Once you have ridden on the Shinkansen, nothing else compares.

The Shinkansen trains are very wide (3.36 meters, compared to about 2.9 meters for most continental European trains), which means that there's plenty of space for even the longer journeys on the 2+3 seating sections. I travelled from Tokyo to Kyoto - a journey of about 3 hours on a Hikari semi-fast service - in the regular seats, and it never became uncomfortable for even a moment. The leg room is amazing and the seat width is actually better than what you'll find on a British intercity train.

The Shinkansen is such a gold standard of high speed train

The cleanliness and smoothness of the Shinkansen trains is simply UNMATCHED! 😯

The Japanese are really the masters of rail transportation whether it's speed or the interior or exterior design . They've got different types of trains for different journeys and they're all very fascinating.

The front end looks like an Alfa Romeo Giulietta. ;D

Japan's trains are undoubtedly among the best in the world. And the variety of services and rolling stock on offer is wonderfully crazy. Fantastic video, Superalbs!

The Shinkansen never disappoints, despite the high fares. Very fast, very modern, and quite punctual (as expected for a Japanese train service). The Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen will definitely going to be extended to Hakata, but it's not the only line JR is building now. If you think this is fast, wait until the Chuo Shinkansen opens. It will operate with Maglev technology, so it is an absolute rocket ship. 🚀

The trains in Japan are surely up there with the best in the world. Great video bringing back great memories.

Thanks for this! The entire Shinkansen experience is always a pleasure. There's no real equal to Japan's rail network.

I love Japan.

What you got there was a JR Kyushu N700S train assigned to Nagasaki depot which itself got destroyed on August 9th 1945 and rebuilt afterwards. Long-term plan of the route is that it will join the Kyushu Sanyo Shinkansen line Kyoto Osaka Kobe Kagoshima via Hiroshima and Fukuoka which was the old US Itazuke Air Force Base.

Rode it in april. Those reserved seats are amazing! Better than most 1st class seats.

Finally a video of Japan! N700S is my favourite train, great video!

Welcome to Japan! Thank you for introducing the Nishikyushu Shinkansen. You are investigating it in great detail, I was interested.

Japan is the best

Already the most reliable Alfa Romeo vehicle ever made

I've been really looking forward to your videos on japanese trains!

Love every video you post….especially love the accuracy of the information!! Thank you for such detailed videos ❤️

Some spots were so beautiful 😍😍😍, the infrastructure is AMAAAAAZING AND VERY CLEAN, WOOOOW🤩🤩🤩🤩

Very nice. I was in Japan about a month after this video was uploaded. Traveled between Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka on the Hikari line via JRPass. It's a shame that the prices for the JRPass have gone up so much. Was convenient to use it on the Yamanote and Chuo/Sobu lines. Anyhow, if anyone here ever gets a chance to ride the shinkansen, make sure to pick up ekiben (station bentō). There are few things more luxurious than eating delicious food while speeding through Japan.

Great trip report Superalbs!

Looks wonderful. Thanks for the comprehensive review … getting excited for my first trip to Japan. 🤩

Great trip, finally you visiting Japan and trying their brand new Shinkansen at brand new track. I hope the Takeo Onsen to Hakata line can be completed as soon as possible. And yeah can't wait for another Japanese Train trip in this channel.

Beautiful trains 👍❗ And the landscapes in Japan are so beautiful ❗

Wow that stations sparkles with cleanliness!

Japan always appears litter free.

Japan's trains are simply the best in the world. It's in their culture of perfection. I've had the pleasure of riding the Shinkansen a few times. Tokyo to Osaka, Osaka to Hiroshima, and a few main JR routes. Nothing comes close, not even the German ICE or French TGV which I've also ridden.

Amazing train!

Found your videos recently. Great reviews! For sure the best for trains

Very comprehensive video, thank you for your dedication 🥂

Wow ! While watching the video, I followed the line on Google Maps sat view. There are a couple points were the viaduct between 2 tunnel mouths is only 15, maybe 20 meters long ! I measured 25 meters on another one... This line is closer to a high-speed metro than to a usual high-speed line. Google Maps doesn't show the line completed yet, several parts are building sites and many others are like finished. But there's a very accurate dashed line displayed if you activate the transportation layer. You can follow the line entirely, even when it's in the long tunnels.

Thanks for covering the Shinkansen. I appreciate the video.

Speechless. The level of service on this line is just superb.

I live in Japan, and I must say - it was great to hear you nail the pronunciation of the placenames etc. Usually people butcher them and it hurts my ears. Good stuff. Easy sub.

Thank you for helping me plan my trip to Japan.

Really nice train and good review!

The only things I don’t like about Shinkansen are the small airplane windows and the 3+2 seating, but the fast smooth ride really turns me on and on.

The new Nagasaki Station looks great. I was there in April and the whole outside area was a construction zone with temporary walls set up so that you could barely see the building.

The posters on the train looks very old fashioned! Love it 😊

These trains are the best!!! Traveled back to Tokyo from Hiroshima at up to 320k's (200mph) absolutely effortless, even the stops along the way seem easy and quick. As for the leg room, I'm just over 2 meters tall and theres still ample leg room from my knees to the seat in front, about half a foot - maybe 10 cms, even for a large person, there is so much room compared to your average economy airline seat, its like they're all Biz class, and no bulky seat belts either.

I do like the Shinkansen bullet trains as they are so popular in Japan. And are very fast that can some can go well over 200mph.

The Japanese pronounciation of stations and other proper nouns is actually decent here, good work

Nice to see the wood accents! Great report from you, as usual~

noticed towards the end you had a few pictures of the Kuro-Kamome Tokyu on the standard line side of the platform... remember seeing this one when boarding a Nagasaki local at Sasebo circa early 2020

The fastest Shinkansen train in Japan is the E5 Series "Hayabusa" of the Tohoku Shinkansen branch (674.9 km long), which reaches a maximum speed of 320 km/h. But for some years now they have been working on a new train with a maximum operating speed of up to 360 km/h, a little faster than the current Hayabusa but retaining the same comfort and smoothness of travel. Here is a recent NHK report on the subject 👇 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rdqFapqZlqiZhIE.html

Sehr schön.

8:37 i Love the poster on the left which makes the train's engine look like a cute cat with a seagull on its forehead. Japanese humour can be subtle.

Just one thing to note, are you sure that Nagasaki station does not accept contactless cards? Because to my knowledge, only Shinkansen gates are the one that does accept those. Local and express trains, you can use them regardless of where you bought the card because the system is fully integrated throughout the country. Anyway, wonderful interior. It's somewhere I have to visit one day as I've never been to Kyushu yet

Welcome to Japan My Home Country. I currently live in America and I was Adopted from Japan back in 1998. I so want to go back to Japan and explore

1067mm was pretty normal for me before, but since I live for 5 yrs in Germany now and getting used to see the 1435mm gauge, the 1067mm one look really narrow now!

Sadly, the remaining section of the line from Takeo-Onsen to Shin-Tosu (via Saga) will have a very long time to negotiate before construction commences. It is because the Saga prefectural government won't fund the project that has minimal benefits to them.

Excellent video! The windows look small on the outside but look adequate on the inside.

Japan, the best trains and consumer products designed with a more humane touch.

While you're in Japan, you should try some of the rural trains with hundreds of tunnels. Many are not electric. Like the Geibi Line or The Nanki. Great views of the countryside. The tiny stations are pretty much concrete slabs, and some mid-size ones look like gardens. And of course, there's the sleeper trains - double-checker rooms. At major stations with 6+ tracks during "rush hour" Watch the trains come and go in both directions. Never see anything like that anywhere. A train can leave Track #3 going west, and less than a minute later, a train is coming to a stop on track 3 going east. But with 6~8 tracks, there are constantly trains moving. Thanks for going to Japan; excellent, as usual!

Neat and clean and developed country Japan.

Fourth comment, yay! Now, thanks for sharing this lovely video with us

Squeaky clean and beautifully designed interiors and exterior! Love it!

Good job 🚀

Leaving the station one minute late. Did I hear correctly... Fantastic train and must go to the museum at Kyoto next time

I must say this trains looks better and more comfortable than what we have here in Germany, which is the ICE

Japan looks great!!!!! How modern, the best country is SE Asia!!!!

Thanks for the video. Even though the set is only 6 cars was a bit surprosed there's no Green Car as I think there is one on the conventional gauge set you change to. On my first trip to Japan a similar system operated between Hakata and Kagoshima with a cross-platform change at Shin-Yatsushiro, as the southern part of the Kyushu Shinkansen was built first.

I was wondering when you’d to Japan. Having been the in 2010 and travelling with rail almost exclusively for three weeks, I have to agree with you.

Make more videos on Japanese train's it's the most great to watch videos

I always wanted to see a wingless airplane!

Japan is really a dream world man

What an amazing train! Thank you so much for sharing. I hope I will make it to Japan one day and go around the country on their incredible trains. On a side note, I hope you were sarcastic about the cost of the ticket. Chelmsford to London costs more!!!

I'm fan of Shinkansen train since it's gonna be launched in India in 2027-28.

Love you 😘😘 BRO 😘😘

Nice video. Your Japanese pronunciation is cute. Sound slightly Chinese-influenced.

I would love yo see you riding Taiwanese high speed rail too. It basically goes all across the island. 🇹🇼 and its system is based on Japanese technology

Great video.thx so much. As one of the daily users of this shinkansen service, i reckon it has got a bit less convenient than the previous way of services, which connected Nagasaki and Hakata directly. Although Shinkansen itself is very good and comfortable as free wifi and power outlets have installed every seat,it just reduced about 10 minutes between Nagasaki and Hakata and added extra connecting. Another problem is that it's still unclear when the rest of the shinkansen will open(Takeo Onsen to Hakata). Local authorities and JR have been arguing what kinds of services(1435mm shinkansen services or free gage train services) are the best more than 40 years 😮

I imagine the acceleration could be much greater, but it was chosen as a happy medium between comfort and expediency.

I like this powerful fastest tra2

Japanese bullet trains are just next level

A great train. I would definitely go for the reserved seats. Was there any catering?

For a second I thought you were going to show us the Alpha X trains which is the latest generation of Japanese bullet train.

The new Nagasaki Station's interior actually looks really similar to the Kumamoto Station, especially the underpass, and the shopping mall inside!

WOWOWOOWOWOW

Saga Prefecture is fighting this because they will have to maintain more of the line and will see very little benefit in terms of tourism or business from the shinkansen. Which will mean the national government of Japan will likely step in for maintenance of the line in Saga Prefecture.

The Shinkansen might as well be the greatest high speed train of all time! 😮

Japan is the best country in the world 🇯🇵🍣🍱

Nice video! How's the suspension/ride quality in these trains compared to European high speed trains?

As someone who lives in the UK, £21 is a bargain.

Thank you for the video. Unfortunately you didn’’t show the inside of the wheelchair accessible toilet and the multi purpose room.

Impressive indeed👍. I do wish possible any similar high speed train where i live now, in the Philippines. I am not sure being ever a reality even if highly populated, just like Japan. I also wish in Norway, where i am from. But right there THE IMMPOSIBLE DREAM. Too few inhabitants with a surface content not so much different from that of Japan and Philippines 🇯🇵🇵🇭

European high speed rail operators can learn a thing or two from the Japanese here

@Superalbs What's the name of the background music around 6:35 - 6:50 please?

when you dribble the 250 km/h mark, you have to blast some eurobeat if travelling on the shinkansen

Greqt video

Shinkanshen E5 coming to india soon❤

24 euros that's the price of a discounted first class Week-end ticket in Belgium from Gent to Ostend, still pretty cheaper than i thought o_O

9:39 did you ride it down to Nagasaki as well?

The East Japan Railway's JR500s were the coolest looking trains ever. I visited Tokyo around 2000s and observed well used platform extensions that were specifically to allow travellers to take photos of the train with their family standing in front. Japan Rail companies then asked the computer, 'what could we do to improve on these?' It came up with a train - actually several different series of train types, - that look like a duck...

Makes you wonder if the rail companies in the UK are taking notes.

JR Kyushu has 2 Shinkansens. Kyushu shinkansen and Nishikyushu shinkansen. N700S is new train.

What did you think of the relay service? For me, it was the bumpiest train I've ever been on in Japan. The rails must be quite warped.

The interior looks much better than that of the Tokaido and Sanyo line which use the same train model (Tokaidou-sanyo use a mixed of N700, N700A, and N700S). As far as I know, there is no luggage compartment on Tokaidou-sanyo line.

Watching this I think that the N700S Kamome is the best Shinkansen in Japan despite how short the line is compared to the rest of the Shinkansen network.