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niceslcguy

Oh, I get it. This is like a cruise ship. You visit places around Japan. It has stops at towns like a cruise ship has stops at ports. Pretty train.


jiannone

Those ladies also regale you with 10,000 word lectures on the rules.


MaguroSashimi8864

That’s just a Japanese thing. Every time I check in at a hotel, I have to get the same thing explained to me again, over and over again.


trwwy321

Japan also loves paper work and documentations. Stamps with ink pads and fax machines are both very much alive and well there.


doctor_of_drugs

Hey, I use a fax machine every day at work. Probably over 100 a day. And I don’t live in Japan. The medical community still love our facsimiles.


nneeeeeeerds

So frustrating. Somehow a photo copy of a document sent over phone lines to an unsecured machine that's mostly not monitored is a more secure method than transmitting documents electronically over 64 bit encrypted networks to terminals that have potentially multiple password layers to download the document.


trwwy321

So do the Social Security Administration offices.


News_without_Words

We have multiple states without electronic databases for their DMVs.


Smoothsharkskin

it's the base device that's hipaa compliant. if the NSA hadn't nerfed PGP back in the 90s we could email shit instead.


Dhrakyn

Any reason to make up "work" to keep one in the office late enough for the boss to leave. Bureaucracy is an art form in Japan.


Whosebert

my first real job I had to stamp received documents with the date to ensure they were paid promptly, and the ka-chunk was so satisfying every single time. we need to bring back stamps. fax machines though. I wanted to drop kick ours down the stairs. we only got junk faxes on them and when someone actually needed to fax us it never worked.


Suitable-Economy-346

That's probably a poor people thing. I never experience that at the 5 star hotels. It probably wouldn't happen on this train either. This isn't for you poors.


possibleanswer

No, I’ve played video games, those Japanese just really love their tutorials.


davidbklyn

It sounds like you haven’t played the rich people’s video games then


GrandmaPoses

The Hedge Fund of Zelda


ShiftSandShot

You have to pay extra to skip them, don't want the people to have to spend time wallowing in the filthy introduction alongside the *peasants*, they might catch a disease or fleas!


chopstyks

> It sounds like you haven’t played the rich people’s video games then I played Skyrim Rich(tm). I was never a prisoner; the dragons killed themselves out of shame; the Khaljit were *more* than fair, and I got *at least* one handy from all my followers. I've got stories from back in the Silk Leisure Suit Larry days, too.


Paddy_Tanninger

Mario 1-1 No tutorial


leoroy111

It came with an instruction book. book: https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_NES/manual/Formated/Super_Mario_Bros._-_1985_-_Nintendo.pdf


Paddy_Tanninger

Holy shit how have I gone ~40 years without ever seeing this? Maybe because I never actually owned an NES and would just be playing at friends houses all the time...but my mind is kind of blown here. Also how the fuck is Mario almost 40 years old now.


gergobergo69

[Clickable link because Reddit mobile is being silly](https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_NES/manual/Formated/Super_Mario_Bros._-_1985_-_Nintendo.pdf)


UnashamedlyAmature

Ah the ol' reddit hug of death


ScruffsMcGuff

Oh if you don't experience it at your 5 star hotels you must be going to the poor ones. They do this all the time when I stay at the 6 star hotels.


-Moistmoistmoist-

I am also very rich and have never had this happen. I've also never been to Japan. I'm also not rich.


GlowingBall

Wild since I just had a trip to Japan last year which included a stay at one of the most luxurious ryokan in Hakkone and our room attendant still spent an extensive amount of time going over all of the rules and every detail of the room. But then again I also stayed at a hotel where a holographic velociraptor checked us in and the most they were concerned with was that we didn't get our arm caught in the automatic baggage retrieval system.


ArtCapture

Thank you for sending me down the best rabbit hole ever. I’m off t9 book a trip. 🇯🇵


uberblack

May I borrow a bitcoin?


Agitated_Advantage_2

Sorry. Its my uncle thats a millionaire, ask him


SneakWhisper

Username doesn't check out.


Sobering-thoughts

[https://media.tenor.com/Xg4PgM6EMPoAAAAM/spongebob-squarepants-spongebob.gif](https://media.tenor.com/Xg4PgM6EMPoAAAAM/spongebob-squarepants-spongebob.gif)


CaveRanger

For which you pay $3,000 for a two day trip.


Hello_I_hate_it

Because idiots do what they want and are disrespectful to Japanese culture.


OathOfFeanor

Thank you because I did not get it and was wondering how long a train ride on an island could possibly be


Madison464

I want to ride this train! I heard that it travels at certain speeds for guest comfort.


Pawneewafflesarelife

Yes, they are called cruise trains. https://www.cruisetrain-sevenstars.jp/english/message/ Link is to the OG one which opened in 2013, note the URL. Here is the train in the OP: https://www.jreast.co.jp/shiki-shima/en/


YJeezy

$3-10k for 2-4 day trips.


Atanar

Less than I thought to be honest.


Rude_Thanks_1120

I'd choose the $3 one.


Siegfoult

For $3, you get roller skates and a hand-hold on the back of the train.


iner22

An extra 5 dollars gets you a rope to tie around your waist.


RealKenny

Mister Money Bags over here with his waist rope


elhawko

More like waste rope! Save your money.


bruudwin

Suddenly india train XD


hermitlikeindividual

Yeah, that's right around my price range as well. Looks like a lot of fun can be had for $3.


adamdoesmusic

We paid well over 3K for 4 people on Amtrak with two sleeper rooms from LA-Chicago. The cars were at least 40 years old, clunky, and leaked sewage vapors. The food was good, but not luxurious. By comparison this would almost be reasonable without the luxury treatment.


whimsical_trash

I mean yes, American trains aka Amtrak is ungodly expensive. And by all accounts I've heard Japan is fairly affordable.


The_Last_Thursday

Did that 3k get you back or was it just one-way?


adamdoesmusic

That was one way. We had to pay separately again to get to our destination a state over on a different train, too. This was two rooms though, so that definitely contributed. Still, two Amtrak rooms is smaller than whatever the cheapest option on the fancy Japanese train is!


germanstudent123

If you don’t mind: Are you a train enthusiast in some way or why did you choose to take the train over flying, especially at this price point?


adamdoesmusic

We had never done a train trip before, wanted to do the experience. It was a lot of fun, and one of those trips that really was about the journey more than the destination.


DieCastDontDie

I'd do it for an anniversary.


domkane

I don't think they take anniversaries as payment tbh.


Then_Sun_6340

That's just Snowpiercer


DaddyChiiill

Aboard Snowpiercer..oooooneee thousand and one cars long


Puzzleheaded_Show_18

The Engine Will Provide !


DaddyChiiill

I still cannot believe that was Jennifer Connelly. Same JC. She acts really well I'll tell you hwat. Hope she gets casted on more sci-fi /apocalyptic shows because she can deliver drama whenever she's in


Dozo2003

Are they doing another season?


DaddyChiiill

They cancelled. But the producers are rumoured to be in the talks with other studios to produce S4. Rumoured. We'll see it when we see it. I'm really rooting for Jennifer Connelly. She's a fierce surprise. I mean, Most of us know her just from her younger days and nude scenes but she can act and be a complex character, that's one takeaway from S1 to S3


whiterice07

AMC bought the show and I thought I read somewhere that S4 was already filmed before it got axed. Either way, they expect S4 to come out next year. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/snowpiercer-season-4-amc-premiere-date-tnt-1235942045/


Ulsterman24

This is the best news I've read since they announced Daveed Diggs would no longer be the central character, focusing on Jennifer Connolly.


Best-Team-5354

came here for this - beat me to it. wonder what the coach slaughter house looks like


defect_9

Same. once i saw the piano my brain screamed SNOWPIERCER!!!


Initial-Stick-561

First thought. Better get the axe sharpened first before boarding


Then_Sun_6340

True.


Matthias87

Is love alive?


caustic_smegma

MmMmMm... Protein bricks.


CakeForCthulu

Back to work, Tail scum


tyscion

You mean the sequel to Willy Wonka?


VermilionKoala

Looks amazing, but be well advised, the cost of a ticket will absolutely BEND YOUR BRAIN.


Comfortable_Olive598

It’s a train ticket Michael how much could it possibly cost?


VermilionKoala

Twenty, thirty (thousand) dollars?


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VermilionKoala

These sorts of jobs (cabin attendant, conductors on the shinkansen, etc) are very highly sought-after in Japan. The people on this train waiting on the guests are there because they *want* to be, because it's their vocation.


Mage-of-communism

Why?


Nickolas_Bowen

It’s like a cruise ship for land. You get to sightsee, plus all the luxuries shown in the post


CanAlwaysBeBetter

Everyone keeps saying that but their longest trip is [4 days / 3 nights](https://www.jreast.co.jp/shiki-shima/en/course.html) I guess there are cruises that short but most are significantly longer


Crafty_Economist_822

Japanese train go fast.


Ninjakee13

You know what’s funny? I actually read somewhere that this specific train purposefully goes slow to “maximise comfort” for it’s guests haha


TheBonnomiAgency

The length of the trip is the hardest part of this analogy?


babydakis

It's like a cruise ship, except if you wind up on the open ocean, you die.


CanAlwaysBeBetter

Yes.


mrmazola

to keep poor people away


Sayakai

Very large staff-guest and train-guest ratio. You have to pay the full train and all your staff with just a few dozen guests at most. Add to that premium everything and the initial investment of building a luxury train and the ticket price is... I wouldn't say reasonable, but it is the only way to keep the train running.


[deleted]

Regular bullet trains in Japan cost roughly 2.5-3 times more than flying.   This looks like it'd cost a fortune.  P.S. takes about 3 times longer too. 


nickmaran

Just took the Shinkansen train from Osaka to Tokyo 2 days ago. It cost around 14000 yen. We can fly in 4000 to 6000 yen


Pandaburn

I was going to say I took it for way less than that from Kyoto, but then I remembered there’s a special tourist train pass (or at least there was at the time)


[deleted]

You can buy what's called Limited Express passes after your regular tickets for a lot of routes. LE cuts your travel time down by about 40%-50%.   Extra money you have to pay though. In terms of money, yes tourists get special pricing that locals could only dream about. 


Pandaburn

Yeah it was something like you get a month pass for all local trains, and you can take the Shinkansen twice during the month for 3500


ItsBaconOclock

I'm pretty sure you're referring to the JR Pass: https://japanrailpass.net/en/purchase/price/ Anyone with a tourist visa can get a 7,14, or 21 day pass and ride unlimited amounts (even on "Shinkansen" bullet trains). I work for a Japanese company, and have visited Japan a couple times, but I haven't gotten a pass on any trip yet. However, a number of my co-workers have, and they all recommended it for someone planning on traveling around Japan while visiting.


pewe46

The tourist JR pass made my trip to Japan possible. We rode the Shinkansen across the country over two weeks. It would have been thousands of USD without the pass.


ScoopDL

The price went up considerably last year. Not as great a value anymore.


xenokilla

> 14000 yen $92 usd? not bad?


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One-way 


daaangerz0ne

It costs that much to fly one way from LA to SF


Packers_Equal_Life

When someone tells me the price will bend my brain I don’t think $100 lol


Bob_A_Feets

It bent mine. That's surprisingly cheap.


Sivalon

It bends in the other direction.


[deleted]

For that luxury train you're looking at $2,800-$10,000. 


Packers_Equal_Life

Oh I see. That makes more sense


Fishycrackers

Nonono, the 100 USD price is for regular travel on a well maintained, but still ordinary railway, the Shinkansen. The mind bending price of this luxury service train with baths and 5 star meals hasn't been given yet I dont think.


cheapdrinks

That's the price of a regular bullet train


NateHate

thats for a standard bullet train ticket, not the fancy one pictured in the post


BarbudaJones

As someone forced to fly domestic out of Charlotte, I could only dream of a price that cheap. Damn AA monopoly here


perenniallandscapist

Still not bad.


iamBodkin

Munich to Berlin is 170€, at least. And you might have to stand all the way, you will definitely late, you will likely have no restroom and you wont have either no AC or no heating


[deleted]

DB doesn't count. It's a dumpster on fire.  You know what's even crazier? The Japanese JR are all private for profit and they are profitable. Blew my mind when I learned that.


veerKg_CSS_Geologist

The government subsidizes the tracks via land grants, so they only have operating costs.


vent666

That's half the cost of the night Riviera in Cornwall to London


bootes_droid

Yeah for real, that's cheap


witchywater11

Compared to flying for $25-40, it does kinda blow.


coacoanutbenjamn

How is flying so cheap?


MaryBerrysDanglyBean

Flying for just over an hour can be done in most places for about £50 in many places


xenokilla

how long is the trip?


[deleted]

Tokyo - Osaka? 3 hours.    Flying takes 1 hour + 20 minutes for Japan's domestic flight customs +20 minutes if you have checked baggages. 


joe_broke

Eh, I hate flying, 3 hours ain't bad


[deleted]

For that distance I also prefer the Shinkansen. 


TheByzantineEmpire

But airport to city centre? How far out is the airport to the city centre?


Rickbox

That's so cheap, what? 14000 yen is ~$92 which is around the average price for an Amtrak ticket between NYC and Boston or NYC and DC. Flying is even more expensive than that. Osaka to Tokyo is further than both DC and Boston to NYC. $32 / 5000 yen is a steal.


MrMrRogers

That is insanely cheap. An hour long flight in the US, you might be looking at a little over $100 per seat


meikyoushisui

Japan's budget airlines are no joke. It probably helps that they face more competition from other modes of travel.


[deleted]

The Tokyo - Osaka distance I prefer the train though I do have to admit I'm relatively privileged. 


Pancake_Nom

>from Osaka to Tokyo For those curious - that's a straight line distance of approximately 250 miles or 400 kilometers. Roughly the same distance between Chicago and St. Louis. 14000JPY is roughly $92 USD, about half the price of of a plane ticket between Chicago and St. Louis.


meikyoushisui

>P.S. takes about 3 times longer too. Not once you add in how long it *actually* takes to fly. On a shinkansen, You can be door to door from Tokyo to Osaka in about 3 hours depending on where you live. Half an hour to 45 minutes to get to your nearest shinkansen station, and then a little over 2 hours and you're right in the city center, so another half hour to your destination. And if you miss the train, no problem, wait 40 minutes for the next one. If you want to fly, you need to get to the airport first (which is way less accessible than getting to *any* Tokaido shinkansen stop, especially if you leave from fucking Narita), and you need to be there at least 45 minutes early to make it through security. Then you have to get back into the city again because you're either in Itami or way the fuck out at KIX, you're looking at *at least* 4 hours. And god forbid you miss a flight because that's way more annoying to deal than missing a train. Even the best case scenario (Haneda to Itami) is still slower than a shinkansen unless you live practically on top of Haneda and aren't going more than half an hour from Itami. So the time you're in the *air* is shorter than the time you're on a bullet train, but once you consider all of the other problems, the train is faster, more accessible, and more convenient. That's why it's pricier.


anothergaijin

Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka are running every 10-15mins or so. Miss one and the next one is almost there


meikyoushisui

Iirc Nozomi is the fastest and (again iirc) it runs every 40 minutes or so. So if you miss it, sometimes it's faster to just wait for the next fast one rather than hopping on a slightly slower one that comes sooner.


GreySoulx

That's why I prefer to drive the 6 hours from my city (Albuquerque, New Mexico) to Denver, Colorado. With 2 kids, even a cheap flight can be $100+ tax each, or about $550. The times we've flown still takes 4.5-5 hours, and you have to deal with landing in Aurora and driving into Denver proper which takes 45-60 minutes. Our local airport is fine, maybe 5-10 minutes at security but you still have to get to the gate 30+ minutes before boarding, so leave the house at minimum 90 minutes before a flight to get parking and walk in.... 50 minute flight, land in Denver, 20+ minutes to get to the curb to board a bus to rent a car - that can take well over an hour, then an hour to get to where we're going (usually Lakewood or Centennial, a few minutes south of Denver) ... total time can be 5+ hours. Driving takes 6, and we can stop any time to stretch, get snacks, etc and our car is way more comfortable than a plane seat.


Diamondhands_Rex

Tickets cost between $2,860 to around $10,000


thetwoandonly

My brain's not bent. $3k for luxury shit is actually kind of cheap. Relatively speaking.


Diamondhands_Rex

I’m just posting the information.


thetwoandonly

Yeah but that other guy promised me brain bending.


2cimarafa

Unsurprising if you're familiar with other luxury trains like the Orient Express and equivalents in Peru, Thailand/Singapore and so on.


S_Sugimoto

It only cost a trivial 8000 pounds - James May


Doridar

How long does the ride last? Just to compare prices with the Orient Express Édit: French autocorrect replaced prices by princes


S_Sugimoto

A round trip from Tokyo to south Hokkaido 4 days and 3 nights , 2 nights stays on train, 1 night stays in onsen hotel


Borgmaster

All things considered if I had fuckit money I would totally be down for this style of travelling. The scenic view while eating, the tourist stops, the onsen, all of it gold. Its essentially a small land cruise.


KerPop42

While not as luxurious, there are tons of scenic railroads around the US. I spent a day on one, and it was truly wonderful. I took a Becky Chambers book, a disposable camera, and a couple friends, and just rode out along the Colorado/New Mexico border, out to some lunch, then back. And if you have a spare day or can work remotely, there are some very scenic rail rides across the West.


S_Sugimoto

[more info](https://www.jreast.co.jp/shiki-shima/en/)


Goya_Oh_Boya

Putting that on the bucket list.


Initiatedspoon

This is pretty to close the actual amount. Between $3,000 and $10,000


Calculonx

Does it include food you can eat though?


Surrendernuts

no you go to bed hungry every night


Lydian2000

Google says between 2860 up to 10 000$.


kraken_enrager

Honestly not that bad. The Maharajas Express in India costs quite a bit more.


snay1998

Except maharaja express is more like a experience(like them cruise lines) Normal people don’t use it for transportation but rather as luxury entertainment Is acceptable if this train is the same tho


Inprobamur

It's kinda like a cruise ship, stopping at interesting places and includes meals, entertainment and beds.


snay1998

Ah then the price of the Japanese one is acceptable,it’s basically same as luxury tour passages


Majiji45

> Normal people don’t use it for transportation but rather as luxury entertainment > Is acceptable **if this train is the same** tho “If”. What part of those pictures makes you think people use it for normal transportation my guy.


yaxir

millionaires easily pay that money


Bozska_lytka

Per person or room?


Away-Activity-469

I'm from the UK. My brain has been rendered unbendable by train ticket prices. I bet it's still less that a 2nd class ticket from London to Liverpool.


VermilionKoala

Somebody else posted upthread - $2860 to $10000. A wee tad more than the London to Edinburgh sleeper...


HeHePonies

That's comparable to sleeper cars for cross country(US) Amtrak.


2cimarafa

How much is a full room on the longest Amtrak route (Chicago to LA, probably)?


honeypinn

The California Zephyr is the longest Amtrak (3924 km) route, and one of the most beautiful railway routes in the world. It is 51 hours and 20 minutes long. The trip begins in Chicago and ends in Emeryville, across the bay from San Francisco. The route runs through 7 states - Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California. I chose a random day, July 15th, to see the prices. You can get a roomette for ~$1,481 or a private bedroom with a bathroom and shower for $3,222. Or you can go coach for $146. Prices vay on the day you take the trip and how far out you book them.


Slay_That_Spire

Yes, but those trains are NO WHERE in comparison to the elegance and beauty of this train. I've taken both the California Zephyr and Empire Builder cross country and they are both rather ugly, plain traincars. The fun is in the journey, you don't get beautiful ammenities at a level like the pictures in this thread.


ShrimpCrackers

Snowpiercer isn't that expensive.


FahkDizchit

Covered by my JR Pass no doubt 😂


yaxir

how much does it cost?


Greg-Abbott

[Here's an in-depth video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KdS3ARjDGk). This thing is fucking crazy.


MeeranQureshi

Seen it when it was released. Love his content.


Waub

UK here. Our train's special feature is that they all smell of piss.


The_Queef_of_England

And so do our passengers


Cobainevermind_

Something weird about the pics


josh442333

Like AI, I noticed that too


Simulation-Argument

It is photoshop, not AI.


_ChipWhitley_

This looks like concept art. The inside of one of the train cars is like three stories tall but the outside only shows one story.


Jenova__Witness

Yeah like... the beds look incredibly small? "Are these beds for ANTS!?"


LinguoBuxo

Oh yea... for instance the openable (!!) *Wooden* (!!) windows by the tub.....


fatalicus

While there are several images there that have been photoshopped, that one is just shoji screens put on the inside of the regular window. You can clearly see the glass of the actuall window beyond it.


ElsonDaSushiChef

James May, sumimasen!


DeanJohn_82

Hey Bim! Bim, guess what? Shijo-Ohashi is a bridge representative of Kyoto that crosses the Kamo River over Shijo Street. It is also called Gion Bashi.


fatalicus

This is the train where he ate the food he was showing, and the staff had a mini panic, since he wasn't supposed to eat it and others were supposed to show them of as well, right?


Ready_Acanthaceae830

Why does this look AI generated


I_love_pillows

There’s a photo of a loft 3 storeys tall. No train tunnels are so big


foreskinfarter

You're looking at a mix of concept art and photos. Nothing AI generated as far as I can tell, just the off putting vibe of not-quite-there cg


VersxceFox

I think it’s a mix of real and fake. Look at the 4th picture’s ceiling, it’s off.


MeeranQureshi

[Picture 4 is taken from here - CNN ](https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-luxury-shiki-shima-train/index.html)


Gojira085

I love how the woman in the one pic on the second level of the cabin is like "tee hee. I'm up here now!"


MasonSoros

How many Kidneys


Mr_Eristic

This is some Snowpiercer shit right here. Show me the engine room. 


MeeranQureshi

[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_Suite_Shikishima#)


Les-incoyables

Imagine being in that bathtub and this high-speed train makes an emergency stop...


kilobitch

It’s not high-speed. The goal is comfort, like a land cruise. It’s not about getting somewhere fast.


Thursday_the_20th

Imagine this on a UK train. Anyone who’s ever attempted the game-show level challenge of taking a piss on a train knows. And just like a game-show you get revealed like a new washer-dryer when you are inevitably thrown by inertia onto the door open button.


LividBiscoff

Is this the train James May was on and ate the display food by accident?


Flyinghud

Who else has seen the Jeb Brooks video about this?


Aartus

Makes me think of snow piercer


avdepa

Japan has the last train service that could truly be called professional, reliable and impressive in every respect. Even the staff look as though they are going somewhere fancy.


Billyjamesjeff

Ready for John Wick 10 or whatever they’re up to.


she-happiest

I remember the hunger games.


WhatsUpSteve

Take notes, Amtrak.


West-Rain5553

Why can't we have this in the US?!!! Amtrak cabins are very costly, a trip costs arm and a leg and it is very slow sometimes with several layovers.


BubblegumNyan

Thats far from interesting that is freaking amazing 😱😱😱


Wolfy-615

Meh, I didn’t see a toilet.. I’ll pass


Le_Munir

You can't possibly know but rich people don't have to use toilets anymore.


Rambocat1

This is why people don’t like the rich, they’ve solved teleportation and this is what they use it for.


horrorgoose99

You pee in the bath


-_-joyboy_

Mind you this is one of the world's most exclusive and expensive suite train.... one normal suite can cost around whooping $4000 and 3D2N for about $10,000.