Inside Japan's Most Expensive Bullet Train | $750 Seat
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- Published on Apr 10, 2020
- Japan's Bullet Trains (Shinkansen) are a joy to travel on. Stylish, luxurious and futuristic, we ride inside the premium-first class cabin for the first time and experience railway travel on another level.
A huge thanks to JR EAST for inviting us to ride inside the Gran Class cabin.
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*IMPORTANT* Hey guys, setting my usual sarcasm aside for once I hope you’re all safe right now. Like a lot of the documentary style videos on this channel, this video was filmed many weeks before its release. We shot this long before the Tokyo lockdown; as I mentioned in last week’s video, for several weeks now I’ve been self isolating in my apartment with a stash of cup noodles, where I’ll be staying for the rest of April (and likely beyond at this point). I considered postponing this video given it’s set outdoors, but I figured anything that provides an escape from the ongoing situation can only be a good thing (especially given how hilarious Ryotaro was in this episode with his love of “different air”). As always, many thanks for watching guys and stay safe. I’ll be back later this week with another video and hit the like button if you enjoyed the show!
Just remember that cup o noodles take a long time to digest, lol.
Thanks to videos like this, I can mentally travel in these difficult times. Thanks
So it's now August 2021 I wish u good health, sir!
I loved watching this it was jokes, next time I'm in Japan I'm definitely going to find out just how different that air is in the Grand-class cabin
@410_Redline street-team buy me a new laptop please I will use it for good. :)
@Adoor.Jeffin_005 ik this might sound bad but don’t envy rich people they often work much harder than you
That air is grand-class air.
@410_Redline street-team Lmao😂😂 sorry for that bud'. I wouldn't spend that kind of money if I were you...because I'm average who is always happy seeing rich people spending by my imagination😅😅 (btw in my way I would call it burning) money on stuff which u May call stupid sht but to people like me it would be fantasy 🤯 mind blowing right..Lol me looking at people reviewing stuff for me as if I'm having it with me🤤😅
@Adoor.Jeffin_005 meh. I blow 750$ usd on stupid shit every 3weeks
I'm a Japanese and I went to Spain and found that they have a great bullet express train there as fast and smooth as Shinkansen.
Then I found out the logos "Hitachi" are written on the body of the Spanish bullet train. So, it was made in Japan
They were smart enough to buy from the Japanese
I'm from Phoenix Arizona and our light rail cars are from Japan.
I'm excited to see japanese E5 Shinkansen trains here in india for Mumbai Ahemdabad hsr project.
The train here in the Philippines too are made in Japan
@nobita nobi No more excuse to be late to work!
I'm Japanese, but I haven't been in Gran Class yet. I am grateful that you are telling me about Japan correctly. (I'm using Google Translate, so I'm sorry if I made a mistake.)
@BlitzAce i was kidding, Australia isn't real btw.
@BigChungas accomplishment of using google translate...? you okay?
@Honk Honk yeah it's NOT
@Nipandeerus 95 The only condition i have is the condition of tired of you. Not sure where I’d go to find a better place rather than here. So …bye.
other youtubers: sponsored by raid shadow legends
Chris: sponsored by a Japanese bullet train company
@柯書凱 why are you playing the victim all of a sudden? Whatever. I’m gonna stop regardless since this whole ordeal has taken a toll on my brain cells. Bye
@The Freaks STOP HARASSING ME
@The Freaks LOOKS like you learned how to communicate with other people finally. Please communicate more CLEARLY with others in the future. Thank you.
@The Freaks Your English is incoherent. " The topic is already decided so you should already know without me having to reiterate everything to you." This sentence is INCORRECT. Please fix it in your next reply. Thank you.
@The Freaks What does "bruh" mean? I am not from America. I did not use the word "SUPPOSEDLY" in my comment EITHER. Please learn English correctly and come back and reply back to me, BRUH. Additionally, you forgot a period at the end of your comment. Please learn how to COMMUNICATE better with other users. Good bye.
Ah yes, the "Gran Class". My gran loves this. Finally, a train seat-class specifically designed for people like her.
Her delusion of GRANdeur 😆
Hi there! Great you mentioned the JR Rail Pass. When we have been to Japan in 2006 we also got it, and it is a bliss for every tourist. Just as you said: not only is it cheap, but it also provides so much flexibility. And I totally agree: if you are in Japan, you have to ride the Shinkansen!
Cheers to all!
Shen
I would watch Ryotaro if he had his own channel, he is just such a delight to watch. Puts a smile on my face everytime
:OO omg perfect, thank you
He does! Ryotaro's Japan - thexvid.com/user/RyotarosJapan
The JR pass is indeed LEGIT the best thing ever, so worth it for seeing as much of Japan as you could want.
The cleanliness of Japan is mind blowing, everything looks pristine!
Thought the same about NK
@Drew A lol
"the air is different"
Of course, the air between the peasant's air & royal's air is different
@Deus yes but like can I not shit gold? That sounds like a lot of constipation.
Quite possible that only the peasants can feel the difference....
@ArcanisUrriah hahahaha
@thatdude034 You tried a rich person's shit? Nice.
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i am swiss and i have traveled quite a bit around this planet (and i often visit japan). i can safely say that we have a great *nation-wide* train system here, which is terms of reachability, comfort of travel, punctuality and technology puts more or less (apart from some local special trains as they exist in many places from the UK to China) everything else in the world to shame (even our dear neighbor countries, sorry guys but you know its true!). but compared to the Shinkansen-network, our system is slow, dated, unreliable and uncomfortable. THATS how good trains are in japan, its just mind-blowing ...
This was the most recent video that had been uploaded when I discovered this channel, hard to believe that was only a year ago. It feels like I've seen every video on both channels multiple times in that time and it's amazing how quickly Abroad in Japan became one of my favourite things to watch, I'm so grateful for the humor and escapism that only this channel can provide :)
Ryotaro is the most western Japanese man I've ever seen.
And I love it!!
His accent seems to be mainly American-English but I noticed a British accent crept in at 6:45 :)
He studied in American High school, London University, worked in Germany and stayed spain/Australia for abit I think. He also has a TheXvid channel almost 100k subscribers
he was great in this video
The JR Pass was our bread and butter while we visited. We spent a month there and it gave us access to the full country. Only issue we had was while the pass lets you make use of both the JR sub/ground trains without planning ahead, you always had to reserve your seats on the bullet trains in advance. You couldn't just show up and use the pass to grab a ticket and go. With some planning though we went from Tokyo to Sendai, then took trains out from Sendai up to Aomori, then we jumped from Sendai to Kyoto, day trips out to Osaka and Hiroshima. Then back to Tokyo. And the only time we had to pay for a ticket out of pocket was the train out to the Gundam statue, which was from our understanding a rail line not owned by JR. Heads up on those bullet trains though, and we ended up having to play the ignorant tourists. Sometimes there are only minutes between train boardings. We mistakenly got on the newer bullet train, which the pass doesn't cover, because it arrived like 7 or 5 minutes before our actual train, and we just assumed it was the correct train. Staff was very gracious and did not boot us at the next station to wait for our actual train.
I lived in Japan for 2 years, and my (now ex) wife and i traveled on the shinkansen a few times. She did it more often as she traveled for work. We didn't get to try Granclass, but we did travel in the Green cars on both our main trips. Really enjoyed being on them. =)
I was so amazed at how smooth the bullet trains were. It was so cool. We were also taken away with how on time all the trains are. We thought we had missed our train once cause we are so used to having very approximate times for trains or none at all.
Wow that's seriously impressive. I once booked a business class ticket on the Chinese bullet train, that was fancy enough for me... but this exceeds that level of luxury ...
Gosh imagine paying $750 to sit in luxurious silence and then have these two guys going on about the seats and the snake light haha
Mashallah
@Lost Gaijin So free ride on the GrandClass, a free luxury meal, permission to film it all, AND free background extras? Hell of a deal.
Entertainment seems to be included
@ohlala lala this is a first class train ticket, a first class airplane ticket would be thousands of dollars
I paid $200+ for return flight ticket from KL -> Tokyo pre-covid. $750?? Yea, transportation and accommodation is pretty expensive in Japan.
0:42 that's an amazing statistic and just goes to show you how japan prioritizes efficiency and safety of their rail lines without cutting corners. i live in california and the state is currently building the high speed rail network which will open up in the next 10-15 years, and it's already way over budget, over delayed, and i have a really really really bad feeling that since the USA lacks experience and building rail lines, especially high speed rails since the main mode of transportation is private transportation such as cars, i just dont think the california high speed rail will match the statistics of no accident like the shinkansen
oh i think i've already read about accidents in the news!! *hehe* it's sad but it's true ... saying that as a "fellow american." and i guarantee if we keep "making america great again" those safety stats will immediately drop by something like 400% ... and STILL before the bloody thing is even built. the problem with the us is that so many people think they know it all and that everything here is "THE BEST!" and both of those things are much more frequently false than they are true.
I recently stumbled upon your videos (again). And I like them a lot. Keep up the good work. Good cutting and imagery, great narrative, guests, humor etc ... you know who you are and what you do ;)
I am always baffled and humbled by the Japanese. Always very nice and their works are very precise and pieces of art in the details. What I am getting at is visible at minute 7. Do you see that gap between the train and the platform? No? Look again. See it now? Yes? Stuff like this makes me freak out about how precise and thought-out their works are.
Amazing that’s one Tree tip that is an incredible deal! $173 USD for five days of train riding? Can’t do that in England I bet. Great way to promote tourism and I much appreciate the video.I wish other countries copied the example to the extent that they could. You guys are a great team.
Living right by a train station (I can see the trains from my bedroom window) in south London that goes straight to London Victoria, I've never felt safe and am quite frankly TERRIFIED of trains. I had a full on panic attack going on a train for a school trip in year 7. But in Japan, I've never once felt unsafe or scared of the bullet trains.
I’m Japanese, but I’ve never got on this train.
I’m a high school student and have been learning English for 3 years. I always watch your videos and improve my listening skills. Thanks for reading!
I'm a Filipino, learning Japanese language. I'm here because I love your country. いつか日本へ行きたい！
Thanks for reading.
@gruntlord6
If anything, my grammar only dips when I am talking to native speakers. Things like your/you're, a/an and other small details are usually a sign of someone that speaks English more than they write, in my experience. Spelling is something that we all mess up, though... 😅
@U ji "I always watch" -> every time I have an opportunity to watch, I watch
"I'm always watching" -> I spend a lot of time watching and I do so very often
"I always watch Game of Thrones" -> every time there's a new episode, or if I get to choose what to watch, I will watch Game of Thrones
"I'm always watching Game of Thrones" -> if you ask me what I'm doing at any particular time, I'm probably watching Game of Thrones
I'm Egyptian and i have never go to the pyramid
Prefer.not.to. say What can make the English language difficult (to speak like a native English speaker) are the slang terms.
I took advantage of the JR Rail Pass on my first trip to Japan, and then I went to live there for four years. There's nothing quite like riding the shinkansen.
I live in the US and bought the JR unlimited rail pass good for two weeks for $600 each. This includes the Shinkansens but not the ultra fast ones (less stop-over). You can also reserve seats in coach for certain dates in advance. We stayed first in Tokyo for a week then Osaka for another week. We also went to Kyoto via Shinkansen and it was a neat ride. The rail pass also includes Ferries and buses. There are two types of Shinkansens, one is with more stops and the other less but the JR pass doesn't apply to the lesser stops. Next time I know what to do with the unlimited rail pass. Around Tokyo it's actually cheaper to use other rail lines that cris-cross the city. The JR line tends to travel around the city to get to your destination. Also the JR rail pass has a dedicated entrance. The JR rail pass can't be purchased in Japan, you have to buy it then exchange your receipt at a JR station.
I remember me and my family had just gotten off the bullet train and were figuring out which way to go when one flew past. It was truly strange, it was so fast it surprised all us
The JR pass is how I traveled all over Japan, up the east coast and down the west coast, and everywhere in-between. It was well worth it. I will buy it again.
Ryotaro is a top-tier human being. I need a friend like him.
I just need A friend
Exactly what I thought. Man this dude has one hell of a vibe. I really love his attitude.
Adrian Yong damn for a while thought Andrew Yang was on the comment 😂
Elise we all do
Neraizel that’s fair.
Beautiful video and fun filled! ! Lov the descriptions and talk between the two...would love to take this dream journey....I love Japan
i used the jr rail pass so much when i was there last. such a great deal and an amazing idea. mine lasted a month even though i was there for 2 months. i used coaches after that and even some night busses to save on both travel and accommodation
Watched a bunch of your videos. I think what strikes me the most is that you had the wherewithall and courage to nut up and completely relocate to another part of the world. Need more people like that. The world was put here to be engaged with. Cheers bro 🍻
You two make a great team!!! Amusing and really informative !!!!
i have to take my hat off to chris: when you get invited by large japanese companies to come and try out their product, you know you've made it big. same for that video on that musician. congrats man. you really deserve the success you're having on your youtube channel.
Man, I truly love your channel, it’s so well done! Cheers and thanks for the wonderful content.
The seats in Gran Class are amazing. I managed to sit in one long enough to get a photo and be politely asked to leave. 😅 getting a SUICA with your JR pass is essential (but not free, you do have to charge it with your own money, which Risottoro didn't mention). SUICA not just for snacks but also nearly every non-JR train service like the Tokyo and Kyoto subway, many buses, private train lines and more. It avoids having to figure out how much the ticket will be. Just swipe the card and go.
he did mention it. 12:45 "You get it for free. You prepay money here and can use it in any shop." It's brief, but he says you need to charge it.
Man, i love everything about Japan
Amazing country, people and scenery.
I'll only ride the GranClass if someone else pays for the ticket! 😁
I did ride the Shinkansen between Tokyo and Hiroshima. That fast trains saved me a lot of time, and the regular seats are simply fantastic! It made the trains back in Canada feel like complete garbage!
Hi Chris, I’m a native Japanese translator. I’ve been binge watching all your videos during the quarantine period, and I’ve noticed that there are some comments from Japanese viewers requesting Japanese subtitles for your videos.
As a Japanese, it’s interesting to see Japan from a foreigner’s point of view and I also think that Natsuki’s outgoing personality serves as a good role model for other Japanese people who aspire to acquire English but are too shy or unconfident to speak it.
Anyway, I’d love to help out with the subs if you’re interested in broadening your target to Japanese people.
頑張ってください！これからも応援しています(^^)
@starboi The rules of English: should be treated at best as guidelines. Some are imported from other languages by people who try to control others.
The classic bad rule is: I before e except after c, which is completely wrong.
@ONI employee #343 Chinese has fewer tenses than English I remember but requires more frequently that sentences be structured in a passive rather than active manner, which is more convoluted I feel
Kore wa ochinchin daisuki
My friend always tell me and I do not know can you translate it :) tq
Doesn't matter what anyone says English is still the most beautiful language in the world.
@ONI employee #343
Yeah, every language is gard to learn. The difficulty of the language you're learning also depends on your native language. If you're a native English speaker, learning a language that uses non-latin words is very hard. (Arabic, Japanese, Armenian, Greek.)
It took them 15 seconds to make a bowl of noodles Holy 😳
As Natsuki would say "good for dental"
Now cup noodles are really slow.
do you buy a plane ticket then go "fucking hell it only took them a few hours to make a plane"
i mean - it didnt though did it, it was already cooked
Mashallah
I would love to see a train with lie-flat plane seats - NOT couchettes - with the same level of service :)
Japan is amazing. Always impressed by the level of order, efficiency, structure and cleanliness in Japan. Rest of the world take notes...
सॉरी बट आई डिसएग्री ।
@Anita Thakur It is quite realistic, in a hundred years. Let's just agree to disagree, I think I"m being generous with 100 years, 1000 years is more like it, anyway good night, let's just leave it at that.
नो ,माय ओपिनियन इज़ रियलिस्टिक ।
@Anita Thakur I respect your optimistic view, I just have a realistic one. Have a good day.
@Dan J uhh third world country is an outdated term, it was used to refer to countries who didnt sided with usa nor ussr during the cold war,it has nothing to do with development . devloped, developing and underdeveloped is the right term , also u have different opinion i respect urs and u should respect mine. Also have a nice day
Japan's bullet trains are awesome beyond words! 😍
One thing everyone should know about the Welcome Suica is that (unlike with normal Suica) you cannot refund the remaining charge in it. So be sure to spend all of the charge in it, as you cannot use the card on your next Japan trip due to the card being valid only for 28 days.
ザム I thought it said on the website 10 years from last use.
I knew there would be a catch. Thank you for pointing that out.
FYI, a normal Suica card have a life-span of 10 years. Due to the chip inside all IC cards have a 10 year expiry date. It is the same with the IC cards I use back home.
Matthias Bouillon according to the website, you can get the Welcome Suica from ticket machines.
Last time I missed buying the welcome suica, because the ticket office at the airport was already closed at the time of my departure.
I'm collecting all the IC cards from across Japan.
Only 2 from Fukuoka left (forgot to buy them, even I went there three times xD)
@Summort That's what I would do... but then again it's easy to spend the remaining credit at the airport for souvenirs since the shops accept IC cards as well.
It was unbelievable how smooth that Shinkansen ride was. Smooth acceleration, Smooth braking and blazing speeds. I was traveling to Osaka from Tokyo.
One day I would love to come to Japan. And if I do, first thing I would need to do is ride the Bullet train. I doubt I could ever afford to come but it is on my bucket list.
Just watching this video ,
I was struck by the desire to get on this luxurious train at any cost
From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
living in Canada i always laugh at the whole" oh my, a five hour trip!!". but having a bullet train here would be amazing all things considered.
Ryotoro's "acting sad skills" are legendary.
Ryotoro made this video amazing
なにそれ
Damn i laughed hard at it😂😂
I Live in Tokyo I been in that train it’s so fast I am japanese
I've been on the shinkansen 4 times, the longest trip of which was about 6 hours from kyoto to sendai. I've been on inner city trains here in America before, and they...are ok. But last week I took my first Amtrak long-distance train ride (also more than 6 hours but a bit less than 2/3rds the distance). I don't know why...but I kinda expected it to at least be on par with Liners. I wasn't expecting the shinkansen level...but I also wasn't expecting to hear the wheels scraping again the tracks...or feel so much wiggling. It just made me miss Japan the whole ride.
You know it's sad they can never have this in places like New York because deaths caused by the Metro North are so common. And the Metro-North only travels like the most 40 miles per hour...
Really helped a lot in planning my trip there! Awesome!
Fun fact: there is actually an anime where those trains transform to a mech called shinkalion. 👍
*The more you know*🌠🌠🌠
I am remembering Akudama Drive
*_Shinkalin_*_ 仙家淋_
Now that’s a coincidence.
shinkansen henkei robo shinkalion kinda slaps i won’t even lie
Addicted to these videos Chris !!! Your sense of humour is the best 😂
The particular rail pass that he plugs at 12:20 is excellent value. It's unlimited travel in the northern region of Honshu for 5 NON-CONSECUTIVE days. I used it to hop around several hot-spring towns in the autumn of 2019.
Came across your video 2 years later🤣. Worth watching. You and your Japanese colleague/friend have a great dynamic. Been meaning to visit Japan. Never seen those types of seats on a train (London Transport take note)
just found this channel, love the content. Really wants to make me visit Japan :o
10 billion passengers, 50 years, and not even one fatality? Holy shit.
(Excludes Suicides)
@Superblobby America tried, but people don't want sell their land for it.
@Bulletproof Samurai en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzhou_train_collision
@jim jim You are obviously forgetting that time two trains collided in Wenzhou, and the government turned up to pretend it didn't happen.
You're seemingly oblivious to how the trains rarely run at the speeds they claim, and I know that because I lived in the PRC.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzhou_train_collision
@Songya Ni🇺🇦 did not know that! thank you for the information.
It's a normal event for me, but this video shows how wonderful Japan is.
Chris is a God-tier content creator 🔥
Notice in the beginning how 2 station employees are bowing to their colleague on the train.
And later on, how carefully other 2 employees are watching the trains connection to go right.
It’s much more than spacey seats. Amazing!
I want to go to Japan, it's so cool.
New item on Japan bucket list: Ride Shinkansen back and forth between Tokyo and Sendai until run into Ryotaro and get free salted plum snack thingies.
@Leo Yeah! JR Pass is really convenient; unlimited train rides including ordinary seats in bullet trains. You don't have to worry spending money when you get lost.
What's better is you can reserve a seat in Green coaches for cheap
I live in just south of Tokyo. Tokyo to Osaka was a fun Shinkansen ride especially if the weathers nice because you fly past Mt. Fuji at 300km/h
@Jacob Dawson I mean, fair. It was honestly one of my favorite vacations, despite needing a translator for a good part of it.
Having ridden one: Worth it. Absolutely worth it. Airplanes seem just piss poor in comparison.
Salted plum are good actually. Many asian like it
Loved the coupling of the trains - pure James Bond!
If I ever end up wealthy enough, I'm %100 going to be spending a few months traversing Japan on their prestige trains in order to take in the country (during winter would be amazing).
Love to try riding on these trains!! 💖😎👌👌
Now you say that, Last time i visited Japan, years ago a guy that looked a lot like Ryotaro asked us how we were enjoying our trip and where we we staying as in area, I thought he looked familiar!
Awesome guy!
Here's an actual break-down of the seat price for a 90-minute trip from Tokyo Station to Sendai (Miyagi Station) since Chris never mentions the actual cost of the Gran Class seat for this shorter journey. A regular, reserved seat is the 11,000yen he mentioned. A Green Class seat from the same trip is 15,000yen (about $138) and a Gran Class ticket for the same, one-way trip is 20,000yen (about $184). So almost double the fee of a regular ticket to ride Gran Class. Not really worth it for a short, 90-minute journey, unless you're a big person and need that extra width in the seat. Be aware that both Green Class and Gran Class seats have arms that don't move, so at least in the regular seats you can push the armrest up and have a little extra room if no one is sitting next to you.
@Kelvin Privet who pissed in your cereal?
Dwight Mansburden 2 seats is the size of an average American. Sometimes 3 for the above average.
Great info thankyou, hilarious that it needed to be put up in the comments section, as opposed to I dunno someone actually including it in the friggen video.
Thank you for the details
Japan is as impressive as ever 😍
I am a Japanese living in Tokyo. I'm glad that you praise the Japanese Shinkansen, but it's good manners in Japan to be quiet on the train. If possible, I think it will be a better trip if you do so.thank you.
How do you film in the train without pissing other passengers off? Great video by the way
Rather than taking premium seat on the Shinkansen, I recommend staying at a better hotel at your destination or spending more luxurious dinner.
The Shinkansen is comfortable even in economy class, and the ride time is VERY short anyway.
@Chestnut Titor fair point, but don’t diss the green car seats, I have ridden both Green car and economy, Green car was quite the upgrade and didn’t even cost more as it was a hayatoku green ticket (it was either that or paying for a conventional reservation that costed more...)
That got me from Odawara (I live in western Kanagawa) to Shin-Osaka in style for not that much money, with plenty of space for my dog in a carrier.
This. I took the economy class Shinkansen on my first trip - just to say I'd taken it - it's already very comfortable, and yeah, for a journey that doesn't even take two hours, you really don't need the luxury. The price of the first class tickets is enough to upgrade you from two days in a cheapass business hotel room to a moderately fancy ryokan with hot springs, sashimi and wagyu beef for dinner, and all that good stuff. Between two nights' worth of luxury and two hours, I know what I'd pick.
I like the thought of Ryotaro holding onto an unopened pack of umeboshi for the next several months, waiting for a fan to approach him so he can offer them one.
And he guaranteed it himself! 😁
this has me absolutely tickled. I love it.
@Hatagashira In an Abroad in Japan podcast episode or on a different video, Chris said that Ryotaro is a consultant, mainly concerning with Tourism.
@Lee Min hoe Hahaha
**insert jav jokes here**
The reason why I want to go to Japan next year is to ride one of these bullet trains
You guys are SO OUTSTANDING! I'M COMING TO EXPERIENCE SOON! THANK YOU
Once this pandemic eases, Japan will be my first holiday destination!
Amazing work as usual! "Freelance Peasant!" T-shirts, bracelets, bumper stickers, and more! I'm ready to buy.
Ryotaro looked like he was saying goodbye to a loved one when he got off the train 😆
"This is it!"
Rissotoro - 2020
Tears of Ryotaro : A Sendai Story
@Abroad in Japan How is running fast with camera equipment?
imo, it looked more like one of those japanese TV apologies XD
@Razorback73 hey the mans fit as a fiddle now, after crashing and torturing himself through a cycling event that really didnt showcase the cycling aspect more so than just funny challenges.
The $400 Green Class Japan Rail Pass was 100% worth it on my last trip to Japan. I went to 5 different cities in about a week, and all in style.
I guess this Granclass of about 830 km is about twice as costly as the equivalent 'Business Class" seat on the High Speed Train of 1300 km between Shanghai and Beijing. I have been on the business class of the HST several times, but has not been on the Granclass in Shinkansen but had been on the ordinary class.
11:54 I melted everytime a polite, sweet Japanese girl helped me in Japan. They were always so nice. It's likely just a function of how they do their job but it always made an impression on me.
I cannot like this video enough- Shinkansen, Chris and Risottoro, what an absolute treat!
"Let's make the fastest trains to make the journeys shorter!"
"Let's make the seats so luxurious you feel short-changed by such a short journey!"
@Robert Sneddon french TGV made the world record at ~575 km/h in 2007, chinese fuxing, already run at 350 km/h since 2017 (and run at 420km/h during tests phase), and still continue to improve it's own technologies. I hope and think Japan and China will continue to cooperate to mutually improve their own technologies. They signed an agreement among 15 asian and pacific countries for cooperation (and excluding USA ^^).
@Popopopo They're testing the Alfa-X train in Japan, it should be good for 340km/h or faster on shinkansen right-of-way. It's still not close to commercial service though.
@Luke in commercial use, it runs Shanghai Maglev run at 300kph (take it two tims with 5 or years of distance, and the current speed is wrote on a board. Trains with the fastest commercial speeds, are at 350 kph, TGV in few sections of France high speed network, in Morocco, and in lot of Chinese high speed railway network.No train goes above 320 in Japan (source: last statistics of International Union of Railways)
😂 yap. They like breaking records.
@Luke Maglev (magnetic levitation) lol. That's what I meant. 👍🏻
Cool. Thanks for this. One day I will try. Been to Japan. Tokyo and Kyoto. Took the bullet train back and forth. Great ride. Smooth.
I’m gonna go to Japan just to meet Ryotoro, his presence fills me with joy.
My first trip to Japan, I didn't know about the JR pass. Cost me a small fortune, to take the trains, but soooo worth it!!!!. My 2nd and 3rd trips, I did get and use the JR passes. Saw much or most of the northern country by train. :) I recommend it.
i love japan i actually love the culture and alot more :).
As a tourist who've visited Japan in 2019, I can't recommend the JR Pass enough.
Be warned however, if you buy it in advance, YOU MUST BRING THE ORIGINAL VOUCHER WITH YOU.
There will be no reprints and no acceptance of copies or digital versions. You've lost or forgotten it? Tough love sunshine, buy another one.
So, talking from experience: while you may save a bit by buying it in advance, my advice would be to buy it in-situ at a train station. It may save you a massive headache.
Ok, so you can buy the JR pass in japan until 2021 cause of the olympics however anyways cause of coronavirus it really will not matter. So yeah when this pandemic is over make sure to buy it before you come to japan depending on what JR decides to do.
@Maeda Toshiie Just doing Tokyo - Kyoto - Hiroshima/Miyajima makes it well worth it. Obviously it's not worth it if you stay in the same city, but I think most tourists will visit several cities... especially since the Japanese train network is to pleasing to travel on.
In any case, yes, you're also going to need a Suica or a Passmo.
Hmm, actually, the JR pass is like a cheat code mainly for those who take the Shinkansen.. It's not that worthwhile if you only hang around within a city like Tokyo or Osaka. The JR pass is (obviously) only for JR trains (but not the faster Shinkansen trains), and not all JR buses and ferries. It is not valid for most private trains and subways that are found in the major metropolitan areas. Sticking JR only within Tokyo can make intra-city travelling rather painful.
@Alban that changed some time back. you can buy it in-country now.
5:19 Watching the shinkansen pass doesn't translate well on camera. I experienced this in Himeji and it is really awe-inspiring.
The women laughing at you because you guys missed the train made my day.
Geez, this is my first abroad in japan video and I must say, the editing here is amazing.
I have enjoyed watching this video of the bullet train on a normal train in the UK as I ride from London to Glasgow. A mere 124km per hour.
Please tell me we’re going to get “How luxury is that?” on a shirt
My first thought exactly.
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No, it has to be:
"Different Air:
How luxury is that?"
I’ll take one “Risottoro” shirt please.
Put it in a soundboard
Something I discovered by accident: At Higashi Shizuoka station there is a bridge over the Shinkansen tracks. The trains are so fast, when they pass by the whole bridge shakes very noticably.
Nice to see both of you. Grand class impress me a lot but you need to pay a lot too. Next time when I come to Japan I might try!
The Japanese equivalent to a bureau of tourism must love you. Your content is great!
I hope all everyone in Japan is keeping safe and well during pandemic. You don’t here how they are doing in news .
"freelance peasant" should be your new business card tagline chris
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I think Ryotaro meant “ Freelance person”
Chris if I were you, I would wear that badge with honor! 😂 👍
For real tho, I’m stealing lol 😂
loved it!
This is the most informational channel I've watched about Japan train very helpful especially if you're a tourist 👏👏
Chris: "...It's like the girl approaches the guy, right?"
Ryotaro: "It's always like that."
Chris: [visible confusion] 2:39
My friend taught English in Japan maybe 15 years ago. He said something similar that the Girls are more foward over their? I guess it all depends though?
So much to unpack there (when it comes to Japan and dating XD).