Today’s train: Akita Shinkansen
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Today, I am travelling to Tokyo by Akita Shinkansen. It is the fastest red bullet train in the world. I don’t know whether the colour of a train is of much importance to anyone else, but it matters to me. 🙂
The distance between Akita to Tokyo is 670 kilometres. We will be covering this distance in about 4 hours. Today’s shinkansen has coupled and uncoupled versions. the uncoupled version is called Komachi. It will take me from Akita to Morioka. The maximum speed is 130 km per hour. In Morioka, the Komachi will be coupled with Hayabusa and then the coupled version will run at maximum speed of 320 km per hour, all the way to Tokyo.
Akita Shinkansen ticket price:
Akita to Tokyo
Ordinary class ticket costs 18,220 yen
Green class ticket costs 23,290 yen
Want to know a bit more about Akita Shinkansen? Visit the website below:
https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/routemaps/akitashinkansen.html
Check out my previous videos:
Riding the HELLO KITTY Shinkansen : The cutest and Japan’s ONLY pink coloured bullet train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-10d49N02I0
Riding the bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka- Did I get to see Mount Fuji?
Kyoto to Hiroshima by Limited express Thunderbird and Nozomi Bullet train | Ferry ride to Miyajima
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:16 Akita station
00:49 Akita to Tokyo route
02:06 Eating soba at Akita Station
02:23 Komachi train is arriving to the platform
02:43 Walking along the bullet train
03:13 Ordinary class seating
04:18 Let’s explore the train
04:53 Restroom tour
06:44 Beautiful view from the train window
07:07 Green Class seating
08:00 Train ticket information and price
08:25 Tokyo Station
08:44 Komachi and Hayabusa
09:39 Tokyo subway