Making Good Use of the Sleeper Train in Japan | Sunrise Express 

My middle son loves trains. We took him on a train trip for his birthday last month- it was a dinner theatre sort of thing with a very elegant meal, and a murder mystery to solve. He loved it. I have shared your train videos with him, and now he wants to try this, too.

Honestly, the idea of sleeper trains with beds sounds amazing to me, you can stay somewhere later than you usually could if you needed to take other transportation methods, sleep on the train, and be somewhere new early the next day.

I love how they play "I've been working on the railroad" song when coupling. That's hilarious. Dinah blow your horn!!!

Sometimes, we can enjoy life's simple pleasures such as watching a great travel video like we're doing now! Thanks for this!

Modern Railroad coupling is always fun and quite interesting to watch. Train crew skills are remarkable and their patients are tested as they try to match pins and links while coupling cars. Wow!💚

Never get bored... That masive window, It's a dream sleeper night train.

Even the most mundane things look amazing through your eyes. ありがとうございました.

I had written off the idea of going to Asia because of my age (79) and the time required to get there from Florida. But I am so fascinated by these videos that I am going to go!

The Sunrise Express is on my bucket list 😍

"Carbs meet carbs" was exactly what I think whenever I have one of those yakisoba buns!

The relaxing sleep i would have if i went on this

I really love this channel. I might not comment always, but please know I enjoy all of your hard work.

The famously on-time Japanese train was late! Unthinkable!

That Sun ☀️ rise was very very Kool 👍🤗 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

The sun rise is still beautiful even with the clouds

I may have watched too many Japan travel videos…I spent the first 13 minutes yelling “go buy a shower card!”😅

Japan has a wonder rail system. All the trains are well kept and cozy. If only we had the same thing in the U.S.

3:03 is when you hear the satisfying music from the station I need to trainspot in japan someday

Well done getting yourself to Tokyo in time *and* getting material for an entertaining vid!

I love your little quirky comments

Sunrise looks great!

The natural sunrise 🌅 and the Sunrise express both are amazing 👏

I love hojicha. I drink it hot and iced. Good choice!

I honestly wish i could travel as much as you all thos experiences ill never have😭

I'm giggling at the "I've been working on the railroad" song in the background.

I know I say this everytime but I just love your videos. They make me so happy! 🥰

I like how there's probably 5 other people taking video for their RU-vid channel. But of course yours is best 😉

Lovely. Greetings from Canada.

Another great vid pal

ooh cool im early! love your videos they help me go to sleep because they calm me down

haha it's funny because I was watching your other one talking about this one 😂

Two things I can count in in your videos: sunrise and noodles.

clearly remember old days that experienced sunrise izumo trian almost 20years ago. that travel was so amazing ever have..

A lovely video. Thank you.

Your trains are so clean and quiet. They travel so smoothly. They put our (US) trains to shame.

Years ago I took a sleeper train from Istanbul, Turkey to Sofia, Bulgaria. We had to stop and wake up at around 2 AM at the border, to disembark and queue single file, outside, at a utilitarian, concrete communist-era border post, so that three (3) men in uniform could each look at our passports through a small window (one sitting, two standing behind him, peering over his shoulder and looking up at each of us suspiciously like a scene out of Wes Anderson). The facilities were equipped with a squat toilet. Yes, on a train. Despite this, and two other instances of being awoken for on-train inspection of our passports and visas, I found the trip delightful. It was quite a bit shakier than the Sunrise Express (now think about the squat toilet again), but the rocking of the train actually helped me sleep. And the view over the landscape after the sun rose was gorgeous, and absolutely unforgettable. A very unique experience and actually one I quite cherish.

If you listen carefully, when the trains are coupling. You will hear them playing "I've been working on the railroad."

As always, a great video!

That train is clean and nice.

Nice

This makes riding a US train seem like taking a trip in a “Covered Wagon.”

Beautiful

I was expecting you to do a survey about our best forms of transportation in Japan 👍🏾😎

Love the video

Great video

Thanks Much !.

😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲 I'm so jealous! 💖

Be safe ❤

Only six minutes of warm water? My wife would have a fit.😀

There was no curry rice in this video

No watermelon storage, but a very nice train. Thank you.

Nice! The getting locked out of room was kinda funny and worrisome :) BTW, How did they get the train started back if they had no power supply?

I recognize that cabin from Abroad in Japan's channel... Ryotaro had it in one of the videos... It's weird seeing crossover from other channels. Edit: Natsuki, not Ryotaro...

Home of Aqours

forgetting the door code had my anxiety going for a bit lol. glad you got into your room and made your appointment, though have you seen any intersting/weird/fun things on your travels? like, fish swimming near the ferry?

Great trip. I'm curious, when I watched Sunrise Express, I haven't see this train met another Sunrise Express from the other side.

Why do they use buckwheat husks for pillows and are they comfortable? BTW, I liked your commentary on the trains coupling, really cute. You have a great sense of humor and I'm definitely looking forward to your next video.

At the last shot I could not help but notice the various coloured placement instructions on the platform. Do they denote various lines where we should stand and wait or what are they instructing us to do.? It looked very interesting.

I like your videos 👍 When comes to get hotel reservations, Do you recommend do it i n advance? And what site do you recommend. I traveled to Kyoto from Tokyo, and I found the best way to get a hotel was at the train station, the tourist info office (this was before the smart phone era) Do you think 🤔 still a good option now that you can Google anything and make a reservation on your phone?

'Bukkake' udon....I'm not sure I want to know. :-)

Either Japan has far fewer people than I thought or STJ has an incredible ability to make busy places seem empty.

Da waren drei Arbeiter mit dem gelben helmen

Always you the same 4 numbers. 5972 is the 4 numbers on the Harry Potter train. :)

You should use your year of birth as the 4 digit code to lock your room! or you could use your day and month when you were born

Just 2 buns, cause I already had dinner lol

Hi , what type of camera do you use? Kindly

You didn't say 'Here we go' so You deserved being 'single traveler' :) Just joking: another great trip and first wedding in Your travel :) PS: congrats to Mr and Mrs Sunrise ;) Im hoping they will have many little expresses in future :D

And he did kiss the bride 😊

6 7 8 9. I remembered your numbers

I cant seem to find a proper website to book tickets. Only book the whoke JR pass. How can i book just a ticket?

Sleeper train only in Japan.

If it happens in the daytime it’s called a wedding, if it happens late at night it’s a booty call 🤫

WHATZ HE DOING ON THE TRAIN TRACK ==guess stealing every persons bag ==??ha,. ha,.== more ha,. ha,. I say the train just made L.U.V xox

Hii, early

Where are the people.?

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This is possibly the least impressive Japanese train I've seen on your channel, functional for sure but that's about it. You've been on some very nice trains before, guess I've just been spoiled by watching them.

STJ enjoys some fine dining courtesy of 7-11, and manages to evade his fellow passengers and train personnel who are on the look out for "suspicious behavior".

Bukkake noodles will always be funny 😆

I love how it played "I've been working on the railroad" while they were working on the train. 😄😄

With your love of sunrises, you should come to New Zealand some time. The East Cape of the North Island of New Zealand is the first place to see the sun each day because of proximity to the International Date Line. Unfortunately, we only have 2 real ferry routes and our trains are pretty limited. We have a few excellent tourist train routes, but the local and intercity routes leave a lot to be improved on.

Japan's train networks and services are awesome!!! Thank you for sharing this amazing trip with us. I want to go too!!!

Every time I have gone to Japan, I have taken sleepers. Watching them slowly disappear as the decades have gone by has been a sad experience, but I suppose it really is better and more convenient to arrive by a super fast train rather than a much slower train you sleep on, but I can't help but think the sleepers were a more fulfilling experience.

Your content is peak! So satisfying to watch before going to sleep

When you first demonstrated the door lock, I thought I'd be just the sort of person who forgets his number and has to track down the conductor!

My first time witnessing a trains marriage 💑

Oh my gosh, they start playing "I've Been Working On The Railroad" at 4:36 when the trains are coupling! 😁

Thanks for showing the coupling. I was on the Hayabusa and didn't get off in time to see it uncouple from the other train. It looks so neat when Shinkansen do it. I love stuff like that.

You should've showed us the code for the door, now you got karma :)

seen many channels use this train.....ive learned to first get the shower card or it sells out fast. those guys you saw at start were prob rushing to the car that sold the cards. i have a feeling some may buy more then one since its 6 min. ive seen them sell out with not a busy night. good luck next time you take that train lol.

Sleeper trains are amazing! I someday wish to go on one. However it's very expensive here in Canada 🇨🇦

I miss you showing your fancy socks in every video.

I'm sorry but when you write bukkake I have a whole different image that I'd rather not have LOL Your snack choices are always interesting.

It's amusing that they're playing "I've Been Working on the Railroad" while the two trains are coupled.

Door code is so secret even you can't recall what it was 🤭

My man eats big like me, love it.

Trains coupling and hot carb on carb action? I thought this was a family channel! 😂

Thank you for taking us along on your train adventure.

Forgetting your berth code is always a worry I used to have with digital locks. So I come up with a single code that I always use. It is random for anyone else but I never forget it because I always use the same one. Glad you got to Tokyo in time even with the delay! Great video. Thanks!

Actually, I am taken aback by the way the Shinkansen looks: worn out and rather dirty! Not the "beer bottles rolling on the floor" kind of dirty, but still... Unclean! Not the image I have of the Shinkansen. And for the PIN: just use your birthday. Noone aboard should know it, so it's sufficiently safe. And you can remember it.