I took the slow train (stopped at every single stop) from akita, transferred at higashi noshiro where the train enroute to Aomori would stop at fukaura. The sunset for that one hour (next train was last train), allowed one to stop and watch the sunset across the sea of japan I finally reached my stop at mutsu tsuruda for a night where I got to visit the Tsuruda-no-Mai bridge and then a day trip to hirosaki Good Tohoku times
Thank you for giving me the experience of couch traveling on this beautiful and calming train trip. It helps while we’re stuck at home during this COVID situation.
Yeah I was laughing away when he waved goodbyes to the train staff when the train moves. A lot like my enthu sons when they were young. John is a big kid indeed 😃
I have never been to Japan but always have wanted to travel there i want to Thank you for letting me travel there via you tube with you . I have met many youth from there when I lived in Hawaii and I attended Hope Chapel in Oahu i dont remember all their names but I remember them all I now live in tucson back on the mainland hope to visit Japan one day should any of you that I met at Hope Chapel be on here Aloha from MamaEdna and John bless you Kanai and the baby for all the joy you have brought me since I found you on You Tube
Sorry I missed live chat 3 weeks ago... I m enjoying this train ride.. thank you so much !!! Well wishes from Las Vegas Nevada USA.... We are having Covid surges in most US states Dec 11, 2020. The first Covid 19 Vaccine approved Dec 10, 2020 by the FDA USA... distribution of vaccine will be gradual over next months 2021.... In US. Stay Safe ! Thanks Again!
9 months later and I'm still couch travelling. Thank you for keeping these livestreams going. Looking forward to our Australian international boarders opening up so I can head over to Japan again very soon. Crossing fingers by New Years. Stay safe John! :)
You probably won’t read this comments but i just want to let you know that i love your videos. I have watch many of it and is nice to see Japan. Never been to Japan and probably never will but it’s beautiful and the people so gentle. Thank you
Thank you for making these videos. I have been to Japan so many times and I miss it. Your videos have helped me somewhat manage that. Haha...Keep them coming. Appreciate it.
I took the Resort Shirakami, but going the other way around a few years back. It's a really really nice train ride. I missed the live stream earlier, so now about to start watching it. I hope you stopped at that station where they sold really awesome fresh tuna steak sandwiches. Gonna sit back and enjoy this ride. I hope you also got to film that live shamisen performance.
Hey John Awesome stream not enough train streams/vlogs these days i appreciate it, Aomori's Stove Train would be nice to ride in winter or there is kotatsu train too on the sanriku coast (tohoku) the food is brought on board at stops for a more true local ekiben experince on some of the smaller lines/companies
Damn ... this was the very train I was going to catch back in April - before COVID19 hit and travel got cancelled. Oh well, hopefully it will still be there in 2021 ...
Ive added Aomori City and this Joyful train to my next trip to Japan thanks to your video. Will also visit Hirosaki as they are famous for their apple pastries....44 different types of apple pastries :)
You John are the “ King of Streaming “ with real quality and great exciting narration. Super content. We had a territory back in the 70’s that we of course use the trains and nothing like 4 hours but a good 2 hours away from our hone base. We had “missionary bikes” located at different train stations so when we got off the trains , we would hope on these bikes that had same code and security for our use. It was really cool to have that added transportation options. Love your content
So cool! Thank you for sharing this awesome experience. And it makes me feel a little bit "homesick": Last year we also travelled with the Joyful Train Resort Shirakami from Hirosaki to Juniko where we stayed at the Resort Awone Shirakami Jyuniko. Because we travelled in the weekend we had a special treat: a live performance of two shamisen musicians in the front train! The journey along the coast was amazing and the resort was very remote and incredibly beautiful. Highly recommended!
Another unexpected surprise. Those large picture windows made for an amazing backdrop behind John as the countryside rolled by. It looked almost like John had a green screen behind him. Lovely train as well with all the wood finish. In Canada the best scenic train routes go through the spectacular Rocky Mountains but our trains aren’t quite as nice as this one.
love your videos John with your beautiful wife. Its hard to tell the kids to get off phones or games because of the enviroment and being the only parent who tries to explain to them that they need rest from technology. Stay Safe.
I miss the drone engine sound of trains and airplanes before they start off... haha currently watching this, really enjoying this train ride. Thanks John!
Watching this right now as I type this. It's 0230 on Tuesday morning as I'm on leave, which is the military jargon of vacation. Take care of yourself and Kanai. Was in Sapporo (NW of it, actually in Otaru) visiting my Grandfather, a retired fisherman 2 weeks ago. According to our Base Commander, we can still travel domestically, except in Tokyo Metro Area. The cases are spiking in Hokkaido and watching the news, they're suspending the Go To Travel subsidy because of the rise in cases up there (300 cases as of 23 Nov). Just be careful up the in Aomori Pref.
Nice train ride and on one station something for people who loves basketball like myself 👍Noshiro station seems cool place !!! Thank you for the ride even though i missed the live stream !!!
I’m so glad to have found this channel your awesome dude and glad your having fun? My cousin has the same thing as you is it autism or assburgers where you act like a child when your an adult? I wish I had that sometimes so bad it seems to make like way more enjoyable
That`s what i love on Japan. Everything is... better. Okay we have here in Bavaria better toiletts :D But by the way: Thank you for showing us the beautiful landscape of this beautiful Country. Thx John.
1:28:48 The Sea of Japan is on the WEST side of the Japanese archipelago. If we have to call it the "East Sea" as the Korean side wants, then the existence of the Japanese archipelago would be erased from the map. In fact, the Japanese archipelago was erased from the world map posted on the official website of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Organizing Committee and left there for seven months. But if the Japanese archipelago really did not exist, the Sea of Japan would not exist either. It would just be that the Pacific Ocean would flow directly off the coast of Korea. Some Koreans say that it should be called the "Korean Sea" instead of the "East Sea," but the Sea of Japan between Russia and Japan cannot be called the "Korean Sea." The vertical length of the Sea of Japan = the length of the Japanese archipelago.
I would cancel. 2 years ago my friends brought brought there kids and the trip was too hard for them. All of the kids caught a cold and gave it to my wife and I. The kids were 2, 3 & 4. Plus the Freezing weather of New York At this time of year.
John...did you time the box opening of the magnet & the red bean cake ? I actually thought it was a musical magnet... BTW how much did Cody (Japanese) pay for the train tix (without JR or JRE passes) ? arigatou gozai-mask
Hi John, Aomori is the place where they do arts on rice fields, right? My Japanese friend dent me a photo of it. Like a Japanese warrior riding on his horse. Arigatou gozaimashita.
Thanks for letting me join in on the great noodle tour of Tohoku! More ramen to come in Aomori!
Cody is a natural! Glad you joined John in this trip. Hope to see more of you
Cody you were awesome 🍜✨
I miss the train ride in Japan so much 😢😢 i miss travelling 😫 even the announcement saying the trains approaching brings back memories.
I took the slow train (stopped at every single stop) from akita, transferred at higashi noshiro where the train enroute to Aomori would stop at fukaura. The sunset for that one hour (next train was last train), allowed one to stop and watch the sunset across the sea of japan
I finally reached my stop at mutsu tsuruda for a night where I got to visit the Tsuruda-no-Mai bridge and then a day trip to hirosaki
Good Tohoku times
Thank you for giving me the experience of couch traveling on this beautiful and calming train trip. It helps while we’re stuck at home during this COVID situation.
I love playing this in the background while I do things around the house. Makes me feel like I’m on an adventure. Thanks for sharing!
Love your enthusiasm and excitement 😀 John. You are a big kid and I am enjoying myself watching these livestreams. Thanks for bringing Japan to us .
Yeah I was laughing away when he waved goodbyes to the train staff when the train moves. A lot like my enthu sons when they were young. John is a big kid indeed 😃
I have never been to Japan but always have wanted to travel there i want to Thank you for letting me travel there via you tube with you . I have met many youth from there when I lived in Hawaii and I attended Hope Chapel in Oahu i dont remember all their names but I remember them all I now live in tucson back on the mainland hope to visit Japan one day
should any of you that I met at Hope Chapel be on here Aloha from MamaEdna and John bless you Kanai and the baby for all the joy you have brought me since I found you on You Tube
Sorry I missed live chat 3 weeks ago... I m enjoying this train ride..
thank you so much !!!
Well wishes from Las Vegas Nevada USA.... We are having Covid surges in most US states Dec 11, 2020.
The first Covid 19 Vaccine approved Dec 10, 2020 by the FDA USA... distribution of vaccine will be gradual over next
months 2021.... In US.
Stay Safe !
Thanks Again!
You’re right. Talking isn’t necessary with ambient footage this great. You are a great host to realize it
some little treasures in that train !
THANKS JR EAST for letting me ride with John around japan!!!!👍🏻
Love to sit in there with a FAT bento 🍱 and green tea or sake and just daydream!!!! 😩
I rreally miss the sound of the train hope i can viist japan next year
9 months later and I'm still couch travelling. Thank you for keeping these livestreams going. Looking forward to our Australian international boarders opening up so I can head over to Japan again very soon. Crossing fingers by New Years. Stay safe John! :)
You probably won’t read this comments but i just want to let you know that i love your videos. I have watch many of it and is nice to see Japan. Never been to Japan and probably never will but it’s beautiful and the people so gentle. Thank you
Really love this train ride. Looking forward to the next adventure in Japan❣️💚
Same her🙌🙌 God wowilling☝️🙏🙏
Thank you for making these videos. I have been to Japan so many times and I miss it. Your videos have helped me somewhat manage that. Haha...Keep them coming. Appreciate it.
That's 1st class service right there Very polite people at the station they all waved at you :) I have never seen anything like it :D
Thank you John & Cody fit taking us along with you. I am loving Japan via you John, amazing.
I took the Resort Shirakami, but going the other way around a few years back. It's a really really nice train ride. I missed the live stream earlier, so now about to start watching it. I hope you stopped at that station where they sold really awesome fresh tuna steak sandwiches. Gonna sit back and enjoy this ride. I hope you also got to film that live shamisen performance.
Hey John Awesome stream not enough train streams/vlogs these days i appreciate it,
Aomori's Stove Train would be nice to ride in winter or there is kotatsu train too on the sanriku coast (tohoku) the food is brought on board at stops for a more true local ekiben experince on some of the smaller lines/companies
LOL been there done that really great when it's a white out the window . It's so worth the adventure .
Before the Bento 🍱 when the signal was cutting out it was like All of the Lights by Kanye 👍. ✌️ 💖 🙏 Levent 🦁
1:05:10 JOHN! That was awesome! Would've been hilarious if you missed, but I'm impressed you got it!
Really enjoy the Japanese train live streams. More of them would be great. Thanks. 😊
Damn ... this was the very train I was going to catch back in April - before COVID19 hit and travel got cancelled. Oh well, hopefully it will still be there in 2021 ...
I love trains to this is a great video like all of your videos thanks for sharing trains are real peaceful and such great scenery thanks for sharing
Ive added Aomori City and this Joyful train to my next trip to Japan thanks to your video. Will also visit Hirosaki as they are famous for their apple pastries....44 different types of apple pastries :)
I know Japan is beautiful but I never thought it was that gorgeous.. Great video by the way keep them coming plz!!
You John are the “ King of Streaming “ with real quality and great exciting narration. Super content. We had a territory back in the 70’s that we of course use the trains and nothing like 4 hours but a good 2 hours away from our hone base. We had “missionary bikes” located at different train stations so when we got off the trains , we would hope on these bikes that had same code and security for our use. It was really cool to have that added transportation options. Love your content
That souvenir section had me like 😍
Haha..I can feel the clug clug...clug clug of the train, LOL...scenery is beautiful
Obsessed with your channels & family 🤣 can't wait to meet you one day & buy you & your wife drinks! Great shot lol you def are a good baller lol
Amazing train and cool streaming. ✌️
That souvenir section had me like 😍
Lovely journey, really miss Japan JR ride. Nevertheless, enjoyed the ride virtually. At 1:20:59 you mentioned wind mills but they were wind turbines.
So cool! Thank you for sharing this awesome experience.
And it makes me feel a little bit "homesick": Last year we also travelled with the Joyful Train Resort Shirakami from Hirosaki to Juniko where we stayed at the Resort Awone Shirakami Jyuniko. Because we travelled in the weekend we had a special treat: a live performance of two shamisen musicians in the front train! The journey along the coast was amazing and the resort was very remote and incredibly beautiful. Highly recommended!
Thankyou. The resort Shirakami was on our cancelled plans in April. Watching this makes me excited for when we return one day.
John and trains, they go hand in hand!
Love your channel. Great work. Thank you from California.
Another unexpected surprise. Those large picture windows made for an amazing backdrop behind John as the countryside rolled by. It looked almost like John had a green screen behind him. Lovely train as well with all the wood finish. In Canada the best scenic train routes go through the spectacular Rocky Mountains but our trains aren’t quite as nice as this one.
What a nice train. Fun trip.
nice train ride John......the jingle and unpacking of dorayaki..... sync was good......more train
love your videos John with your beautiful wife. Its hard to tell the kids to get off phones or games because of the enviroment and being the only parent who tries to explain to them that they need rest from technology. Stay Safe.
I miss the drone engine sound of trains and airplanes before they start off... haha currently watching this, really enjoying this train ride. Thanks John!
I love you Japan
Very nice sceneries, i’ved enjoyed watching the nice view outside the 🚞 🚂 🚊window‼️♥️ Japan train 👍👏👏👏👏 thank you JOHN 😊
Watching this right now as I type this. It's 0230 on Tuesday morning as I'm on leave, which is the military jargon of vacation. Take care of yourself and Kanai. Was in Sapporo (NW of it, actually in Otaru) visiting my Grandfather, a retired fisherman 2 weeks ago. According to our Base Commander, we can still travel domestically, except in Tokyo Metro Area. The cases are spiking in Hokkaido and watching the news, they're suspending the Go To Travel subsidy because of the rise in cases up there (300 cases as of 23 Nov). Just be careful up the in Aomori Pref.
Aloha 🤙 from Honolulu! Love the train 🚆 rides John. Please keep 'em coming. Miss having Kanae by your side though 😕
Never fails, John you always make me laugh...Putting the Magnet on the window. Love this train ,looks like it belongs in a Disney Park. Great Video.
Wow, what an adventure! Thanks for sharing, and hoping for everyone to be able to take such adventures next year!
Gonna try this soon. I’m excited.
Nice train ride and on one station something for people who loves basketball like myself 👍Noshiro station seems cool place !!! Thank you for the ride even though i missed the live stream !!!
Thanks again this was so awesome thanks for sharing
Oh man! I didn't know about this train! I took the Ou Main Line from Akita to Aomori, which gave me back pains after more than 2 hours of sitting.
Thanks a lot for this video. I was able to enjoy this one using the JR East Welcome Rail Pass. Travelled Aomori to Akita.
been an avid watcher. love it.
Those seats remind me of the Partridge Family bus.
Looks like John has some basketball background. :)
Fantastic train ride !
I can't wait till I can visit Japan again. Meanwhile, I just keep watching you!
As a fellow densha otaku, thank you so much for that stream! Keep 'em coming please! 🚃=😍
1:51:32 - I wonder how gorgeous these views are at spring!
Reminds me of Snowpiercer.
i loved this post so much i felt excited like i was ridimg the train with you. thanx
same
Amazing picasso train....lovely scenories
its funny how John asks Cody a question and interrupts his reply cos he's too excited about the next thing he sees 8') 19:08
Wow! A different way to get from Aomori to Tokyo (via Akita). A great alternative to the shinkansen.
very nice stream. I miss riding the trains of Japan
Brilliant as ALWAYS John!
Thankyou John sorry missed it live wow love the train amazing keep up the good work.
Those mad b-ball skills 🏀 top draw and unexpected
I was shocked it went in 🏀 😃 super fun whistle stop!
love train rides
I’m so glad to have found this channel your awesome dude and glad your having fun? My cousin has the same thing as you is it autism or assburgers where you act like a child when your an adult? I wish I had that sometimes so bad it seems to make like way more enjoyable
very good experience & so much fun even though I watched it on replay. love it! thanks :)
I loved this stream, so beautiful
私もいつか乗ってみたいです。
Thank you John it was good fun
Very interesting. Enjoy your video's. Please make short videos. 10 to 15 minutes. Some videos are too long. Thank you.
What a Lovely Streaaaam 😻
I wonder how the scenaries will look like during snowy winter
The daikon pickles you like are called "aburi=gakko". they are Akita's local delicacy.
No! "IBURI-Gakko"!!😅
Than music on 1:26:10 was really perfectly match! Coincident? I don't think so! :)
1:47:49 the tracks werent even properly switched when the train went over the junction
So fun!!!
That`s what i love on Japan. Everything is... better. Okay we have here in Bavaria better toiletts :D
But by the way: Thank you for showing us the beautiful landscape of this beautiful Country. Thx John.
13:25 I like how John is so excited he forgot how magnets work.
1:28:48 The Sea of Japan is on the WEST side of the Japanese archipelago. If we have to call it the "East Sea" as the Korean side wants, then the existence of the Japanese archipelago would be erased from the map. In fact, the Japanese archipelago was erased from the world map posted on the official website of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Organizing Committee and left there for seven months.
But if the Japanese archipelago really did not exist, the Sea of Japan would not exist either. It would just be that the Pacific Ocean would flow directly off the coast of Korea.
Some Koreans say that it should be called the "Korean Sea" instead of the "East Sea," but the Sea of Japan between Russia and Japan cannot be called the "Korean Sea."
The vertical length of the Sea of Japan = the length of the Japanese archipelago.
You are big kids very funny arigatou gozaimasu
I missed the live stream but I'm loving the content so far. John and trains go hand in hand 4sure
ftworth texas says i luv f.w. and trains
Im a new Subscriber
Yes i have my ticket :)
I would cancel. 2 years ago my friends brought brought there kids and the trip was too hard for them. All of the kids caught a cold and gave it to my wife and I. The kids were 2, 3 & 4.
Plus the Freezing weather of New York At this time of year.
Great content! But please shoot these videos in 4k 👍🏼
Can't wait to visit Japan! Train is really nice.
I'm in aomori
RoK can deal with the fact it's the Sea of Japan. They can deal with it and have some hot cocoa.
One remark - you are wrong they collect trash in european trains. For sure they do it in Poland and in UK.
John...did you time the box opening of the magnet & the red bean cake ? I actually thought it was a musical magnet...
BTW how much did Cody (Japanese) pay for the train tix (without JR or JRE passes) ?
arigatou gozai-mask
Want to see the obento!
will you go to Iwate and ride the Sanriku railway?
is that TrainSuit that walked by?
Hi John, Aomori is the place where they do arts on rice fields, right? My Japanese friend dent me a photo of it. Like a Japanese warrior riding on his horse. Arigatou gozaimashita.