FIRST CLASS TRAIN Across Japan 🇯🇵 (Overnight on "SHIKI-SHIMA")

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The creator documents a two-day luxury rail journey across Japan aboard the Shiki Shima, an exclusive train featuring only 17 suites. The trip begins at Tokyo's Ueno Station and follows a route that includes stops in Niigata and the Yamanashi wine region. The creator highlights the train's unique design, which includes observation cars that double as engines and a two-story lounge car named Korabi. Throughout the journey, the creator explores the high-end amenities, such as the spacious suites equipped with Japanese-style toilets and sliding doors. A significant portion of the experience focuses on the culinary offerings, which include Michelin-star quality meals prepared by executive and guest chefs, ranging from French-Japanese fusion to traditional local specialties like raw horse meat. The creator also details the excursion process, where passengers depart the train via a dedicated lounge to visit local villas and wineries. The journey concludes back in Tokyo, with the creator reflecting on the seamless integration of modern luxury and traditional Japanese aesthetics, as well as the unique cultural experience of traveling on a premier tourist train.
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this is the coolest train we've ever traveled on
we are the only non Japanese passengers on this train and the staff have been so kind to us already
the plating and flavors are what you'd expect from a Michelin star restaurant not a kitchen on a train
it was the most Exquisite train we've ever seen
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