many thanks for posting. I used to ride this train almost thirty years ago. This video brings back memories of my school days. warm air of April afternoon,cherry blossom,shilly chat with friends....
JR West: the Hanwa and the Osaka Loop Line Kishuji Rapid Service train for Kyobashi via Osaka STOPS: 0:00 和歌山 Wakayama 4:05 六十谷 Musota 8:12 紀伊 Kii 18:33 和泉砂川 Izumi-Sunagawa 24:32 日根野 Hineno 31:57 熊取 Kumatori 37:17 東岸和田 Higashi-Kishiwada 42:07 和泉府中 Izumi-Fuchu 47:08 鳳 Otori 51:41 三国ケ丘 Mikunigaoka 53:55 堺市 Sakaishi 1:02:00 天王寺 Tennoji ↓The Osaka Loop Line from Tennoji↓ 1:04:15 新今宮 Shin-Imamiya 1:11:45 弁天町 Bentencho 1:14:41 西九条 Nishi-Kujo 1:20:23 大阪 Osaka 1:24:32 天満 Temma 1:26:17 桜ノ宮 Sakuranomiya 1:28:40 京橋 Kyobashi TIPS1: The word "Kishuji" in the name of this train means an old word that refers to the road from Osaka to Wakayama. TIPS2: In the Sakai City , around areas of Sakaishi, Mikunigaoka and Mozu stations are dotted with ancient tombs that have been designated a UNESCO cultural heritage site. The Sakai City is also known as the city of matchlock gun craftsmen in the sengoku period (15-16th century). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai TIPS3: The Osaka Loop Line is a complex route with many branch lines. Some special trains, such as the limited express Haruka, which connects Kansai Airport to major stations such as Kyoto, do not go to Osaka Station. These trains branch off to the left from the Osaka Loop Line beyond Nishi-Kujo Station (1:16:01) and go to Shin-Osaka Station through the freight tracks. Shin-Osaka Station is a little out of the center of the Osaka area, but you can transfer to the Shinkansen.
Thanks, this type of trivia is interesting to me. Looking at so many things! Listening in on the passengers in the background! Japanese talk so fast...!
Thank you for posting this. We visited Japan for a fortnight around six years ago; but used the Skinkansen to get round. Anb d we certainly didn't see Japan during 'blossom-time'. This is lovely.
Aha, I just noticed something interesting; notice the absence of trash within the confines of the railway itself. if you ever take a train within any major U.S. cities, the amount of trash you see along such is overwhelming. This is a society that respects its environment. Thanks for the video, I love it...
Indeed. I've been to several Scandinavian countries in the past, and they used to be super clean, as well. Note I've said super clean, because these have been getting a Muslim influx as of late...
This must be the rapid train (limited stops). I worked in Wakayama for about a year. I lived about half an hour north. I've done that part of the trip a couple of hundred times. This video brings back memories.
Awesome trip, love the many Cherrie blossoms along the railway line. That must be a very busy line as the signals are very close together. Great video.
Note the silver-colored boxes on posts at crossings (e.g. 2:41). These cover the road crossing with light beams, which detect vehicles remaining inside the crossing.
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どうもありがとう！A fascinating early morning Spring journey through an unremitting congested, concrete and steel landscape, only broken by occasional pink cherry blossoms. Amazing how many trains use the same lines, often only a short station ride apart requiring a high level of traffic organization ! Many different colored trains. In Japan they travel on the left, I wasn't aware of that. Noticed greater separation of points. Trains barely crawled as Osaka approached. Very interesting & informative.
Thank you for the nice trip. Pretty Japan. I am especially tickled by the music played after the train blows its horn. ( example: 11:32 ). As if, "GET OUT OF THE WAY! Please excuse the rudeness."
As a teacher to a friend....(as kindly as I can) I'd like to share with you another way of saying "tickled" I really like the music played, or I thought the music played after the train blew its whistle was cute or adorable or kind of silly...We just don't daily use the word tickled...did you mean cute? Kawaii...or like, interesting?...that adjective in the usa changes often...and probably east coast might say one way, and west, another and still the texan usa people another and british another...hmmmm well anyway...gambate ne...(Good luck with it all)...
Nice video, much appreciated in HD. In addition, interesting train designs on the route, minimally four different ones, one archaic, two others appear to be modernistic and the last one the latest confusing, modernistic train with the cab located at the top of the train, but, nevertheless a beautiful train. Thanks.
Thank you very much for this video! Quick question, what's that alarm that goes off at roughly 11:33-11:36? Heard it a few other times throughout the video but not sure what it's for...
Japan+train+cherry blossoms=LOVE. QUESTION: why do so many light signals along the road keep flashing so slowly? Is that a way to save on electricity, or to show a special speed reduction, or...?
Great Video! Can anyone tell me is the bumps going on in the back-round from the train itself or the track? I was just wondering. Thanks! Dan W. April 23, 2019
Interesting how many crossings there are, each with their own lights and barriers, so there's no need for all that constant blaring of horns you get in America. Are the signals at e.g. 26:00 actually flashing, or is it an effect of the camera?
This effect is due to camera and signal 'phasing' - never happens when incandescent light source is used, but most, if not all railway signals use led technology now which does have this strange aberration it even happens on model railways ( apparent on some my OO gauge 'cab ride' trips ! ) but there ARE signals which do flash for the reasons given by the commentator above.
AUTOBAUN OF SAN DIEGO its not savings LED them selfs save a lot of power and besided you want signals to be visible as much as you can, there no space for savings here. lights are AC powered so they blink in same frequincy as the changeing current and if camera framerate and AC power freqincy dont align they may dissaper in camera, with LED it is more prominant as LED has faster reaction time to changing current compire to normal bolbs which cool down longer.
with some of the inclines those trains go up they must have an amazing traction system. and to the people who have replied on here that have travelled on the line. are they expensive trips. what would it cost to go from Wakayama to Osaka.
Thank you for a very enjoyable video, surprised at how close the buildings are packed together when the train gets nearer the city...didn't understand the signals which kept fading and coming back... were they faulty or is that the norm ??
It's just an effect (that I don't claim to be able to explain fully, so don't quote me on the "technical terms"!) of the interaction between the light emission frequency of the signals and the frame rate of the video camera. The signal lights as seen by the human eye don't in fact fade off and on in that way.
Felicitó a todos los que estuvieron que ver con este video bien hecho también me gustaría ver con la calidad de este video otras partes de la ciudad fuera de la ciudad túneles puentes montañas
you're in Korea... that is close...Japan will welcome you...they welcomed me...and I rode one of these very trains on this very route...dozo yoroshiku!
Also nice to hear pleasant female voice over PA announcing stations in English ! Station guards on every platform, politely acknowledging train's arrival ! Commuter dress code very subdued. NO GRAFFITI ...yeah !!!
I'd expect a train from Wakayama to Osaka to end up at Tenoji station, from the southeast. But the train in this video ends up at Kyobashi station, coming in from the north. So I take it this train followed the route of the Osaka Loop Line clockwise? Or did camera and driver change trains at Tenoji? And yikes, the English station announcer on this train sucks. For example, "Nishikujo" gets pronounced "NEESHK-cho" repeatedly, just dropping the middle two syllables entirely. I pity any American travelers on board trying to find specific stations; they'd better have GPS navigators in hand.
Its an adventure alright...gives the Japanese more of a chance to help us poor gaijin out...which by the way, I'm very much endebted to you kind Nihongin...see you again soon....love and peace to all...memories, memories...
i can't help but feel that had canada invested in this kind of infrastructure rather than on bullshit like the military & olympic games during the last 40 years, we could have a high speed train running from windsor, ontario, to quebec city, perhaps even a trans-canada bullet train; today, alas, canada is so far behind when it comes to public transportation, it ain't funny; we're too addicted to oil...
Dave, Canada is not the size of Japan. Japan has a huge population with small landmass (in fact 80% mountains) thus making it economically viable for this kind of infrastructure. And in the big cities in Japan it is not as convenient to own a motor car as the congestion is a factor. But in countries like the US, Canada and Australia with low density populations it makes sense to use trucks and cars. Look at Amtrak in the US, it is a very unsuccessful business and is heavily subsidized by the US taxpayer. In the last 30 years many Amtrak services have been streamlined or closed because it is too costly to operate. The military is a good investment because it protects the country and citizens. Or do you generally leave your door open so criminals can come and steal stuff from your house? Security is security.
nihongo02341 yeah, thanks for the lessons in economics, geography, logistics & infrastructure, but it was unnecessary, as i knew all that, but thanks for your concern... btw; your argument about the military? let's just agree to disagree, because i disagree with your argument... especially the "leave your door open" argument... disregarding its irrelevance, why would we need a military presence in our cities when there is police presence already in place? overkill is overkill...
Apart from a few instances of slab track, the ties *are* there: I think it's just a combination of the view angle and the image resolution, especially at speed, that makes it difficult to see them clearly most of the time. Look at the very bottom of the image, though (immediately in front of the train), and you will often be able to spot them.
this is extremely hard, as you need to gain special permision from the Railway in charge of the shinkansen. that being said some japanese tv programs do gain permision to do that (i apologies if i do some clumsy engrish, i'm from Argentina)
