The NEWEST Bullet Train in Japan – the E8 Series “Tsubasa” Mini-Shinkansen!
Welcome to JAPAN! For my first video from this incredible country, we’ll be taking a look at its NEWEST Bullet Train, the E8 Series Shinkansen “Tsubasa”, which runs from Tokyo into the stunning Yamagata Prefecture. These are the first new trains on the Yamagata Shinkansen in over 25 years, but are they any good? Find out in this video, enjoy!
Journey details:
Date of travel – August 2024
Operator – JR East
Origin – Tokyo
Destination – Yamagata
Class of travel – Green Car/First
Price – Japan Rail Pass, full details here: https://japanrailpass.net/en/
Distance – 382km/237 miles
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*Disclaimer: no menu is available online for regular catering, only Gran Class which is not applicable on this particular Shinkansen – will post when I find further information!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:40 Tokyo Station
03:49 The E8 Series
05:58 Boarding
06:25 Route
06:54 Departure from Tokyo
07:46 Omiya & Reaching High Speed!
08:54 Know Your Seat
10:48 Top Speed?
11:25 Walkthrough
12:56 Loo Review
13:20 Food Service
14:05 Fukushima
14:48 The Yamagata Shinkansen
16:35 Summary, Conclusions & Pricing
17:32 Arrival into Yamagata & Outro – Thanks for Watching!
14 Comments
Japan is my dream destination to go to next year and Yamagata is the prefecture I really want to visit if I go there which is why THIS is the train I have got to try out 👍
I personally loved Japanese railways and their trains. The Shinkansen is by far the best high speed railways in the world and it’s now turning 60 years old and what a milestone that the first high speed line has been as well still going strong to this day.
Isn't fukushima the place that went kaboom a few years ago?
Ooohh i love to go back to Japan. My better half is originally from Taiwan, what feels really like Japan especially for the railways. Especially the scenery from the trains in Taiwan is awesome. If you go there, please let me know.
You hear a lot of this shinkansen trains and it's so interesting to see a vlog of these.
Thank you for showing the wheelchair spaces. As a wheelchair user myself it's interesting to see the accessibility of trains in another country. It's great that they have got multiple wheelchair spaces in one carriage and the toilet looks quite accessible and spacious.
That was so fun to watch! Loved it all, will there be more Shinakansen videos later? The format is really appealing 😀
Would have been nice for an explanation of what a “Mini” Shinkansen is; also 2×2 layout in indeed common; for Green Car. Otherwise every Shinkansen from 0 series up to the new E8, standard class is always a 3×2 format
You should really got try and ride the near extinct Shinkansen… ride them before they are gone.
I find it amazing how much thought JR East design their Shinkansen sets for each of their services/routes.
-E5s are the mainstay of Tohoku Shinkansen with their long noses ripping it at 320kph up and down the Tohoku Line
-E6s stay obtain the long noses since they need to travel up the Tohoku mainline at top speed but is a mini Shinkansen up in the Akita region
-E3s have shorter nose as they don’t need to travel as fast to the Yamagata region so those can carry more passengers
-now the E8s are just a modernized redesigned to replace the E3s
Just a note: Because the E3 series haven't been fully replaced yet, regular E8 services are still adhering to the original "275 km/h" E3 series timetable. They will only reach 300 km/h if the timetable is delayed (which is not uncommon on the yamagata shinkansen). By the time all E3 series are replaced (should be around 2025), the timetable will speedup to fully utilize E8's 300 km/h capability.
Love this trip report! Arigato for this one with the E8, excited for more!
Beautiful trains in Japan. All kinds of train. ❤
Would love to take this someday. I have been on a Shinkansen countless times since childhood but mostly on the Tokaido line (I was born in Shizuoka, which is a stop from Tokyo to Osaka). It seems that shinkansen trains going north are more aesthetic, while the westbound is more utilitarian