In Japan, unlike in Western countries, flexible working hours and remote work have not become widespread (remote work only gained some traction during the COVID-19 pandemic), causing a surge in commuters in the morning. It's especially intense in large cities. The rush-hour trains are so packed that people are crushed together, making it impossible to relax, which is very stressful. Moreover, due to the extreme crowding, it becomes difficult to see people's actions, leading to an increase in cases of sexual harassment (chikan). To address this issue, Japan has introduced women-only cars, primarily during commuting hours, which have become common in major cities nationwide. However, some men see this as favoritism toward women, causing friction and contributing to social division.
Also, because it’s hard to see what’s happening in packed trains, false accusations of sexual harassment are more likely, creating an unfortunate situation for both women and men. According to experts and researchers, “if we eliminate crowded trains, sexual harassment will almost completely disappear; it’s much harder to commit harassment in situations where one is seen or visible.” Therefore, while Japan’s train schedules being managed down to the minute (and even to the second behind the scenes) is seen as commendable from a foreign perspective - and I, as a Japanese person, also believe it is remarkable - I think it’s challenging for major Japanese railway companies like JR. A single section fare is around 150 yen. For that price, they have to handle complaints, manage time schedules, implement anti-harassment measures, and in recent years also deal with foreign tourists. It must be tough.
That’s why I think Japanese people, as a society, need to change their working style a bit and adopt a more relaxed attitude, where we can say, “It’s fine if the train is 5 or 10 minutes late,” and live with a little more tolerance.
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Holy shit, that is one stunning High Res bullet train!
Your videos are getting better and better man! Keep up the great work!
That's an animation not an actual recording.But it's some really good animation!!
@@luvaidarwajawala9699 I knew that it was animation. I used "High Res" to denote that it is very stunning.
But thanks for pointing it out anyway.
maps where the land is blue and the sea is brown are genius
Agree with you sir, I totally misunderstood the maps for whole but last one
I also misinterpreted at first sight 😂
You are color blind ,it is green not blue.
😂😂😂😂 Ikr. I fell for that trap too
Guilherme Henriques yes im also confuse ,at first where is the map of japan , then illusion came its the blue that is the land
Meanwhile, I'm watching this while stuck in freeway traffic in Los Angeles.
Don't worry you guys are getting your hsr pretty soon.
time to move to japan.
enjoy the crowded train platforms and trains.
Honestly, I commuted to the city by train this summer, and loved it so..
I feel your pain
@@chiknj23 he might be a passenger lol
@Observer778 It sure would be nice if we had a Shinkansen in the US.
Too bad no one has Japanese punctuality here. Its just cars, cars and OH SUPRISE... more cars :(
Thank you for introducing the Shinkansen to the rest of the world! As a native Japanese, I'd like to mention two points: 1. Not ShinkanZen but ShinkanSen, with an S sound and 2. I'd like to see a Shinkansen train running against Mt. Fuji!
Ah yes, I noticed that, too. (We gaijin always do our best!)
済みません - Does your name mean "Hot-spring"? I'm always try to learn more.
@@GedMaybury23 Well, it's not something you have to be sorry for.
Yumoto (literally "hot water origin") is a place name. Hakone Yumoto (箱根湯本), for instance, is famous for its hot springs.
Hot spring is 温泉 (onsen) in Japanese.
@@湯本弘幸 A place name. Ah! Thank you.
(My 'apology' was my Western-habit speaking. More "excuse me for very forward and asking you, a total stranger, this question." Rather than "Sorry I done a bad thing!")
I'm still learning. Thank you!!
@@GedMaybury23 Now I know what you mean by 済みません. Thanks for your clarification. Yumoto is also a family name. 湯元 (also pronounced Yumoto) is also a place name and a family name.
“Average delay is measured in seconds”
Irish train delays: measured in average human lifespans
Somone who understands
Average Brazilian train delay:
Zero seconds. Because there are no trains.
Not anymore.
British time delays are measured in UNIVERSES LIFETIMES
Sixty years of excellence, looking for many more to come!
I am Japanese. It's a very easy-to-understand and wonderful video! I didn't expect to see Doctor Yellow. There are many railways in Japan with great designs and concepts. I would be grateful if you could feature them as well. Thank you for your cooperation.
かつて馬車が廃れたように鉄道が世界的に廃れ、移動手段として姿を消していた未来もあったのかもしれないと思うと、不思議な感慨がわきます
新幹線の登場は、その未来を覆すものだったのですね
生まれた時から新幹線があるのが当たり前だった私には、それが無い未来を想像することすら難しいです
当時、批判されながらも設計・建設工事に携わった技術者の方々を、心から尊敬します
先駆者ってやっぱりカッコいいなぁ
I often use Shinkansen. I usually eat "Bento（弁当）"and drink beer in Shinkansen. especially,I like "Shumai bento" made by Yokohama Kiyoken（横浜崎陽軒）.
Please come to Japan someday. I welcome you🤗
I wish but COVID is not welcoming us though.
Okay I will visit you then someday. Pick me up in Haneda Airport Trainstation
I will soon! Yoroshiku ne :)
I dream of being able to visit Japan one day and check out the Shinkansen among many other things.
Thank you. I’d love to visit your awesome nation one day. 🇬🇧🇯🇵
Japan trains are well known for their punctuality, efficiency, accuracy and cleanliness. Arigato godzaimasu 🇯🇵
Dude stop it!
You have barely 200k subscribers as a single person but you are making videos like some million dollars companies!
Gewel ✔ please don’t stop it!
Please don't stop it!!!!
I am confusion
He can make such quality vids because he works on them for like a month getting everything near perfect
@@ar2dee2 Actually it's just two of us who make these videos (part-time as we both have day jobs). Standard.tv links channels to sponsorship (which definitely helps make this channel possible) but they don't get involved in making our content. Thanks for watching :)
Some people: _"Project shinkansen is absurd, building such project is a madness."_
Japan: *"HAHA SHINKANSEN GO BRRRRRRRRRR"*
cute
Actually, Shinkansen go ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ, since they are with electric motors, not combustion engines.
Why This Measurement System Is The Envy Of The World: The Metric Story
@Рамис Карама Yes I am none to fond of feet, inches, Farenheit, miles, gallons, ounces, cups, bushels, barrels, pecks, tons, etc. ad nauseum.
Just like a Bullet Train, The Americans don't use it. ( Same with minds BTW )
@@Satchmoeddie when the world thinks Americans don't use the metric system xD shame on them
well, most don't people don't, but professionals in specific areas have to know both systems
so in a way, Americans probably are "The Envy Of The World." :)
While using metric for measuring things like distance, volume and weight is easier, I see no benefit in using Celsius over Fahrenheit and usually prefer Fahrenheit because it is a more granular scale.
@@G000POINTBLANK000D Why not just use one system instead of two?
its 2 am in the morning i was about to sleep but a new mustard video. my day is already made.
this is the only channel i have subscribed with notifications on.
keep up the good work sir.
Shinkansen are really incredible. One particular thing is that you never have to reserve a ticket in advance. Even on a long journey through the whole country you just show up and buy a ticket, and take the next train 15 minutes later. Its incredible.
You were right at the time of writing your original comment. Unfortunately, JR is now requiring you to reserve seats during their three peak seasons.
日本人として新幹線は誇りです。
現状日本国外で新幹線が走っているのは台湾のみですが、台湾でも物凄い成功を収めてるようで嬉しい。
だが今インドで工事が進められているが昨今のとんでもないインフレによる資材の高騰で工事費が膨れ上がって問題が噴出しているようです。
なんとか無事完成してほしい
Interesting fact:One of the designer of Shinkansen named Tadanao Miki was originally aircraft engineer.
During ww2,he designed suicide bomber plane(baka bomb).
After the war,he regretted it and became railway engineer because train can be used only peaceful.
@@OneKnifeYeHand yup, idk like transferring military weapons and equipment during wartime 😂
as far as i know he said he wanted to use his knowledge to help people not to kill them
Ohka. The plane's name was the Ohka, or cherry blossom.
Reminds me of Battlestation Pacific. They were carried by G4M Bettys. There was a special mission in the game where you had to sink a bunch of ships using those.
*cough* Schwerer Gustav *cough*
Japan: Delays are measured in seconds
Other countries: Multiple Generations come and go but not the train
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in germany, the train is "delayed by a few minutes", then, three hours later, it's "slightly delayed", then, another *five* hours later, it's "having a technical problem", and a replacement train will "arrive shortly", then, another two hours later, instead of the ICE (intercity express, basically the fastest train germany has), something like an IC (intercity) or an even slower and/or smaller train arrives, and the passengers have to sit in a train for three times as much time, sometimes crammed, sometimes without heating/cooling, most of the time without food or drinks that you can normally buy in the train, and maybe that train stops to work, and then, sometimes in the middle of the night, the passengers have to go into YET ANOTHER TRAIN, and sometimes it's not even at a train station, and sometimes the doors don't work, or they just sit around in the train waiting for three hours, and then the next train comes and they may or may not have the problems they had in the previous train, and then if they finally arrivr the next morning, sometimes late by as much as two or three days, most of them just have to take a train back home, as wichever reason they had for getting there is now probably a thing of the past.
Not in India
@@alexandertheok9610 Its not that bad though.
Japan never cease to amaze me.
If these stats are true - that is incredible.
One million passengers a day - and at up to 198 mph.
Operating for decades with no fatalities. AND profitable.
stats are true
I am living here from 10 yrs and they are never late😭😭😭 how convenient it is. I can only jealous with this.
length of train: 278 meters/913 feet (approximate)
Thanks I got 912.975ft and I was looking for a comment to see if I was close
That's what I got, thanks for making me feel like I still know how to do math.
How come I got 285 metres/ 935 feets? Lol! 🤣🤷♂️
277,0833333333333 metres
278.28 mtrs or 912.99 foot
Visited Japan last summer, it was amazing. The Shinkansen were awesome! _SUPER_ fast! And it didn't feel fast unless you looked outside - things were very very smooth
Japan never fails to amaze me.
If shinkansen exists in every corner of the world.
Conductor: Lady’s and gentlemen, we are sadly delayed by 30 seconds
Karen: I'd like to speak to the manager. Get me the manager right NOW!!
😂
😂😂😂😂😂
10 billion passengers and zero fatalities must make them the safest mode of transport on the planet.
Safer than walking.
@@saldiven2009 Safer than breathing
@@chris5240 Safer than living 🤔
How many passager-kilometers ??
Japan doesn’t count suicide by train as a “fatality” which skews a lot of western fatality results unfortunately
A german guy told me, when a shinkansen train arrives at your station, you can literally adjust your watch. same could not be said for DB trains in germany. go figure.
This, blew my mind when he said it departs toyko every 3 minutes
Hehehe, If he did that for southern, before he knows it, his watch will be a decade late!
@@MP-ut6eb 30min late isn't that bad. I never saw a db Train leave on time for a year now. They even canceled the route im using soo there's not even trains going here anymore 😅
Yeah, if it's late a minute you get a refund
To give you some more insights as a German: DB trains used to be a VERY punctual. Once the DB was privatized, fares went up and the punctuality down the drain. The DB used to have a slogan: "Die Bahn kommt." (The train is coming), German's quickly added "oder auch nicht" (or maybe not) after the privatization. :)
I’m watching a vid of the Shinkansen while I’m on the shinkansen 😆
chris Edwards tried this from kyoto to tokyo but i dont like the ear pain it gives you
Lex Morata Which one? Japan made several versions of the Shinkansen, each one better than the last.
So you got to your destination before the end of the video
How did you get wifi?
Dalton Chew it has WiFi onboard
Respect! I love Japan and its people.
2 second delay???? Time for seppuku
I could have missed my first perfect sip of morning coffee in that time. Unacceptable.
Many japanese really neat, always on time. So yeah, if you late 2 second and the train going passing you, leave the shinkansen alone and please commit seppuku now you gaijin 😂😂
sudoku*
James Scholl skeletonwww
You're fired.
To this day one of the most memorable experience I had in Japan. Incredibly comfortable and smooth, I placed a cup of tea on table and it barely moved let alone spill. Awesome train...
Ok dude that's it, these need to be shown on TV, minisode style. I'm sure some history, culture or science channels would love to pick these up and air them like that.
Also I'm glad the Shinkansen revolutionized rail travel. Now I'm from Denmark, a pretty small country in Scandinavia connected to Germany, and we haven't had our own high speed rail service. We do have Swedish X2000 trains going from Copenhagen to Stockholm and we used to have Old ICE trains running between Copenhagen and Hamburg but this may soon change! We're currently building a line going parallel to one of our busiest one, which when opened will be able to have 5 trains an hour each way operating at 250km/h. And on top of that going down from the one end, another line is being upgraded from speeds of 120km/h to 200km/h, leading up to the construction of an underwater tunnel linking Denmark and Germany, which should drastically reduce travel time, since as of now both cars and trains have to load onto a ferry. So yeah I'm glad we're getting some investment.
I am surprised that they aren't on TV already!
Why so slow? China built largest high speed train's network just in few years
3 bln. passengers in a year
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These bullet trains are amazing................. fast and smooth as silk. Great travel mode, wonderful experience.
Congratulations to the first three who posted the correct answer!: 'dazzi foxking'
and 'Jacob Potischman' and 'Dimitri Vladivikovic Thanks everyone who tried to solve it 😜
i'M FiRsT LoL
Noice vid
Mustard your so good at what you do
764 ft?
Mustard, the correct answer is 505.6136 feet.
I actually had no idea what a wonder this train was. Huge amount of respect for the people responsible for this incredible train
"The train felt obsolete"
*SHINKANSEN HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*
That’s literally the whole point of the whole video
Shinkansen is truly a marvel of engineering.
Here in taiwan we have hsr (high speed rail) which is basically shinkansen exported to us
I am Japanese. Thank you for introducing the Japanese Shinkansen this time.Currently building a linear motor car,Recorded 600km / h
Please come to Japan and take the Shinkansen!
日本に住んでるんだよ!😊
The Shinkansen will definetly leave an impact on me! Trains in my country run at around 160kph and that is the IC trains (the fast ones). The standar trains are only going at 85-90kph!!! Most of them are Diesel locos...
@@nasosgreece45 good for you then, meanwhile our train (indonesia's CC 206) are able to go beyond 180 kmh. But due to the railway's limitation, it only do 70-90 kmh
Yustian Yasahardja that definitely sucks!!!
Sorry but they are too costly for me, my whole travel budget will go over a single ride🤭, but Japan is building shinkasen in my country, I mean was building but then the opposition party came to power in one of the two states the shinkasen was supposed to pass, and ordered to stop the work, you know dirty politics, main reason most of the projects are delayed in my country 😞
The visuals are good. But WHY show the land as blue? What kind of sorcery is this?
Yes
Lol same
Exactly, it made me uncomfortable.
Exactly,that's a terrible choice of color
Because he used miles instead of kilometers
USA “...planes and cars are the future of travel. Trains are slow and obsolete...”
JAPAN “... hold my beer...”
Conor Dunne
Hold my sake*
@@spacepeanut i see what you've done there
Never listen to politicians and oil marchants !!!
Soooooooo true
german autobahn: allow me to introduce myself
You know when a project is special when this video is the one of very few success stories by Mustard.
I rode the Shinkansen across japan (across almost the entire island) during my graduation trip. It was amazing the bridges over huge bodies of water and the tunnels going through mountains. It was amazing. It was also stunningly fast and comfortable. It really felt like a pinnacle of mankind’s work
My phone: "you have a text from your girlfriend"
Me: "Meh, I've got homework to finish. I'll read it later."
My computer: "Mustard posted a new video"
Me: *drops everything* "Welp, I've got nothing better to do."
👍🏻
@John Online ...
You should be a TV show
princess sarragozza, but then the video will be broadcast once and then rot in the archives forever. A lot of great documentaries were made in the 1990s and I do not know why they are not put online.
please don't ! keep it on youtube, so every generations in the future could watch it anytime
For the math problem at 9:20
Assuming the slow train is our point of reference.
Fast train is 137 mph minus the 54 mph of the slow train (because we're standing still in the slow train.
I prefer converting hours to seconds in this case, the difference of speed is 83 miles/3600 seconds.
Times 7.5 seconds and times 5280 feet per mile gives 913 feet. I'm Canadian so I had to look up how many feet in a mile.
Good question 👍
I really hate mile feet system...
To be precise, it is 912.84 ft. Just thought it should be as accurate as the train is. Cheers..
@@Mac13587 that doesn't seem right. How did you get that answer?
@@technomicah differential equation methods
@@technomicah youve got to carry the 1