JAPAN BY TRAIN: Sendai (Miyagi) – Aomori – Hakodate, feat. Akebono. [HD] (31/Dec/2013)

Video footage from my train trip between Sendai (Miyagi prefecture) and Hakodate (in Hokkaido) via Aomori, in Japan, on the 31st of December, 2013 (New Year’s Eve!). I have included some takes of Aomori and Hakodate, including the Hakodate cable and the Hakodate mount.

Trains:
1) Sendai – Shin Aomori: Hayabusa super express (shinkansen).
2) Shin Aomori – Aomori: Akebono limited express.
3) Aomori – Hakodate: Super Hakucho limited express.

I hope train / Japan / countryside lovers enjoy it as I did!

PS: note the Akebono limited express (the historic night train travelling from Tokyo to Aomori via Akita) and the stop at the Tappi-Kaitei undersea station in the Seikan tunnel. The PA system says: “the train will stop at the Tappi-Kaitei station, but the doors will not open”. The station was sadly closed recently, in order to make room for the Hokkaido shinkansen.