POV: You’re about to board Sakura Shinkansen from Osaka to Kagoshima 🇯🇵🗾🚄 #shinkansen #jrpass

POV: You’re about to board Sakura Shinkansen from Osaka to Kagoshima 🇯🇵🗾🚄 #shinkansen #jrpass

POV: You’re about to board the beautiful and fast Sakura Shinkansen to Kagoshima, Japan 🇯🇵🗾

If you have a JR pass, Sakura (and Hayabusa) is probably the fastest (300 km/h) Shinkansen you can ride—some faster trains like Nozomi & Mizuho will require you to pay a supplement fee if you want to ride it. 🚆

Sakura is beautiful inside and outside. The first three cars is usually non-reserved. Watch out! Some Shinkansen lines might not have non-reserved cars. It’s always a good idea to reserve your seats. 💺🚅

If you have the JR pass, it’s super easy to reserve and modify train and seat reservations via the JR pass website. Or if you are in a rush, the JR ticket office/employees located beside the entrance of train stations can help you get/change a ticket.🎟️ 🚄

If you want to explore the southern tip of Kyushu, the Shinkansen ride from Shin-Osaka to Kagoshima-Chuo station is only 4 hours and 7 minutes away. Free if you have a JR Pass, and 24,000 yen one way. Which means, you’d max out a 7 day JR pass (50,000 💴) value just with a round trip ride to Kagoshima.

Take the JR train to SENGAN-EN for the best views of Sakurajima volcano, Aira Caldera, Japanese gardens, ocean, and local food.🌋

The local train doesn’t run as frequent. If you can’t wait, go outside the station and take the taxi. 🚕

You’re welcome.😊👍🏼