We Rode Japan’s Fastest Bullet Train From Tokyo To Hokkaido 🇯🇵

We Rode Japan’s Fastest Bullet Train From Tokyo To Hokkaido 🇯🇵

Today we will be taking the fastest Shinkansen 
from Tokyo to Hokkaido, the Hayabusa. One of the most spectacular things I’ve ever seen, which 
travels up to 320 km per hour. This high-speed marvel isn’t just about speed. It’s about 
comfort, technology, and stunning views as we make our way up north. There’s not one person. 
It is completely silent, crossing mountains and rivers at lightning speed. From the moment we 
step on board, we’ll be experiencing Japan’s cutting edge train technology. It’s just so 
dynamic. There’s no other train in the world like this. And a smooth ride unlike anything 
else. So, we’ll be sitting back and relaxing as we enjoy one of Japan’s most unbelievable 
train journeys. This is Tokyo to Hokkaido. And good morning from a very chaotic and crazy 
Tokyo station. Today I am super excited because we will be taking the fastest Shinkansen from 
Tokyo to Hokkaido and we are going on that feisty dynamic green Shinkansen which we’ve never 
taken before and we’ve never ever been up north in Japan before. So, I’m super excited to see 
where our journey takes us today. But for now, we’re going to have to navigate this crazy 
station. I think this is one of the craziest   places I have ever been. So, we’ve got to find 
our tickets. We got to head to the platform and we got to get to Hokkaido. So, I’ve got my little 
hand luggage here. And I’m trying to navigate the station. So, this is probably the green train 
that we’re going to go on here cuz it says to Hokkaido. And then this is the normal shinkansen 
that we usually take, which is the blue one. So, we got to find the green one. And I’m looking for 
my partner in crime. I wonder where he could be. Good morning. Good morning. It is absolutely crazy 
in Tokyo Station. And every time we’ve been here, it’s always been like this. I just want to show 
you. Okay, this is just one of the entrances here. They’re selling food. They’re selling ekibens over 
there. And then this is where I’ve just come from.   This is the way to the green Shinkansen. So I 
guess we got to go up here. What do you think? It is a bit confusing because Tokyo station itself is 
pretty much like a city. So let’s just follow the green cuz we’re going on a green train. So we got 
to carry all of our bags with us today. Luckily, we have opted for small little carryons, 
which they’re very, very nifty and handy, but uh still a challenge with these stairs. Are 
you taking mine as well? Can you carry yours? Oh, that’s very kind. Thank you. Um, okay. 
Uh, we should find a ticket booth. Okay, we found the ticket machine. And as I said, we 
booked online. So, we have a confirmation of our   ticket on our phone, but now we need to get the 
physical receipt. I have a pickup guide on exactly what to press on the machine to make sure I get 
the right ticket. Pickup ticket. Pickup ticket. Use QR code. So, do you even have a pickup 
code? I have a QR code right here. Oh, wow. So, then I’m just going to do this. There we go. There 
we go. Checking. Yeah, there it is. Look at that. And then it says issue tickets. Issue tickets. 
Please don’t forget your card and ticket. Issuing ticket now. There’s the tickets. Four tickets. Why 
do we have four tickets? I’m not sure. Maybe one or two are receipts. That was very efficient and 
easy. I’m glad I had the guide because there were so many buttons. Like if you look here, this is a 
little bit confusing. There’s the Shinkansen basic fair ticket, platform ticket, limited express. 
You would assume you press here Shinkansen or one of these, but you actually do this. We’ll tell 
you in a few minutes how we booked our tickets,   but for now, maybe we need to get a snack 
or a coffee and then find our platform. I’ve just seen this board here which is a little 
bit of information about Tokyo station and it gives you an idea of the complexity and chaos that 
is happening here in Tokyo station. It’s probably 5 to seven stories underground and if you look 
all the way down here there’s actually different platforms. So like this is platform number seven 
and 8. So you go in here. It’s a whole city and a network. That’s really a marvel. Where are 
we even on this map? Oh. Oh, we’re here. Okay, we’re here. Okay. So, maybe there you can go 
there. Somewhere there. We’re just going to walk, I think. Until we smell coffee. Until we smell 
coffee. Here’s a fun fact for you. Dev and I have actually been together for 7 years. And in those 
seven years, we’ve been traveling full-time for five of them. And in those five full-time years 
of travel, he has never ever let me carry my own suitcase. Can I grab one? Can I take one? Why not? 
That’s just our rule. That’s our rule. Okay. Well, I can I can take this one. No, no, no. It’s okay. 
I told you I did try. As we’re walking through the station, we’ve now ended up in a bit of a market 
or a mall. I see they’re selling like high-end macarons there and all sorts of things. There’s 
a clothing shop and accessories here. They have like different souvenirs. We’re still in the 
station, by the way. Look at all of these. Oh, is this takeaway sushi on the train? Yeah, it’s 
like a salmon rice box. It looks unbelievable. So, here’s a piece of salmon. We got some veg on 
the side. And then it’s on a bed of rice with   some seaweed. This one’s got some noodles in. 
Look at these meals. Look how cute this is. It actually looks like a bit of some sort 
of meat between two pancakes. And then   they’ve got these ready-made meals, which is 
like a tonkatsu, like a chicken cutlet with some rice and veggies. And these are fruit 
sandwiches. So there’s actually like little bits of fruit with fresh cream in a sandwich. 
It’s like a sweet sandwich. A sweet sandwich. fruity sandwich. Quite unique. I’ve just seen 
how big the piece of mango is in here. And then you can see all that white is the cream. And it 
literally is a piece of bread. If I take one,   you can see it’s a normal sandwich. Okay, let’s 
go through to our gate. I’ve got two tickets. No, maybe just one ticket. in. Ah, all in. Oh, thank you. So, we got three 
cards. This one was from the metro earlier, and he told me to put all three of them in. So, 
let’s see if that works. There you go. Well done. Okay, let’s see. Three tickets at one time. Oh, 
yes. And then I get two back. So, technically, we’ve now exited the metro. That’s why 
I took the small one. And then we need   these two to now get onto the train. That is a 
bit confusing. If you’ve never taken a train, that’s what you need to do for next time. Okay, 
there’s all sorts of boards with times on. This   is platform 20 and 21, which is absolutely 
insane. There are 21 different tracks only for the Shinkansen. That’s not the metro. And you can 
see the chaos and confusion around me. Everyone is the same as us looking trying to figure out 
what their train number is, which platform. So, let’s see if we can figure this out. Car 2, seat 
14A. Because we are a bit early. Our train hasn’t arrived yet and the platform isn’t open. So, we’re 
going to wait a few minutes until that arrives.   Shev is just in this line to get us a coffee. So, 
we can wake up before our train and we can bring the coffee on the train with us. And in true 
Japanese style, there’s a vending machine here   in the station. In fact, there’s a few. There’s 
one over there as well. And I see another one down there. and you can then just buy a drink 
or a tea, a beverage, a coffee. There’s Coke, Red Bull right here in the station. There’s a 
lot of really clever, convenient things. This is why it’s such a fun experience to take the 
train over taking a plane. Also, because you can   arrive maybe 10 or 15 minutes before your train, 
just get on quickly. You don’t have to wait in an airport for hours before your flight. I’ve just 
seen platform 21 is going to be our train. So, this is the Hayabusa 17. So, this is going to be 
where our train is. So once we get our coffee, we just go up here. So we’re on the 17th Hayabusa 
train today because it goes throughout the day. I think there must be over 20 to 30 trains taking 
this route the entire day today. We’re not on the only train that goes north. I got us some Beck’s 
coffee. Cafe latte as always. And it’s even in a to- go bag so that we can have it on the train. 
I need coffee right now. We’re going to have   to review Beck’s coffee. Never had one before. 
We’ve never had Beck’s coffee before, but I’m so excited. This is all that there was in our little 
area. And I’ve just seen platform 21 has opened up for us. Ah, is that us? That’s a Hayabusa 
17. Oh, I’m so excited. 10:45. That’s us. Hey, sometimes Japan metro stations can be very, very 
confusing and intimidating, especially when it comes to purchasing your ticket or collecting 
your ticket and finding which platform you have to be on. So, let me tell you how we booked not 
only this train, but all the trains and all the activities that we did during our time here 
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day. And from this point on, it’s very easy.   You choose which train time you want, which 
class you want, and how many tickets you want to purchase. You then put in your personal details, 
and the best part is you’re able to do the entire   payment on Klook’s website. And that’s it. It 
really is easy. Often, booking a train in Japan on a local website can be a little bit difficult, 
mainly because of the language. But on Klook,   you can book your train tickets in 12 different 
languages, and you can make your payments in up to 40 different currencies. But for me, getting 
to the train station is when Klook becomes really helpful. Once you’ve purchased your ticket on 
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or click the link in the description below. Oh my gosh. Here it is. This is the Hayabusa 
train. So, the Hayabusa specifically is green, but it looks absolutely incredible. I’ve never 
seen a train that looks like this. Can you believe that we are seeing the fastest shinkansen in the 
world? It looks way better than I ever expected it to be. And I actually can’t believe that we missed 
this last time. And there is no gate stopping us   from being close to this train right now. It is 
unreal. Look how long this nose is. One of the most spectacular things I’ve ever seen. I knew 
I was taking a train today and we’ve been lucky   enough to go on many high-speed trains, but when 
I’ve seen this, I feel like it’s my first time. It’s just so dynamic. There’s no other train in 
the world like this. I actually think the nose on the Hayabusa train is about 15 m long. That 
means if you just had to take the nose and put it upright, it would be five stories high. Just 
the nose. And if I look at the small window where the train conductor will be sitting, it’s so 
small. It’s almost like a racing window. And it must be an insane feeling to be in the cockpit or 
in the front of the train looking out. And if you didn’t know, the Hayabusa is actually a bird or 
a falcon here in Japan, which obviously resembles speed and strength. So, it’s a very very fitting 
name. Oh, and I’m seeing some of the other trains from the metro going by. Look at the difference 
between a metro train and the Shinkansen. That’s why this is going at over 300 km an hour. 
And that’s just a daily commuter train. This is our train now that has just 
arrived. So, all the passengers are   about to get off and then we’re going to get 
on. I can’t believe that this is our train. We actually saw it arrive. And when it comes 
in, it actually comes in in like super slow   motion. And all the staff are actually getting 
on right now. You can see there’s fulls size doors and no barrier whatsoever. And the sun 
is actually hitting it a little bit now. So, it’s all like shiny and glistening. 
It’s such a smooth finish as well. I think this is our train. So, we better get 
on. Yeah, we better find our seats. We better   find our seat. I just want to stare at this 
all day. I cannot believe we’re getting on this. We’re actually getting on this train. So, I 
see here it says grand class and that’s the first class on the Hayabusa. So, we’re in class 2. So, 
we’re making our way down. This is class 8. So, we’re all the way down at the end. What’s also 
staggering is how long this train is. We were all the way on the other side of the track. So, we 
had to walk along the entire Shinkansen to get to cart number two. But, we made it. So, this is cart 
number two. So, this is the car that we’re going in. And it does say on our ticket where our car 
and seat number is. And we’re in the reserved car, which I would recommend getting. Yeah. because 
you don’t want to arrive here and you don’t have a seat, especially if you’re traveling like as 
a couple or as a family. You just don’t want   that to be an extra stress. So, come here, don’t 
worry about your seat. Buy the reserve ticket. This is it. Here we go. And we’re in. Okay, it is officially 10:45 and we are 
already on our way. Exactly on the dot just like that. We literally just sat down 
about 5 seconds ago. So, we’ve got just our backpacks in front and then we’ve got our 
other bags up here. They open the doors after they clean it. It’s open for 2 minutes and if 
you’re not on in those 2 minutes, the train. So, it is 10:47. So, we’ve already been going 
for 2 minutes and we’re about to cover 700 km in 4 hours. That is insane. This train can 
travel up to 320 km an hour. And uh yeah, it shows. And finally, we 
get to try Beck’s coffee. And it’s still hot. I know it’s summer 
time, but we have to have a hot coffee when we wake up in the mornings. So worth it. 
We’re picking up some serious speed right now. Okay, riddle me this. I don’t know if all men 
are the same, but we’ve been on this train for the past 10 minutes, and Dev has been completely 
fascinated by the train leaning from side to side. I asked him, “What’s the fascination with this?” 
And he said, “Can’t you feel it?” And I’m like, “No.” Like right now, I can’t feel it at all. 
I mean, I can see it, but I can’t feel it. What’s fascinating for me and why this train 
specifically is so amazing and interesting to take is it tilts from left to right because it’s 
going at such high speed as it’s curving through the different cities as we’re exiting Tokyo. 
It’s tilting to maintain its high speed. A train of this size and this length, it’s 10 
cars long and it’s tilting. I’m not sure if you can see that on camera. I can’t feel it. 
There’s some absolutely insane engineering for that to be possible. Is that a boy thing to 
get fascinated by the train tilting? It must be a boy thing or a train lover cuz Devan loves 
trains. So, this train specifically has the long nose so it doesn’t create that sonic boom when it 
goes through a tunnel and it tilts and that’s why this train is so special and why we wanted to take 
it. It’s just unbelievable. Please let me know in   the comments if you are amazed by that. That that 
is insane. How are they doing that? How did they work out how much it must tilt to still keep its 
speed? I mean, I love trains, but don’t like me. We’ve been officially on the way for about half 
an hour now. So, I thought since we’re settled in,   let me give you a little seat turn. So, we’ve 
got a beautiful window on this side. Because we’re going up north, I think we’re going to get 
some spectacular views. We’ve got a little station over here where I can place my coffee. I’ve got 
some armrests. And I’ve even got a button where I can recline my seat just to get a little bit more 
comfortable. I would say the head cushion is quite nice as well. It really feels like a airplane 
vibes. The seat is quite soft and it’s quite cushiony, so it is going to be a very comfortable 
4 hours. And then on the seat in front of me, I’ve got a tray table that I can pull down. I’ve 
got a little pouch where I can keep all my very important documents like what to order on the 
train. Plus, I’ve even got a cup holder. And I’ve even got a little hook that I can hook stuff on. 
Plus, we’ve got loads of space at the bottom for our feet. Plus, we’ve got a little luggage storage 
compartment at the top on each side. On this side of the train, there’s three seats. And then on the 
other side there’s two. Plus there’s bathrooms as well. So I’ll give you a little bathroom tour 
later. And to top it all off, if it gets really   hot, we can pull down this window shade. And we 
can keep cool or just take a small risk. Plus, we even have two ports, one in front of us and one 
on the side to charge all of our devices like our laptops or our phones. And we’ve even got Wi-Fi 
on board, so we will definitely not get bored. Okay, we’re going to do a little test. I have 
a little coin and I want to show you how steady this train is even though it’s leaning from 
side to side at times and it’s going so fast. But I bet I can still make this coin stand up 
straight. Okay, let’s see. Wait, I can do it. Wait. Just just have faith. Okay. It’s always difficult to comprehend how 
quick we are going. To see all of the trees   and the buildings rushing past us so quickly is 
insane. And that we’re on the ground. Normally, when you’re feeling that speed, you’re in a 
plane. We’ve been lucky enough to go on a few   high-speed trains, but this one seems incredibly 
fast. And I just looked now. If you had to drive from Tokyo to Hokkaido, it would take you up to 
12 hours. This is only going to take us 4. So, it’s about a third of the time by taking 
this train. Japan is a beautiful country,   and right now in the summer, everything is 
really lush and green because it’s so hot and humid. This is a great way for us to see 
some of the mountains, some of the greenery,   and also some of the smaller towns and villages 
along the way as we make our way up north. selling snacks and drinks. So, even on the 
train, you can buy some snacks if you didn’t   get already while you were in the station. Right 
now, we’re stopping. Where are we stopping? So, we’re about an hour, an hour and a half 
into this journey and we’re currently   stopping at Sendai station. So, a lot of the 
people are actually getting off the train, but we’re going to continue. And this has been 
really good so far. Super fun. Enjoying listening to some music. Bit of a dance break. The J-pop 
tunes have been kicking off on this train journey. But if you have any other Japanese artists that 
you want to recommend to us, leave them to us in   the comments. This guy’s really cool though. We 
like him a lot. Yuki. Yuki Chiba. He’s very cool. So far, this train journey has been seamless. 
It’s been smooth. And to think that we’re going so quickly, but we’re just sitting casually. We’re 
hardly moving. It’s so stable. It’s mind-blowing. And because we’re going north, we’re seeing a 
lot of the rice plantations and the rice fields.   And I assume that the weather or the climate is 
better suited in the north for plantation and producing rice. When we were here previously, 
we didn’t go north at all. We only went south   from Tokyo. We went to Nagoya, Osaka, and Kyoto. 
So, it’s nice to go somewhere different. And I’m assuming that the weather is going to be much 
cooler when we go to the north. Don’t forget   that we also went to Suzuka last year to watch 
the Formula 1 Grand Prix and it was absolutely spectacular. And I think my favorite memory is 
that everybody was dressed up or really like supportive. They had all sorts of creative hats. 
That was one of my core memories here in Japan. And we’re actually connecting from the main 
island, Honshu, here in Japan to the northern island, Hokkaido. And we’re going to be traveling 
at full high speed under the ocean connecting those two islands. And I’m just reading now that 
the Hayabusa travels under the longest undersea tunnel in the world which is the Seikan tunnel 
and the tunnel is 53 km long that we’re about to go through. 23 km of that is under the sea. 
That is absolutely insane. For some reason on the previous stop a whole lot of people got off. So 
now we actually have all three seats available to   us. And I see these two seats are also free. So, 
we have a little bit more space to roam around. And you can see how much leg room we have and 
how comfortable the seats are. And as we said, they can recline. We’re going through a tunnel 
now. We’ve gone through so many tunnels. So, we’ve taken trains in a lot of countries, and 
whenever we do a train journey, I always give you a little bathroom tour. So, here we go. First, 
we’ve got a double lock here. So, you close the door over here and then you just latch it. Plus, 
we’ve got not one, but two mirrors. Obviously, no smoking. And then we’ve got the automatic 
flush. We’ve got a few exciting buttons. We’ve got a privacy button, which you can play some music 
if you would prefer some privacy while you do your business. Plus, we’ve got exciting variations 
of a bum gun here. We’ve got a front spray, we’ve got a rear spray, and you can adjust your 
pressure. If you’re playing some music, you can adjust the volume as well. Pretty convenient. 
We even have a baby changing station over here. Plus, you can pop the little guy in here when 
it’s your turn. Pretty convenient. Plus, we’ve got the automatic tap. Let’s see if it works. M. 
Pretty good. Now, this is where the magic happens. Normally, in the winter time, these seats are 
heated. Let me see if it is heated. They’re still heated even in the summertime. That’s pretty 
cool. You’ve got a little hook to have your   handbag. A second one just in case you need all 
round good bathroom. It is spotless. There is not a drop of water. There’s not a bit of litter. It 
is absolutely sparkling. 10 out of 10. No notes. There’s even a little makeup station just outside 
the bathroom with some very appealing light. I appreciate this as a girl. There is also a 
specific male bathroom that if you pull here, it is just a urinal. So, that’s quite 
convenient. And then there is a basin here as well where you can wash your hands, 
but it says do not drink this water. Okay, everybody. Welcome to Shev’s snacks. Whenever 
we’re in a train, like a high-speed train like this, we always carry some snacks with us. 
I’m going to be showing you what we got and uh giving them a little try. Number one, these uh 
sweet and sour fruit gummies. They’re in a little heart shape. So cute. M grape flavor. Ooh, sour. 
9 out of 10. Fantastic. Next, almond choccies. These are one of my favorite things. And they 
happen to have a million of them in Japan. Oh, look at them. They’re little almond choccies. M. That’s nice. 10 out of 10. No. No. Next, we’ve 
got the strawberry cheesecake Kit Kat that we bought the other day from don quijote. They’re 
doing a little collab with Baskin Robins, so I’m eager to see if it tastes just like strawberry 
cheesecake. They’re miniature. Where is the rest? Where is the rest of my KitKat? One for me, 
one for me. Just kidding. It doesn’t taste like strawberry cheesecake. It tastes like strawberry 
cheesecake ice cream. How did they do that? It’s my favorite. I’m going to be in such a sugar rush. 
No regrets. And in case you’re wondering if I’m eating real food, I am. I got a chicken wrap and 
I got an onigiri. That’s it for Shev’s snacks. I’m currently in the middle of my chicken wrap and 
you’re probably wondering what about Dev snacks. Well, I would have shown you what he had, but he 
finished them in the first 5 minutes. Luckily,   I took some clips before, but uh 
couldn’t get to show you. Didn’t have enough time. And now he’s eyeing my 
snacks. I’m actually already eating them. Why? They are not sour. Well, I won’t. But 
he’s still eating them. But we’ll have another. They are not that sour. So, we have made our way all the way north to 
Aomori, which is one of the most northern towns of the main island here in Japan, which 
means we are going into that tunnel that goes underneath the sea. I’m not sure when 
it is because that tunnel is 50 km long, but I think that was our final stop 
before we go under that tunnel. I cannot believe that we’re about to go 
under the ocean. I’m sure it’s going to   be a bit of a anticlimactic feeling because 
I’m sure we’re not going to see the ocean and fish going by. I’m sure it’s going to 
be completely black because we’re going   to be in a tunnel. We’ve just been told that 
we’re about to enter the tunnel and that yes, it is over 50 km long, but she just said 
at the lowest point we will be 240 m below the ocean surface. That is wild. So, I’m not 
sure when that’s going to be. Any minute now, we’re not going to see the outside anymore, 
and we’re just going to be in pitch darkness. So, this is all we’re seeing now 
is just complete blackness. We   cannot see anything outside. And I think 
it’s going to be like this for a while. We’re under the ocean right now. The 
ocean is above us. 200 m of sea water. And just like that, we are officially out 
the tunnel. And now we’re in Hokkaido. We’re still going through tunnels, 
but we’ve made it to the North Island,   and I think it’s going to be absolutely beautiful. Okay, so we just heard the announcement 
that we will be arriving at our end station,   which means we have finally made it to Hokkaido 
4 hours later. It actually didn’t take very long at all. The time just absolutely flew 
by. I think because we were having the   most fun. Thank you for traveling with us 
and we look forward to serving you again. And just like that, we are in Hokkaido. That 
was the most fantastic train ride if I do say so myself. It was absolutely smooth, seamless. 
So, uh, highly recommend taking the high-speed Hayabusa train to Hokkaido. And now we’re going 
to see the front of the train because it’s just   so iconic. We can’t get enough of it. Dev’s 
got our bags and here’s the train. We are in Hokkaido. So cool. I just can’t stop looking 
at this. I’ve noticed that the distance from, let’s say, the cockpit where the train conductor 
sits all the way to the end. That is so far. It’s unbelievable. And it starts really small and then 
it kind of grows up in stages. At its highest, it’s actually quite high if you look at it 
compared to this conductor here. It’s quite a   high train, but it’s absolutely beautiful. We both 
feel incredibly lucky to have taken a train like this today. This is really special. We’ve just 
seen the conductors right in the front and they’ve closed the doors. So, they might be leaving again 
and I assume heading all the way back to Tokyo, which is all the way over there. We can see from 
this platform because it’s open all the beautiful mountains here in Hokkaido and it’s a little bit 
cloudy and the first thing we notice is it’s not that hot. It’s about 28 or 29° where in Tokyo it 
was between 34 35 every single day. So it’s nice to have a little bit cooler weather. That was 
the most unbelievable enjoyable journeys I’ve ever had on the most dynamic Shinkansen I’ve ever 
seen. So, we will be exploring Hokkaido in the afternoon. So, we’ve just checked into our hotel 
and we’ve decided to walk around the little town   where we’re staying. This is obviously not the 
big city of Sapporo here in the north. And as you can hear and see, we’re walking in the middle of 
the road and there are no cars whatsoever. We’re actually in like a neighborhood. And what we’ve 
noticed is that nobody has a fence or a big brick wall with electric fences like they do in the 
cities. There’s actually just hedges and houses and it is completely dead quiet. There’s not one 
person anywhere. It is completely silent and a big contrast to what it’s like in Tokyo. Yesterday we 
were at Shibuya Crossing, the busiest crosswalk in the world. And now we’re the only people on this 
crosswalk. In the middle of the road, there is not a single car that has come by cuz we’re not 
even walking on the pavement. As you can see, there’s a residential house here, but there is 
no gate. There’s no fence. And as a person who comes from South Africa, every single house has a 
fence, a very high wall, an electric fence. That just shows you how safe it is. And we also learned 
that in the north or in places like Hokkaido and Okinawa, they have a very, very high longevity 
rate, which means the people live for a very, very long time. And I can kind of see why. 
No pollution, no city noise, no stress, just peace. This house has a car, two bikes, and 
no gate. In fact, the bicycles aren’t even locked up. They just left them over here. So, when you 
finish your bike ride, he’s even got a little   basketball in the front of his bike. And cars 
left outside. The door is open. The door to this house is completely open. They haven’t closed it. 
There’s no need. Oh, here comes a car. Oh my god, there’s some people. Another one. Another one. Oh 
my gosh, it’s like peak traffic. That’s like peak traffic. Normally during the winter season, 
Hokkaido is very busy predominantly for snow skiing and people coming on vacation. But during 
the summer, it’s obviously not snowing anymore. So I think life becomes very calm in the summer. But 
they do produce a lot of milk products here. Ice cream, cheese, any milk products are very, very 
popular worldwide. And it comes from this region. It’s stuck all over you now. Oh dear. That was really fun. Just things you do 
in Hokkaido compared to Tokyo. In Tokyo,   you go to team labs, but here you just blow 
dandelions. This is obviously someone’s yard, but he’s growing watermelons. They are massive. 
I can see 1 2 3 4 5 six in the back. And look, there is not a gate or fence. Absolutely nothing. 
He’s planting all kinds of things. That’s how watermelons grow. It’s so green. The mountains, 
the air is so fresh and it’s not hot. Right now it is 27° where in Tokyo it’s 35 at the moment. 
But yet everybody is in Tokyo at Shibuya Crossing right now. But yet there’s all of this beauty and 
no one’s here. I find it fascinating that humans always draw towards lots of crowds of people 
and normally don’t want to spend their time in this. Kind of great for us like we get to see 
it when nobody’s here but also kind of sad that people are mostly drawn to like the overhyped 
touristy things whereas we’ve also come here to maybe see a different side or a contrast 
to that. go and see the busy side of Japan, but also see the untouched, beautiful 
side of Japan. And uh I have to say,   I guess I like both. We found a little convenience 
store, and you can in fact buy cutlery like a fork or a spoon or even chopsticks in the shape of the 
Hayabusa Shinkansen. Look how cool that is. If we had a house, I probably It’s even got the windows 
and the door on the side and the long nose. You can even get a little keychain, but you can 
also get Shinkansen socks. That’s really funny. If they had my size, but unfortunately they don’t. 
They’re My hand is bigger than that sock. I’m glad to put you back. That’s hilarious. That is so 
cool. What a memory that would be. What a place.

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We Rode Japan’s Fastest Shinkansen From Tokyo to Hokkaido!
In this video we take the fastest bullet train in Japan travelling at 320kph. If you are a train lover, this Japan travel vlog is for you and we discover what it is like to take the Hayabusa Shinkansen and navigate the world’s busiest train station. We also show you how to book your tickets for this bullet train and how to get from Tokyo to Hokkaido in northern Japan!

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