Today we take Japan’s fastest bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto. The Shinkansen Nozomi 15 is (apparently) the fastest bullet train in Japan.
We’ve absolutely loved our time in Tokyo, by far our favorite city so far! But we’re ready to explore Kyoto now.
So join us as we travel from Tokyo to Kyoto on Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train!
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so good morning everyone from a cloudy but not
too cold day here in Tokyo so today we actually
leave Tokyo and we head for Kyoto now Kyoto is
maybe the nicest most kind of traditional place
in Japan to visit and we should get there just
in time of the cherry blossom but the way we’re
getting there is the fastest bullet train in Japan
so we’re using a shanen I think it’s it Nozomi I’m
not sure how to pronounce it but it’s Nozomi 15 uh
and apparently that’s the fastest bullet train uh
I didn’t realize there was different kind of like
speeds of bullet trains but apparent there is uh
we paid about £85 per ticket which is nearly $100
per ticket uh it takes about 2 and 1/ half hours
uh and we leave at 8:15 so going to be there soon
we’re all packed up now just on our way and yeah
by10 a.m. this morning we should land in Kyoto
so exciting because we’ve only ever heard good
things about the Japanese rail system uh we’ve
used a Metro while we here but we haven’t yet
used a bullet train and of course the bullet
train is world famous for one reason uh it’s
cuz it goes quick and it’s cool so yeah join us as
we embark on our first of a Japanese bullet train
today so we do first need to actually
catch a few Metro trains to get there
how long’s JY yeah actually figure it out
I think it’s only about that’s not bad so
we starting Sosi underground station
and we need to go to Tokyo station
now I think it’s maybe two one stop two stops
basically it’s a couple of stops away um and
we need to get there cuz that’s like the
main uh train station where you catch the
bullet trains from so uh I mean God knows to
be honest but it’s currently line purple line
okay yeah
we get the Jr super line okay how long it take
all together 10 minutes 10 minutes that’s not
bad what time is it now huh what time is it
now uh 7:14 okay so we should have at least
45 minutes uh from when we land in Tokyo Station
to sort our tickets out and then get the train
so we do actually need to pick our tickets up
um we have to do it from like a little machine
uh which might be confusing but hopefully it goes
well um but I guess yeah let’s get to too station
safely right then so we’re in too station now
we’ve just picked up the tickets for the bullet
train which is a stress um like really stressful
trying to find like machines and then you have to
try and find people to help you find the machine
really yeah I mean it’s our fault for not learning
Japanese or knowing any Japanese but um I just
can’t believe a little English to speak here it’s
actually quite hard to get around when you don’t
know what to do and where’s no one to help you but
I think we’re here um it doesn’t it doesn’t help
but the fact that everyone just takes their time
everyone’s so slow in train stations like people
just W in London everyone’s like stressed and like
needs like has places to be so it makes a change
but I think we’re here hopefully um I don’t know
yet but it feels like we are we’ll confirm in a
minute yeah okay then on the platform ready to go
oh wow look at thato on the destination so we have
made it nice after thinking for a minute there
that we would make yeah so we’re getting on one
of those bad boys um yeah it’s going to be a good
day so here it is it’s just arrived now uh have
seen on the previous video that they do a bit
of cleaning first I’m not sure if we can get on
straight away or not but we’ll give it a try we
still got about 20 minutes until it takes off
so enough time to put our bags away and get
comfortable we do have reserved seats so you can
either do unreserved or reserved we chose reserved
because it’s like a 2 and 1 half hour Journey so
might be best you excited I am really excited we
haven’t there cheers and we like if you’ve seen
the film I’m just imagining it be that kind of
yeah oh we can get on let’s go go put our stuff
on I’ll give you a tour of the train itself um
because there’s actually no one here at the
moment so it might be easy to get our stuff
away there we go that’s all right nice strong
e oh these are quite nice so then here we are
we’re on the train um as you can see three seats
here and two seats on this side like is this like
um they classes this just standard I think they
have different classes not too many maybe one or
two classes I think this is standard could cost
£35 though which is $100 so it’s a lot but for 2
and a half hour journey to Kyoto it’s not too bad
really 85 each each but let’s have a look around
the Train the seat’s actually quite comfortable
they’re not bad at all really nice let’s have a
look um through here toilets to be fair they’re
really nice they’re so clean smells good looks
clean is clean doesn’t smell a piss like you
have in India um you’ve even got all of this
stuff I mean to me it’s over complicated that you
don’t need all these funky buttons and stuff for
a toilet seat I like toilet seats nice and simple
sit on it get off see you later but this is like
a little bit too complicated but it does it is
warm you get the little Poe thingy with Jiggy so
it is quite cool but for me not needed um that’s
that and here you have so what is really cool with
these toilets in Japan is you have uranos as
well so look at this the men can just go for
a urinal now this isn’t exclusive to the bullet
train I had one on a normal train yesterday but
I’ve never seen a urinal on a toilet before
it makes sense because like men are always so
much quicker than women and you’ve got a nice
little mirror and a sink here which is quite
nice actually then luggage storage and you’ve got
locks as well that’s so cool there’s nothing worse
being on train than having your like luggage
somewhere you can’t see but the fact you can
actually lock them up is really cool that’s
like such such a nice touch um and then here
down there you’ve got another Carriage so yeah I
mean should be in for a good ride today another
toilet here um hopefully do food coffee teas
all that kind of jazz because we haven’t yet
been able to have any because it’s so early uh but
yeah nice let’s go see Beth see what she’s up to
you got no good yeah as it’s actually
quite nice training H toilet’s nice yeah
um haven’t seen any food carts or trolleys
yet but maybe they come down with I think
they will be here they will be on it it’s
like a long distance train isn’t it yeah
oh shansen free Wi-Fi free Wi-Fi service
available on this train uh power outlets
on your mobile phone um all that kind
of Ja so not sure what that is actually
oh it’s under your seat it’s like a that one
oh it’s cool yeah move these chairs back a bit
up right can’t I get they are quite like see
there’s actually a lot of room so people can
move their chairs back and it’s not an issue
at all cuz look how much leg room there is
and the mirrors quite big actually look how
big those mirrors are uh Windows sorry it’s
yeah you to back Frankenstein
I like his very ight I’m hungry
yeah so then this is what the tickets look like
um I mean I can’t read Japanese so I don’t have
a clue what any of them say I can see the sign
that 8,360 Yen though I’m pretty sure we paid more
than that we did Buck bar a third party so hence
why it’s more expensive but this is the nozomi
15 or Nomi or nazami 15 um and apparently it’s
the fastest out of the fleet so so didn’t say
too much on there about the Nomi 15 um but I
did read somewhere that out of the shinan and
trains uh the Nomi lines the 15 is the fastest so
we’ll see how quick it goes um I’m sure hopefully
it should say up there uh how fast it goes but
let’s have a look at speed speed okay then so
um it goes to around 300 km an
hour which is just under 200 mph I
think yeah so around 300 km an hour so
we did actually go on one in Indonesia
Jakarta the wor buet train and that went to
350 km hour so this was actually slower than
that I mean this one is a lot nicer but yeah
I thought it was going to be faster actually
still still pretty quick though so if we were
to drive from Tokyo to Kyoto it take over 5
and 1 half hours but this train takes just over
two hours so I mean it’s a huge difference um
and it’s really comfortable so yeah should be
good good little journey be’s just gone to get
coffees she’s taking a bit fine it’s like 7 p and
we leave in 5 minutes so hopefully she’s going to
be quick because the clock is ticking and I don’t
want to leave her here actually I do want to leave
I’ll be trouble knows she is so we have 3 minutes
to go be has arrived with the goods just I should
have taken the camera yeah you should have
taken the camera I did try and get it on my
phone it was wild you like you actually get
it from the vending machine oh really yeah I
mean I’ve got the video on my phone so check
out my Tik Tok Shin can and coffee they were
350 Yen I’m not sure how much that works
out to just done two which is great for a
vending machine coffee and they hot cappuccinos
as well that’s not bad is it they like spin the
when like the whole machine like spins the
lid on and everything P living in the future
I’m we’re on the Move we’re on the Move we’re on
the move I don’t know when it starts like picking
picking up speed maybe when we get out the city
I think I wonder if it show I’m assuming it will
show the yeah so I read and this one goes 300 km
an hour the one in Indonesia went 350 km hour it
did oh soart yeah CH oh yeah think Chinese oh
I really hope they come around with food carts
oh we had the cart maybe that because we had
like more expensive seat first class yeah um
yeah if you guys want to know what an Indonesian
bu train is like I’ll pin in the comment below
and you can watch that video because it’s actually
quite cool and it’s a Chinese bullet train as this
one’s a Japanese so it’s cool to compare actually
but yeah we’re on the move when we go up to speed
I’ll pick the camera back up and let you know
at the moment it’s like stand yeah yeah I hope
we see some nice sites as well yeah I don’t know
what the journey to Kyoto is like find out we so
then the time is now 10:00 which means we’ve been
on here for 1 hour and 45 minutes now I think we
have around 45 minutes to go maybe half an hour
to go um where are we on the map we are see if
it loads the Wi-Fi isn’t great yeah the Wi-Fi
is not great I mean it’s it works a little bit
but it’s just not great um I think we have the
next stop but oh no that say way B yeah so we’ve
just left ngoya and then we’re going to Kyoto so
I think we at the next stop um we’re not too far
away look if you can see Kyoto’s there we’re
there um so it’s not too far away at all now
it’s actually so easy to get around Japan yeah
it is isn’t it like it’s so quick so easy like
it makes me kind of wish well I wish I kind of
did more STS now yeah yeah I mean we did go past
and through the Goya I didn’t really see too much
there to be honest so I’m glad we haven’t stopped
there I feel like Kyoto will be the nicest stop
of the where theow monkeys are I’m not sure maybe
might be up there as you can see um we have some
small Mountain views here well I say that and oh
is there snowy ones is there oh yeah it’s quite
cool actually I’ll try and get it it’s not very
good day today it’s a bit um gray Andy yeah
it’s a bit gray um what’s the weather saying
for the next couple of days should we see green
probably no not not all right then Kyoto let’s
have a look size load brilant that’s not good no
way that’s not good at I thought was all week then
Wednesday’s nice on Wednesday so there’s a lot
of rain we have an umbrella yeah we in where do
we bu that jakata oh yeah I think everywhere
we go rain follows us yeah it does doesn’t it
come somewhere peak season and then rain yeah
but we’ll be there soon in the rain not good
so we are just about to arrive now so I think
we’re going to go in there station um Coto
station not entirely sure but we are literally
about 2 seconds away now so we’re going to get
off this train which has actually been a
really pleasant journey it’s been really
quick it’s just taken just over two hours
so not bad at all um we’re going to find
somewhere to store our luggage cuz it’s
only 10:00 and we can’t check until 4:
and then we’re going to explore Kyoto for a
while so yeah I mean hopefully we find somewh
to S our luggage soon and then we can uh get
off and start exploring this incredible City
just checked our train in9 minutes that’s nice
to our hotel is yeah that’s not bad at all is
it I’m excited for this one should be good
here we go touchdown in Kyoto oh 2 hours later
and we are here let’s go find somewhere to leave
our luggage and then we can explore and
see what this uh City’s got to offer enjoy
that that enjoy it yeah it was all right
to be fair nice it really quickly yeah
lock okay so we finally found some lockers
that was actually really stressful because
the vast majority of lockers are taken um and we
spent a good 10 minutes walking up and down this
aisle here trying to find lockers for our s to fit
and that cost 700 Yen for the big Locker which is
actually quite it’s not no it’s not actually like
£350 so it’s not that expensive at all really um
I think we can leave in there all day uh maybe
even 24 hours I’m not sure but yeah that’s what
we paid 700 Yen for one like this um and then mine
was slightly smaller yeah which luckily could fit
the small suitcase in which is 500 yeah not bad
so aned it from my backing what was wrong with
yes [ __ ] didn’t even put a backpack of stuff in
there I didn’t put everything in I I panicked to
yeah they were quite squeeze yeah they were no
actually you would not um but now let’s go to
explore get some food cuz I’m absolutely starving
and we haven’t actually yet eaten because what I
did realize was the fact that they don’t serve you
food on the train be in mind we paid 85 each which
is £170 per Journey um you don’t get fed which is
strange because every other time we’ve got a nice
train you get fed on it so yeah I mean the only
issue I have with the bullet train is the fact
don’t get feds or even water teas coffee
nothing so you really don’t get anything
for your money um but I mean we’re here now
so can’t complain too much and let’s go and
explore right we’re in and exploring Kyoto
now we were just saying we don’t really know
what our preconceptions ideas were before
coming here but we thought it was going to
be a little bit different not as built up more
kind of traditional Trad um and so far it kind
of looks a bit like Tokyo uh now we are kind
of in the middle of the city center of Kyoto
so maybe that’s why um maybe when you kind
of get to the outskirts it all changes and
things like a bit more Kyoto uh so right now it’s
near we’re going to have to cross over there um
it’s if we’re going to cross there
might cross there we just SC down
that do we um there’s already a que for
restaurant up there I just love seeing
restaurants to be good that’s one thing about
Japan I don’t like is the fact you have to
queue outside for restaurants I like to get
in get out that’s it he gets very moody when
he’s hungry I don’t like queing for restaurants
he get very hungry anyway what I was saying was
uh we found a nice katsu curry place and it’s an
hour’s walkway and it’s currently 11:00 so by the
time we get there it’s going to be 1200 which is
lunchtime um but we’re going to explore the city
first because an hour walk is actually quite
a while and we should see a lot hopefully so
yeah anything interesting on the way we’ll show
you might we yes stressfree and happy Spirits I
hope right then I think we should
have our restaurant around here I
think well is it around that one
that looks like catus to Me Maybe
May yeah I don’t know in there maybe yeah
this one oh yeah should I see let me get
my Google translate up you know what it’s
called in English yeah so really good thing
about when you travel is having the Google
Translate app you can press the camera and
then you can take like a photo and it will
transfer take out oh yeah look Caton cat oh
these look mental actually yeah they do
look good don’t they that one looks nice
what they say what’s that one then cat B with
egg that looks mental sauce cat done miso oh
yes I mean it smells incredible out here so
let’s get inside that looks good as well look
at that one that’s well nice it’s got how a catsu
so then they’ve kindly provided us with an English
menu and we’ve decided what we’re going to go for
I’m going to go for the pork loin cutlet the aatu
curry and I’m going to have this on there as well
I don’t exactly know what this is I think it might
fried chicken and sauce broth I really don’t know
but I’m going to go for it um that should come to
a total of 1,400 Yen which is about £7 so not too
bad little bit more expensive than some places
went to in Tokyo but I mean not bad compared to
England prices I guess uh what’s this one saying
actually it a set of oh yeah pie fried set with
shoulder set that must be for shoulder I don’t
know oh know that one you want not that one
so beths has arrived and that sauce smells
incredible doesn’t it it looks unreal MH they
do only do pork here I don’t know if you really
talk through that they do only do pork here
so pork’s not my number one choice of meat
but it smells amazing I think it’s going to be
really really nice here we go hold that fish got
chicken takes a few minut okay fine thank you
the chicken yeah oh you going for the soup as
well there yeah and some fried chicken that we’re
just waiting on yes but let’s get involved shall
we how is it m was it good mhm I’m actually
really really enjoying it yeah I mean just
had a couple of mouthfuls and it’s really
nice the only issue is the the serving size
of the catsu cage aren’t usually that big I
could always do with a little bit more um I
haven’t yet tried this it feels really
hot no it’s well too hot I try that in
a bit way too hot to try that actually
I’ll give it [ __ ] it I’ll give it a go
to taste like the stuff you get in a Ramen
Raymond whatever you call it um nice yeah
absolutely fine um this is lovely but
we’re going to wrap it up here for now
uh we’re going to spend the rest of the
day exploring Kyoto but everything we do
in Kyoto is going to be in a separate video
this was all dedicated to the bullet train
but we’re here now with fed um and today’s
going to be a good day so next Vlog will be
the best things to do in Kyoto so thank you very
much for watching and I’ll see you in the next one
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Enjoy guys kyoto one of the best place in japan ❤
If you want to get on the Shinkansen in Japan, buy Ekiben at the station in advance and eat it on the train. There are many kinds of Ekiben. You can't say you got on the Shinkansen unless you eat Ekiben. You don't want to stand in line for delicious restaurants in Japan, but restaurants with lines are such popular and famous markers for delicious restaurants. If you don't want to stand in line, you can go to Yoshinoya's Gyudon or convenience store. It's cheap, fast, and the taste is not bad. Since you came all the way to Japan, you should follow the rules to stand in line and eat delicious Japanese food. Foreigners are impatient. In Japan, it's a rule and a manner to stand in line. Don't you need expensive unnecessary tips like in foreign countries?
did you guys try the Onsen in Kyoto?
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Enjoy your journey😊😊
Yeah, people are calm in transit in Japan because they usually are very early. No rush, no panic. But places do get crowded especially Tokyo, because there's almost 40 million people in that megalopolis.
Sadly, in-train service ended a few months ago.
bullet trains are overrated