Japan's last sleeper train: The Sunrise Express from Okayama to Tokyo 

So are you Tokyo bound still?

Me too!

Ive already visited there already i rode the sunshine express

ninejack1 this is Japan.

Hussain Saherwala @Yes I knew the review is in Japan and I living here!!! I mean right now I came back to Thailand never take sleeper train like this before; -))

Sleeper carriages have a been a thing, depending on who you ask, for 150-200 years.

Or vice versa.

I've always mused on this, but found it makes little difference either way.

Mark Smith which do you find has more privacy?

I've now put the berth charges at www.seat61.com/Japan.htm#Sleeper_trains

yeah, i've seen it after i submitted my reply. thanks man!

Yup, all covered. Except the private compartment charge on the sleeper. But nobinobi berths would have been covered with no extra charge.

Couldn't get into the A types. And it was megabucks for a B type as it was...

Yes, exchange rates are always a problem in Japan.

I took the same train twice last year and once was in the nobinobi open plan carriage and there is not even a curtain on the sides between each "berth". Infact some old man/lady instead of stepping straight out into the corridor crouched and stumbled over about 5 berths including mine at 2am before stepping into the corridor part. Gave me the fright of my life!

Rh presents mr bored gaming yes (usually by 12am)

If you get on this night train bound for Tokyo during near the summer solstice, you can see Mt.Fuji from the train.

I took it up to Tokyo at the start of October last year and even though it was still before 6am it was already light. Unfortunately there was a lot of cloud cover. The best time for clear skies for views of Fujisan is actually winter but I'm not sure if it's light when passing at that time of year.

IF you have the JR rail Pass , you can just pay the Upgrade price.

neither, it's 3ft 6 in narrow gauge

railroadmovie

Don't like how they just stand there with their phones glued

Slower than NOZOMI Shinkansen.

120㎞/h on narrow gauge(1067mm)

Yip. You can pick up ekiben Station kiosk prepared meal boxes, and other food and drinks, including beer or shochu etc from station kiosks or 7-11 convenience stores nearby and then either eat it in your compartment or go to the lounge area shown in the video which is what I did.

Amtrak sleepers are so run-down in comparison

I don't know about the normal Amtrak sleepers. I've taken the roomette which was way smaller than this.

@@yasukiwi I was referring to the deluxe compartments, which have an ensuite bathroom, shower and a double bed.

Just see how clean Japanese train is, do we (Indians) want someone to visit and see our dirty trains?

Please check his website, he already has visited INDIA, travled by the train and listed Darjeeling toy train as one of his favorite trains to ride!

tejas,gaatiman,rajdhaniand shatabdi exp aure clean and luxurious, if he wants more then he can spend more money and opt for roya or decan odyssey exp.

@@ameykulkarni8005 hh Ot

@@Mrvickywatson Hot

Chandan Kumar wait for 50 years. We might get it

We don't deserve this train till we Learn how to maintain our railways and stop stealing and damaging indian railways.

The train won’t last in a week.....damaged!!

yea chandan kumar everyone is right

Marcelo César are you sure, the t looks bigger

You are correct, its 1067mm.

To get from A to B AND save the expenses of a night at hotel at the same time. (same thing people do with overnight buses)

China and Japan when the bidding of high-speed rail suddenly came to a problem on the border between China and India. China voluntarily withdrew from the bidding and finally learned that Japan's high-speed rail bid three times higher than China and 50 years of 0 interest. Japan and India's media did not report . Only China Enterprises announced the tender figures, I believe the two governments willfully provoke the border issue between China and India from corruption and black money .The people are always cheated and india government control the media to hate China. This is the purpose of the Japanese and Indian governments for embezzlement. Therefore, the United States and Russia will only find China's to built train railway,China has opened up its technology to 102 countries,Japan's Shinkansen currently has only Taiwan overseas,good luck Indians . Japan's maintenance fee is the world's most expensive,and not open technology, the government manipulated the media brainwashing , Japan and Indian government never ending corruption and black money. Global as we all know, cracking down corruption is a top priority in China

Because there are still some areas not served or well connected to the super-express trains, or if you need to be somewhere quite early in the morning and even the earliest super-express train will not arrive in time, which was the case one of the times I took this train last year. Infact despite the shinkansen now going as far as Hokkaido, the travel options by train to get to Sapporo are actually worse than before, because the last Hokkaido Shinkansen leaving Tokyo is only about 6-7pm. There are no later options or early morning option that would allow you to get to Sapporo by say 8 or 9am for a meeting. So basically JR East and JR Hokkaido have given all the business they had from several sleeper trains to the airlines.

Some people prefer to travel by ship, even though they can fly. That is the feeling of people who ride sleeper trains in Japan. Of course, the number of sleeper trains is decreasing year by year.