I loved the smoothness of the ride, never jolted, and sound of it, so serene.

I'm a fan of Japanese railways are with me right after the Swiss. Great video and most of all the trains and the famous Japanese Shinkansen :) 私はすべてのファンがポーランド日本から心のこもった挨拶を回し送る

Japan is such a fabulous country. I visited Japan in April '06 with my wife and daughter. We really loved the beautiful country and the Japanese people trated us so well. We spent one night away in the Fujyia Hotel in Hakone and we did a return daytrip on the Shinkansen 700 to Kyoto. I can't wait to go back to japan, we loved the place so much.

wow, this train is amazing-looking, i didn't see any like these when i was in japan, The Shinkansen are SO much better than air travel.

shinkansen is the best train i ever seen. :)

It's like an Airplane for the ground, incredible stuff.

Of all the Japanese trains ever made I like the design of the 500 Series best.

i would like to travel to japan only to take one ride in this! incredible

私はより多くの500シリーズは、すべての新幹線から見て最高です同意could'nt

The 500 series Shinkansen looks so futuristic & modern, i love the way it slides past the platform looking so sleek...

That is one very sleek looking train - Almost like "Concorde" on wheels. It almost looks like it should be flying as opposed to running on rails... Even the Platform looks sleek. Im very impressed!!! 5* from England

Absolutely the best travel experience of my life. Bento box , a beer, Speeding past Fuji in total comfort in standard class.

Other Shinkansen trains may be faster but the 500 is the most beautiful one for me. Thanks for uploading.

Thank you really for praising Shinkansen. It is very glad as the Japanese. However, these series500 have not operated it any longer any longer as Nozomi. It runs as Kodama between Shin-Osaka and Hakata now.

I've been on the Shinkansen many times and it never fails to take my breath away. Compared to England the trains are so much more efficient and cleaner. Japan wa hontoni sugoi :)

Japanese trains are so bloody brilliant. I went on the Shinkansen and it is not just a technological masterpiece; it is also a work of art.

Wow! That is amazing! Quiet interior! Japan is so amazing! Wish we had something like that here in the US.

Are they not the most fantastic looking train on this planet. I travelled on the "slow" Shinkansen in 2006. only 265Kph, but oh soooo smooth. A wow trip. you get served by a woman who enter your carriage and bows, serves (communication was difficult to say the least) at the other end of the carriage she politely bows before leaving the carriage....nice.

This is why I respect Japanese people. They contribute to the progress of our kind. Unlike some people who are too busy fighting over whose 1000 year old myths and believes are true.

Car after car... You can get hypnotized by that.

I was amazed by the gap between the platform and the train as it was pulling into the station. It was so consistent! Perfection !

Felt like I was really there!

WOW! I'am glad that you shot this in HD :) Nice vid!

i love how they all looks different.

AMAZING!!!!! Nice and clean, amazing interior and exterior, very shiny, they probably polish their trains daily. I would LOVE to ride one of those! ^_^ Also like my older borther, WE LOVE JAPAN!!!!!! JAPAN RULES!!!! Especialy their anime! LOTS to love about Japan!

This makes me REALLY nostalgic, because I have the toy version of this, and I used to play with it with the train tracks from Tomica when I was really young. I think I'm about to cry. LOL

This has to be the sexiest train on the planet.

The stations and trains are so clean... Hard to find a clean train or station in nyc lol

@ Hatohatohato100 thx for that info :)

They are really good with their technology.

Cool train!

running fast trains in open tracks...incredible

I saw. It is very wonderful! It was impressed!

Wow, that is awesome!

English Translation: If you were to compare the two with sumo, the Shinkansen would be the Yokozuna (strongest) and the TGV would be the Ozeki (2nd Strongest). The only aspect the TGV actually is better than its Japanese couterpart is speed, but that is because of geological factors, not technological ones. If you look at the total systems themselves (train sets, schedule management etc), the Shinkansen is miles ahead of the TGV. Some of the French actually say this too.

how fast does that thing ride for that train looks like japans pride and joy :D

the train design is cool

YEAH DUDE IT........... LIKE......... NEVER ENDS

500 series is a universal good！！

This is a really lovely way to get around.

Awesome. Amazing. Much love for Japan.

Best train in the world at one of the best places in the world!

That is amazing....i have never seen a train like that in person....

I would really like to travel in a train of this magnitude :)

I miss riding those. Very cool video!

that is one cool train :D !

Sweet Video...!! Awesome Train...!!

wow really big and fast :D looks great I'd like to see them live and travel by them :D

beautiful :D

WOW! very2 big, long and fast!! awesome

that was awesome

They are seriously beautiful trains.

extremely aerodynamic shape ... damn . Nice

Awesome!

This is extraordinary~ technological feast of engineering

beautiful..just look at it....so beautiful...

nice... from inside it seems to be same speed as virgin trains (london to preston)

it looks so cool

Such a beautiful train.

Fantastic !! Here in my country argentina all is down !!!! poor and robbery lol !!!! CONGRATULATIONS

beautiful train bullet trains r the best

Fantastic, another view nd sensation, than TGV and EUROSTAR what i was travell. Greetings for that movie !

Excellent!

@jasosiva About 320 metres which is the approximate length of 16 car shinkansens in Japan. It's all on Wiki.

yup i agree, and its punctuality its amazing, always on time.

Beautifiul! And it accelerates very qiuck...

that's such a nice train

Ah thanks, :)

excellent design

The amazing point is that we do not have any graffiti in any train in Japan.

@Gerwalk1982 The TGV reaching this speed is just an overtuned version witch only purpose was to reach the world record the normal TGV is far slower. The fastest train produced in series is the Siemens Velaro.

@dedavede About 400m.But this 500series were retired from "Nozomi"super express,and restored to 8 cars of "Kodama"super express of Sanyo-Shinkansen.

@fullfolle Hello. Time between Kyoto to Tokyo is 2 hours and 21 minute. Price of the ticket is 13,720 yen.

It is a engineering masterpiece =*)

@obachanatkobe thank you that was very helpful :)

@jasosiva train's length is 25m for a car.one train's length is multiply 16cars=400m. there are over 1300 seats in a train.

@CristianGMinimal Its bout 13,000 yen a single ticket from Kyoto to Tokyo.

It's an awesome ride.

not yet... but in 2008 was denoted to Kodama service between Shin-Osaka and Hakata stations with only 8 cars

you are right really.i agree with you.

Very cool. How long did the trip take (Kyoto - Tokyo)?

so cool

also im going to ride this in about 2 months when im in japan... :D

How long is that thing??

The train is so long！How many carriges are there in one train？

Yeah, you're right! Just forgot - maybe coz I haven't ridden any ICE yet

@jr2nd Yeah, stations in Japan are much bigger. Even in the underground, the trains are way bigger than the london tube.

its reminds me of the opening credits of spaceballs where the spaceship is seemingly endless.

Very nice.

Looks awesome. Is this one better then the Siemens Velaro E (AVE S-103)? =)

@1982FMJ When I went on a Shinksnsen 700 on a day return trip from Tokyo in April '06, I found the train very comfortable and I had good room. I never went on a 500 Shinkansen unfortunately.

Futuristic

We (the UK) now have class 395 Hitachi trains, only on one line though.

@ewind55 The fact is, there's one person died in the Shinkasen before. But it wasn't accidental or JR's fault. It was an heart attack. But it wasn't because of the train speed or something,,. But the legend of Japanese shinkansen safty history was made especially right after that mega- earth quake. None of opperated shinakansen went off the rail. Can you imagine that?

Would this correspond more closely to the US's AmTrak or Chicago's El / NYC's subway system?

how fast do they go?

Ahaha, That's the fact... On main corridor for Shinkansen, Tokaido-Sanyo lines, normally 16 carriages, yes, 16, and total length 1/4 mile - 400 mtrs. When train leaves Tokyo station and the head or nose, you say, reaches next local station (Yurakucho - Shinkansen pass there, of course) the tail, or, last carriages are still within Tokyo station. I have walked from the top to the last carriage while travelling, once. Silly.

how fast is this series of trains?

good god that thing is massive!

I live in Nagoya．I’ve got 500 serise KODAMA once.