Watch this video if you want to see what it’s like to ride on Japan’s last remaining year round overnight train, the Sunrise Express. Whether you take the Sunrise Izumo or Sunrise Seto, you’ll find everything you need to know about riding this train in this full train trip report. From buying tickets, to navigating Tokyo Station, all room categories on board, the shower situation, it’s all here. See you on board!
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↪ Video Chapters ↩
0:00 Tokyo Station by Night
01:50 Inside Tokyo Station
04:36 Busy Platforms, Buying a Shower Card
06:47 Our Train Arrives
08:10 Shower Card Machine
08:40 Single Cabin Tour
11:04 Departing Tokyo, our Route
11:50 All Cabin Categories on Board
14:06 Common Spaces
14:51 How to Shower
16:04 Nearing Okayama
17:27 Train Uncoupling
18:18 The Flip Flop Score
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21 Comments
HI! Did you stop by to tell me I mispronounced Okayama 37% of the time? Don't worry, I've already rebooted the mainframe! 😉
You should do a video on the Tokyo Station Hotel some day. I still dream about their breakfast buffet 😅
I just drool over these mesmerizing Japanese train reviews. Hope that Kevin could do more of this calibre!
I can imagine your disappointment missing out on the deluxe cabin…I guess I’m getting old but all the other options looked a bit too Spartan and claustrophobic to my taste, although the journey is not overly long. It’s getting from A to B in an efficient and fast way, but missing a night…I’m not too sure about that either 😅 Thank you for another highly informative and entertaining review! 🙏🏼
Have you ever thought about an Indian Railways journey?
I have come to thoroughly enjoy your videos.
❤ from india 😎
Are the two "sets" identical? Or could it be that the single de lux was not available for the one route you selected? Probably not. But, just a thought. The "adventure" with your temporary adopted son is hilarious!. Gone for 30 (!!!) minutes? Would have been interesting trying to explaing that to the Japanse police!
my problem is no room is en-suite so it's hard to use the toilet
Let’s just say you rode half instead of both or neither 😉
After a week long internet shutdown in Bangladesh I finally can watch YouTube videos
I have traveled for decades with a small foldup hand fan. Handy many times.
Appreciate you for giving us room dimensions in both metric and imperial units again. Missed that in the last two videos.
Great video, as always!
0:32 Schrödinger's train.
"Nine-hour kiss" is an adorable phrase 🥰
Great viewing as always Kevin,,,,safe travels 😊😊😊😊😊
7:53 I love how easy to read your graphics are!
Hey did you book the ticket from Jr east s online portal?
Thanks for the great review + video!
At 3:50, 'buying tickets one month in a dance?' Or maybe thats just your way of pronouncing advance .
Anyhoo, train ticket bookings in India have a similar feature called the "tatkal" booking option where you book a day prior to your journey at a particular time, and its the same concept basically. First come, first serve, you gotta really practice your memory game of booking just like your experience on this one if you're gona get the seat that you want..of course, the interiors of our trains aren't half as beautiful as our Japanese counterpart so prepare ahead, mentally at least. Thanks for another great video..ive never missed a single since i subscribed ages ago . Cheers bud and safe travels .
At 3:50, 'buying tickets one month in a dance?' Or maybe thats just your way of pronouncing advance .
Anyhoo, train ticket bookings in India have a similar feature called the "tatkal" booking option where you book a day prior to your journey at a particular time, and its the same concept basically. First come, first serve, you gotta really practice your memory game of booking just like your experience on this one if you're gona get the seat that you want..of course, the interiors of our trains aren't half as beautiful as our Japanese counterpart so prepare ahead, mentally at least. Thanks for another great video..ive never missed a single since i subscribed ages ago . Cheers bud and safe travels .