the notification ringtone of tohoku shinkansen always comforts me, i use it as my ringtone on my phone!

That underwater tunnel from Hokkaido to Honshu is still so cool to me.

Very nice train ride. You know it's luxury when you get two tables.

Thank you for your videos STJ. It’s a pure joy to watch your productions!

"it's coupled. I'm single." LOL! Nice one! Even though it was labled "Western" finding roasted green tea is pretty rare in the US. Which is sad, because I love hojicha. It's second only to Tieguanyin, aka Iron Goddess tea, in my heart. The Shinkansen looked AMAZING! I took the train down to New Orleans and it was NOTHING like that. But, I brought enough snacks for five people!

That was a real interesting travel vlog. Your choice of foods looked delicious. Can’t wait for your next vlog.

After a long day at work, watching your videos is always relaxing and reminds me of past travels.

This was great and the train was very beautiful. The meal was VERY light!

Just got back from 14 days in Japan. Had Curry with tonkatsu. SO much better than here in the States. Thank you. We had so much fun and fell in love with Japan. ❤🎉

Another very pleasant video. That beef bento looked good!!

Your way of seeing the world is so awesome. I really enjoy every minute of it!

Haha love this videos its awesome and the mountains so beautiful

Go ekiben go! I would do the same thing. From the few ekiben left in the shop I bet everyone else was just as hungry as you were. Very thoughtful they also wrote the emiben type in English.

My life goal is to visit Japan someday, and I WILL ride the GranClass. 😎 Thanks for another great video STJ!

Nice trip Solo Travel San Thanks for the nice calm trip. God Bless and Be Safe.

Thanks for the video! I am headed to Hokkaido for a race this summer. I didn't know this was even a potential option.

I love your videos.

Solo - San had a very enjoyable train trip.!

Awe, the memories it brings ❤ Thanks for sharing

Great Shinkansen ride.

Love it. I would have ordered more drinks😉

Thank you Solo Travel, very cool!

That menu is top notch!

I plan on going the opposite way as this video some day. I really miss riding the Shinkansen and eating Ekiben...it's wild to think that going from Sapporo Eki to Shin-Hakodate Eki takes almost as much time as going from Shin-Hakodate Eki to Tokyo Eki.

Very nice!

That small meal from the train looks nice but I would be starving. Thanks for the small anxiety when you left the train to buy ekiben 😆When you said after the trains coupled "I'm single", sorry but I had to lol, welcome to a tranquil and almost stress free life STJ ;)

Wish you have a coupled travel Japan channel soon🎉

I haven't bought one of those bento boxes in a train platform store before. I'll have to try it next time I take the Shinkansen.

Wow! I also ride the same Shinkansen as you!

Wow nice video ❤❤

Oh man!! That traffic in Sapporo at the beginning looked like a free-for-all!! 😮

That beef bento is the first bento I've seen that i could actually eat. Very nice train . I agree that 4 bites does not make a light meal.❤

That light meal was extremely light 😅 It was like, 4 bites of food and 2 bites of cake.

Great trip. To be honest, i always mix up the place between Tsuruga and Tsugaru. They coupled, I'm single is make me laugh and realising i'm also single. Thankfully you still got ekiben, and yeah still got the coupling of two Shinkansen.

That is serene and good Japan service :) 그것은 고요하고 좋은 일본 열차 서비스입니다 :)

When I saw that light lunch, I also laughed! That was a snack, not a lunch! Travelling by air, you get a larger meal, so what if you can get booze! So you are correct in saying Plan, Plan, Plan and use a lower class seat for this train.

It's such a long ride, but in winter also such a beautiful ride when there is snow. Still need to try out the Gran Class. Maybe on a day trip to Sendai I might spring the extra money for the Gran Class on the way back to Tokyo just to enjoy all the luxury for once. 🤔

I hope i get to travel to Japan one day. Honestly to see the sights yes but to mainly eat... The food there looks amazing!! Lol

A good trip, no wonder your dozed off after that cocktail of drinks lol - hope no hangover 🤞

Nice train

Thanks

My friend, it's so good to see another amazing video be safe much love have fun for me

I'd love to do this while I'm in Japan, but it's so much cheaper and more convenient to take a domestic flight from Tokyo to Sapporo or the other way. The green car is probably more comfortable though

I havent watch in ages and i miss your videos so muchhhhh now i can binge watch✨✨ Question, how do you know if the shinkansen will stop for a longer duration that will be enough to step out to buy ekiben? Is there actually an announcement? Being prepared with food before the whole ride is what i wld do but u know sometimes things happen and u cld end up not having the time to buy food🥲

Cool 😎

First class beautiful

You know which car is close to the shop? That's real dedication to detail. Edit: oops - spoke too soon.😁

there are two countries on my bucket list Japan and USA. And damm , i must say , Japan looks utterly beautifull .

When the train goes through the tunnel, how do you all hold your breath for 22 minutes without fainting?

Do the ferry companies allow you to show the vehicle/truck transport areas of the ferry? It would be interesting to see how many vehicles are transported per the trips. Thank you for your interesting and entertaining videos.

Nice, unlimited drink😁

Keep sharing sir

When I visit Japan, I’m definitely gonna be riding the Shinkansen a fair bit, as I’d like to visit 3 or 4 cities during a 3 week trip, and for these prices, I think I gotta try the Gran Class! First class service for the cost of an economy class flight, or a non-high speed train ticket at peak season prices here in the UK! The bullet train system continues to lead the way and outshine everything we’ve got here :)

Beautiful ❤

we took the shinkansen from Tokyo to Aomori return a couple months ago - with a couple of side trips on the way back - very nice - green car seats looked like old-fashioned lounge chairs with electric recliners and footrests were slightly short for this six footer - my feet would end up pressed against the back of the seat in front. GranClass looks nicer seats but more expensive so meh. Definitely a way to travel at least once for the experience. Oh yeah - our north-bound train started with the red and green cars joined - red split off at Morioka for Akita I think - green continued north - so you got the reverse sequence.

Grand class, ‘Tis’ grand.

Awwe solo not going un sun flower to Hokkaido? lol😂 jk love the video

Poor Solo - that was not near enough food for you! I think even I might have gotten pretty peckish. Gosh - 22 minutes in a tunnel going almost 200mph...that's an awfully long tunnel, I'm amazed! My ma, who hates tunnels, would definitely not approve. I gotta say, half an hour in one might be a bit much for me! That's wild.

Nice! I was wondering how you would get from Hokkaido to Honshu......

Some of those train platform shops could probably do a fair amount of business if they either delivered meals to people during the stops, or had them ready for quick pickup. You'd likely have to pay in advance of course, but it could work. Especially when you've only got a few minutes per stop!

Oh gorgeous. Yeah, the food is apparently only soso--though all that Western stuff was, as mentioned, pretty exotic even to a Western person! XD--i might well choose Gran Class just to be sure that I'd have comfortable accommodations as a disabled person!

They are coupled. I'm single.😂 It's okay STJ, curry rice is your best wife🍛

What a mammoth machine.

Looks fantastic, but I’m ok with just the Reserved seats on the Hayabusa 😂

Tnaks for the video! Questions is "GranClass" available only for northern routes or is there something alike also for southern (towards Osaka and maybe Kyushu)???

03:05 both E5 and H5 in one shot, very nice! For some unexplicable reason I prefer the JR Hokkoaido's H5 even though from the point of view of the passenger they're the same :)

Don't worry, you'll eventually find someone to be coupled with ^^

Japanilaiset tekevät erittäin mielenkiintoisia matkailuvideoita (kuten tämäkin video), mutta yhtä asiaa olen aina ihmetellyt, että miten he pystyvät syömään aina niin paljon :D

Bro’s trip from Hakodate to Tokyo was filled with luxury Meanwhile when I went the trains were so full we had to stand around in the halls for 4 hours ;-;

ЯПОНИЯ ПОЕЗД БУДУЮЩЕГО...ВСЕ НА КНОПАЧКАХ..КОМФОРТ..МОЛОДЦЫ...БРАВО...🎉🎉🎉🎉🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

I am trying this exact trip this summer, GranClass Hakodate-Tokyo. I agree that the portions size in the "light meal" seems small. Would it be weird to bring an additional bento if also eating the complementary light meal? Or would no one really care?

finally,,, your drinking something good,, wine.

❤❤❤❤

always curious on why was the shinkasen got attached to another train?? hehe i saw it also happens to other trains in other videos of your trip..

Hello Solo. Can one bring inside the Gran Class bento box and drinks?

Japan is so service perfet minded

i laughed when you said train copled and im single hahahaha

@18:33 "they are going to be coupled. I'm single" bwhwhahahaha

Wow it looks like a train from final fantasy 😗

Wow! You sure drank a lot. I wouldn’t be able to walk after that. It looked like a comfortable ride, but there wasn’t enough food. Was there a dining car? Thank you for sharing the experience. From N Carolina, USA

So many free drinks included in the price! Too bad there wasn't any curry! 😂

Oh thank god we got an EKIBEN!! I was worried of starvation. Phew.

Woww. Is this a special class ??

It looks like it was comfortable, even if the food wasn't stellar. Thanks for taking us along!

Solo-san! You also like watching Formula races?? If so, would you want to watch a race in the future?

mmmmm Pound cake. :)

18:45 hahaha good one lmao

Japan is so far ahead of the US in tech and well just about everything.

At first, I wondered why it took so long to reach Hakodate from Sapporo; I had taken a train from Chitose to Sapporo in 2005 that took only 30 minutes. Then I realized I was confusing Hakodate with Tomakomai, which is about 25 to 30 minutes south of Chitose, while one must go completely around Uchiura Bay to reach Hakodate. I need to brush up on my geography…

Are the food and drinks included in the price?

I can't believe you drank all of those different beverages. I hope you weren't sick later.

".... they are coupled. I'm Single." 😂😂😂

Honestly, I thought the Gran Class seats would be more spacious but it looked a bit cramped considering the space between one seat and the one in front. I guess that is because the chairs don't recline into beds which is why it looked cramped.

Im single had me howling 😂

I would love to do that trip if it wasn’t for the long tunnel under the sea! 😬

ハクさん、こんにちは！！ 今日もスタイリッシュに旅行されていますね。最高の航空会社にふさわしいファーストクラスの座席。それは日本航空ですよね？ 赤ワイン・白ワイン・日本酒・ビール!!アルコールをカットするために水とリンゴジュースを加えてください、ははは すべて順調であることを願っています。

I didn’t Know there’s a district in Japan called Hayabusa, reminds me of the legendary Suzuki Hayabusa…Japan is literally 50 years ahead of the rest of the world in overall development.Your vlogs are very informative. Thank you, STJ San!

I thought Japan was a very conservative country when it came to 'Public Displays of Affection', yet they allow their trains to couple in public...lol....😂😅😊🤣

Can JR Pass holders avail of Gran class on Shinaknsen?

So what was the 4th dish?