A BRAND NEW Shinkansen! Japan's Tsubasa E8 BULLET TRAIN

[@julieg4926]

I’m old enough to be your grandma but I just have to tell you how much I enjoy your videos. I get to live vicariously through you. LOL I look forward to one day taking my first train trip. You’re quite a talented, bright young man. Keep up the lovely work.

[@CerroZimm]

I dont buy that, proof your oldness.

[@bobagowoof]

@@CerroZimm the LOL was a tell

[@julieg4926]

@@bobagowoof my 20 something son just explained. I really am ancient. lol

[@rogercarroll8764]

The Japanese have beautiful trains. Their designs are amazing!

[@polestarli3091]

怪异的车头，没有美感

[@sangillee7]

@@polestarli3091simplified hanzi is uglier. The mainland chinese are not allowed to talk about aesthetics considering their ugly crumbling apartments and tacky clothing. Not to mention the beijing bikinis

[@marsbearmcw3050]

I’ve been to Japan a couple of times and I looove their trains. Just fantastic. You’ll also notice the stations are spotlessly clean. A pleasure to catch one of these bullet trains.

[@Mergatroid]

Those colors in the standard class cars are stunning! They really made even the seats look beautiful.

[@blind_gamer16]

I'm not from Japan, but I like anything in Japan!

[@durece100]

Where are you from?

[@noob-gx5bu]

​@@durece100india

[@plusultra7258]

​@@noob-gx5buUS apparently

[@Miroslavajeri]

Unit 731?

[@jessicaburdell7779]

"Good morning America, How are ya" Sorry, that's been stuck in my head ever since my conductor played it over the loudspeakers at work today. Lol. Definitely excited for the City of New Orleans trip next week and thanks again for another awesome one within the gifter of our spring cherry blossoms

[@NAIR9994]

Looks like a plane in inside view

[@CTSLRailfan]

Nice video! I'm half Japanese and I'm going to visit Japan next summer for the first time in a decade.

[@mururoa7024]

11:28 For those wondering what that pedal is at be bottom of each row of seats: It allows to flip the entire row 180 degrees. Convenient when traveling with more family members or friends and you want to face each-other.

[@VNCốhương2425]

Thanks for sharing your video❤. We will traveling to Tokyo next week .

[@etbadaboum]

Excellent video! I love all the details, rarely seen in other train channels.

[@nateshf9303]

My wife and I have ridden on every Shinkansen line, including the one to Ureshino Onsen. We're excited to ride this one soon.

[@ashakydd1]

I feel like a *must* experience for visiting Japan is being on the platform when a train goes through at full speed on the center tracks. You don't truly appreciate just how fast those trains travel at until you are standing less than 20 feet from them in motion.

[@ridwan3709]

amazinng, my country still cannot build bullet train, our government but from china, but i prefer japanese train :)

[@stennordenmalm1735]

Really nice video, new sub here. Hi from Sweden

[@真季野口]

Yamagata Station is the main station for the E8 Series Yamagata Shinkansen🚄. Yamagata is a paradise for meat, ramen, rice, sake, and fruit. It is close to tourist spots such as Zao, Yamadera, Mogami River, and Kaminoyama Onsen, and is surrounded by nature, where endangered species live.

[@nateshf9303]

My wife and I have explored countless onsen towns across Japan, and Kaminoyama Onsen is definitely on next place to visit list.

[@真季野口]

@nateshf9303 There are many hot springs in Yamagata. Among them, Kaminoyama Onsen is a hot springs area loved by the people of Yamagata. In particular, the ryokan called Koyou has been famous for a long time.

[@nateshf9303]

@@真季野口 Will check it out. We recently went to Tamagawa, Naruko, Tsuchiyu and Iizaki Onsens - All unique, less crowded and gorgeous!

[@GeoffSeeley]

The Japanese do trains to perfection!

[@mururoa7024]

Cool train! Your camera needs configurable shutter speed to avoid LED screens flickering. Try 25 and 50fps (e.g. Tokyo), or 30 and 60fps (e.g. Osaka) depending on where you are in Japan.

[@hakutaka-2009]

Thank you for come to Japan! I have'nt ridden the E8 series,but I'd like to ride one someday.

[@davidryan3923]

Had to watch this video because by chance my only Shinkansen experience has been between Koriyama and Ueno or Tokyo stations.

[@davidryan3923]

P.s. hope to ride up to Niagara from Tokyo sometime.

[@davidryan3923]

Correction Niigata.

[@seven_hundred-seven_hundred]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@ivoryjohnson4662]

I enjoy your videos and I look forward to next one

[@fldon2306]

Stylish train! Still partial to the N700S (in the background at the Tokyo station, 17:00) I’ve ridden to Kyoto. Thanks!

[@allyreneepenny9447]

What a fine Train. I' am sorry ! Is not a train ,it is an jet on the Rails🤩👍

[@thebeber2546]

A rail jet you say? I think you‘re on the wrong continent. /j

[@trying58]

@5:56 "The windows are enormous." Only compared to a submarine LOL!

[@HexAyed]

Especially compared to the trains in Europe, I imagine it's a safety thing more than anything

[@qwerty112311]

Compared to plane windows they are enormous, but I far prefer the Shinkansen windows over the European windows. You’ve got a window to yourself. No need to negotiate with a person behind/in front of you for the window shade position.

[@iPlayOnSpica]

Shinkansen cabins do suffer loads from the high speeds, so it is only natural that their windows are smaller than those on slower trains. The windows on the E8 actually appear to be bigger than those on most other shinkansen. I find shinkansen windows to generally be slightly bigger than commercial jet windows, but the only other shinkansen with comparably large window sizes to the E8 is the E2, and I think E2's are still bigger (but operate at slower speeds).

[@rolandmellmann7775]

Beautyful,i like it ,top train and movie

[@LGVRhin-Rhone]

Thanks for the review! I really want to ride on the E8 series but the Green Car has been criticized a lot for being much less spacious than the previous generation. BTW Koriyama is the second largest station, since Fukushima station has about double the passengers each day.

[@LonestarTrips]

I didn’t really think the green car was less spacious than any of the other Shinkansen I traveled on. Also, according to JR East’s 2023 daily passenger averages, Koriyama sees around 1,795 more passengers per day than Fukushima.

[@LGVRhin-Rhone]

​@@LonestarTrips I love how thoroughly researched your content is. Maybe we're looking at different sources, but you need to include the Fukushima Kotsu and Abukuma Express line statistics in the total for Fukushima station. Glad to hear that you didn't find it to be more cramped. I myself haven't ridden it, but I did see multiple Japanese train youtubers complaining about the seat for various reasons.

[@arkynkueh]

​@@LGVRhin-RhoneKoriyama station is the busiest station in Fukushima prefecture. That's why Nasuno services end here and not at Fukushima.

[@LGVRhin-Rhone]

​@@arkynkueh I'm interested in where you get your sources. Maybe the railway company media release stats I read in Japanese are different from yours? If you total all the rail operators' latest passenger numbers for Fukushima and Koriyama, you get 21,424 and 16,087 daily users respectively. Seems like my claim that "double the passengers use Fukushima daily" was outdated, sorry. Also I'm sure you're aware that the Nasuno services terminating at Koriyama are mainly there to fill the daytime service gaps at Shin-Shiraga station? For Koriyama passengers it's more convenient to use the Yamabiko and Tsubasa services to Tokyo.

[@arkynkueh]

@ramairturbine First of all, you can't count the ridership numbers by adding them, because of double counting between operators, and especially for the Abukuma Express which runs tourist-oriented trains. Second, yes, Nasuno services are extended to Koriyama because of Shin-Shirakawa station, however, the reason why they aren't extended to Fukushima, the next stop, is because Koriyama city is bigger than Fukushima city. And Shin-Shirakawa isn't that busy anyway, as it gets only 2 to 3 thousand daily passengers.

[@mantukivlog919]

Speed trains are common for Japan ❤❤❤

[@ykk-1]

In Japan, it is nicknamed Eggplant or Whale.

[@leokimvideo]

I really liked the toilet

[@anastasiapavluchenlova-l9q]

Never seen a foreigner who actually knows the name of the Shinkansens😂(of course full respect to others who do know, without doubt)

[@impulserail4910]

For some reason I thought Japanese rail platforms all had barriers for the full length, Koriyama did have this

[@markfriedman5358]

Great Videos

[@David-fq6ly]

What a beauty!

[@charliewhiskey8440]

7:56 there is more vibration than I expected

[@YQ2138]

niceshinkansen☕️danke❤️👏😊

[@crismsr1]

awesome !

[@popozz]

It is not easy to achieve both stable high-speed performance in a straight line as a Shinkansen and performance in a curved line or on a gradient on a conventional line running in mountainous areas. It is just like speed skating and figure skating, which require completely different skate shoes and techniques.

[@riffgroove]

If you don't ride the Shinkansen while you're there, you haven't been to Japan.

[@LonestarTrips]

It doesn't count as a trip to Japan if you don't ride the Shinkansen.

[@sakibhasan6540]

Japanese train seats are better than first class airline seats of my country

[@cmair77]

Great vid thank you

[@ServiusTheBear]

It might just be me but seeing it go through on the test dosent look like its going as fast as you think it would. Still a good looking train for modern tech.

[@LedySagastume]

New Orleans to chicago and dever to oakland

[@LonestarTrips]

Denver to Oakland is in the pipeline!

[@damiancooper3063]

Denver though the Utah line is all ready covered on this channel

[@LedySagastume]

California zephyr ok

[@MarkoDragicevic-e2c]

​@@LonestarTripsPlease remove the stupid ♥️on her comment

[@ABCantonese]

They upgraded the tracks from Utsunomiya to fukushima to 320kph already?

[@arkynkueh]

They've always been 320 kph, just that the E3 Series was only capable of 275. The E8 can do 300.

[@MeatyLegend]

the corridor from Utsunomiya to Morioka is 320kph for so long already

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Too far away from Europe but it would have been nice to go for a ride there. Great trains.

[@rafalobo5308]

Go to Spain, there's plenty of high speed trains, it's a closer option.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

@@rafalobo5308 Or Germany, France....

[@rafalobo5308]

​@@Stefan_Boerjessonmate, I was just trying to give a cheaper option, no need for sarcasm. By the way, neither of those countries have as many kilometres of high speed trains, FYI.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

@@rafalobo5308 No sarcasm intended! Just that Germany and France are closer to Sweden.

[@KyrilPG]

I'm guessing that the space seen at 9:25 is the "phone booth" or discussion room, like on TGV's upper deck between cabins where there's a wide seat / small sofa. It's were passengers are supposed to go if they want to make or take a call on their phone, instead of staying in their seat, to avoid bothering other passengers. As much as I love Shinkansen trains, I've always thought that the interiors, especially seat carpets, look corny and out of fashion. Almost like 70's wall carpets. It's something that I've also noted on Chinese high-speed trains. I tend to much prefer European high-speed trains' interiors, like in France, Germany, Spain, or Italy, where interiors are cozier and have more character. As for the windows, the best disposition I've seen is the window arrangement of the bar or restaurant car on Renfe's TGV derived S-100 trains. The thinner, but longer, windows give a fantastic view at full speed. This was a very nice trip report!

[@ValhalQcoholic]

Japanese trains be so extra

[@markjones2781]

Loner my dear, I thought Green Car was mostly a 2-1 configuration. Is the 2-2 configuration on the E8 a modern quirk?

[@LGVRhin-Rhone]

yes. it's a shame

[@qwerty112311]

Green car is 2-2. Gran class is 2-1. E8 doesn’t have Gran class.

[@Clickworker101]

Do you know how to track maintenance is so efficient in Japan?

[@LonestarTrips]

I do not. Care to share?

[@Clickworker101]

Nice

[@LonestarTrips]

Thanks!

[@デデザイン]

日本技术太强了，为日本创新👍

[@JosephStanley-w5t]

Why was there a Hayabusa Shinkansen attached to the Tohoku Shinkansen?

[@mikegaskin5542]

The Tohoku Shinkansen is a route, the Hayabusa is a service that runs on the Tohoku Shinkansen. Many Hayabusa services are combined with a Komachi service between Tokyo and Morioka. The Komachi detaches at Morioka and runs to Akita. A similar pattern exists with combined Yamabiko and Tsubasa services.

[@WaynoGur]

With the high-speed, how do they avoid overheating the panto graph?

[@n.bastians8633]

With high speed trains, the pressure that pushes the pantograph to the catenary is much lighter than usual. The catenary itself is designed such that the point of contact with the pantograph constantly moves sideways.

[@toshiyuki885]

It's brilliant you didn't call Bullet Trains, because we never use such a wrong word. Shinkansen or Highspeed rail is collect. Yeah Yamagata got more close and comfortable, there's much lovely nature, food, and hot springs. I thought It's only shame E8's style got ugly because of increasing capacity.

[@mm-yt8sf]

ohh i didn't know the nose length was for noise reduction. i was hoping it wasn't just some kind of overcompensation by designers for something 😀 whew

[@ABTrainsYT]

Do we have any European content coming soon? :)

[@LonestarTrips]

Soon-ish. I’m traveling to Sweden for work in a couple weeks, and I’ll film a few videos while I’m out there.

[@ciello___8307]

A goddamn shame the US doesnt have this kind of network. We truly are stuck jn the 20th century

[@MrTM4]

Has this train each day same departure times from Koriyama to Tokyo?

[@vernongoodey5096]

If only the quality and comfort of these Hitachi units were the same in the UK

[@erickg3508]

1:30 is that Himeji Station?

[@LonestarTrips]

Nope, Koriyama. Himeji is on the San’yo Shinkansen.

[@ARandom_Toad]

In Japan, standard class Is equal to European fist classes

[@owntor1]

Where are the nose cone covers stored?

[@LonestarTrips]

The nosecones fold into the car body.

[@whangamatayamagata6021]

Japanese train enthusiasts call E8 eggplant.

[@wolfsterjones891]

it be nice if u went on the bullet train in the USA

[@Neville60001]

He did a train ride on the Acela already (kzbin.info/www/bejne/anXRiYCGrLyse8U&pp=ygUbbG9uZXN0YXIgdHJpcCByZXBvcnRzIGFjZWxh )

[@qjtvaddict]

It doesn’t exist. So he can’t

[@Neville60001]

@@qjtvaddict, it _does_ exist; it's called the Acela, and will it's not as fast as European or Southeast Asian ones, it's still a bullet train as much as the others (and yes, he _did_ travel on the Acela.)

[@margegeneverra5594]

Sad how bad trains are in the US, compared to Japan.

[@pastorjerrykliner3162]

Those train cars would be torn up within a week of having Americans riding on them. The drink tables would be broken, someone would "decorate" the seatback with a magic marker to prove that they were there, people would pee all over the floor of the bathroom, and...of course...nobody would bother cleaning up anything. This is why we can't have nice things.

[@Neville60001]

Are you planning to work with others to make trains in the USA be as fast as Japan?

[@Neville60001]

@@pastorjerrykliner3162, people travel Acela and regular Amtrak trains with no problems riding them, or any defacement; where *_do_* you get your info from?

[@gojo_satoru_sama]

US puts money in wars and ammunitions.

[@ciello___8307]

@@pastorjerrykliner3162nah, the antrak cars are fine. Its just american politicians hate trains

[@skk3940]

I dont like the fact you can't slide your feet under the seat in front of you.

[@nagasako7]

If Amtrak is Chevy Malibu, JR Green Cars are literally Ferraris 😂 (Same designer)

[@takurupace]

I’ve started making silent vlogs as well, if you guys can watch and give me some advice to improve. Thank you ❤️

[@spectrastar2749]

Sorry to say but that is blue, not purple on the E8.

[@LonestarTrips]

Lol what? You mean the livery?

[@panicdeluxe1337]

100 volt^^

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Can You understand the Japaneseque aesthetics❓

[@chunlanjauw8427]

Can I bring oversized luggage in green class without having a reservation?

[@ursus9104]

Hayabusa is the fastest Shinkansen.

[@Ottakring-us3xi]

the dont called for no reasonn tsubasa{wings]

[@TinLeadHammer]

It is interesting that the outside doors simply slide like on a 1960s commuter train instead of moving outwards and then slide away, which would provide flush surface.

[@LonestarTrips]

Ah, so they actually push outward to fill the gap in the final stage of closing. It’s difficult to see as it’s really small distance, but that small amount of resistance means a lot at high speeds.

[@TinLeadHammer]

@@LonestarTrips I am re-watching the part at 3:30, I see that the sides of the car are tapered toward the door. But I do notice a slight hiccup when the door starts to open, so maybe this hiccup is when the door slightly moves inwards? Still, will these tapered sides, the door does not seem to be completely flat with the body when closed. Maybe this inside/outside movement is merely to seal/unseal the door?

[@tomodomo1000]

1. Japan 2. Switzerland 3.China 4. France

[@xR0bert]

*_Correction_* it’s not Kph it’s *_km/h_*

[@peterelvery]

No. Its km/h.

[@xR0bert]

@@peterelvery My bad I forgot😅😟

[@Nanonic001]

Wot no USBs?

[@ykk-1]

Most of the charging equipment on Japanese bullet trains and limited express trains is a power outlet. Therefore, you cannot charge your smartphone unless you prepare your own USB adapter. One reason is that many Japanese people are worried that USB connections can communicate and write viruses or extract information. Another reason is that USB TYPE A and TYPE C are currently mixed, and power outlets are preferred because they have a larger output.

[@The-Cat]

May I have a small small tiny request? could you please not do the high pitch voice when you're narrative? It's extremely annoying 🙏 once heard it becomes frustrating because its done so often it cant be unheard and kills the enjoyment. Just a personal opinion , no offense intended 🙏 thank you for your time and perhaps consideration.

[@timbounds7190]

No doubt great trains, but I don't like the external paint scheme. The purple is too dark and gives the fronts a very heavy look somehow. The interiors look great though.

[@sparsh776]

18000 people in one day, that's the difference in management. In India, we have stations with an average of 3.4 M passengers in one day.

[@muktadirbhuyan7281]

That's because koriyama station is not a busy station Shinjuku station in Tokyo has average passenger of 3.6 million a day.

[@mchannielroshansyarkawi8115]

Food for thought: - The Chinese High Speed trains regularly operates at a faster speed than the Japanese ones. - The Chinese High Speed Rail [HSR] currently operates about 46,000KM (around 28,700+ Miles) of high speed rail tracks compare to [big yawn..] 3,000KM (that's not even 2,000 Miles) tracks currently being run by the Japanese. - The Chinese are more open to the possibility technology transfer of their HSR system while the Japanese prefer the low-interest-with-gazillion-year-to-pay loan payment scheme with ZERO POSSIBILITY of technology transfer. Look..., the Japanese USED TO rule consumer electronics, chips manufacturing, hybrid/electric vehicles, etc. Where are they now??

[@julianbizdoaca1546]

You're talking to much about nothing as if we didn't know that

[@DCSWCCkingpin1]

Please remove the と from こんにちわ と ようこそ that's not how Japanese grammar works. And it's spelled こんにちは not わ -- we can't take you seriously if you get this stuff wrong

[@LonestarTrips]

While I appreciate your corrections, your aggressive tone is not welcome.

[@Clickworker101]

N

[@interceptor7905]

Still muzzles on faces?😢

[@LonestarTrips]

That’s just Japanese culture.

[@jasperli]

muzzles?

[@heliodango43]

i was somethimg very common on japan before the pandemic, for imfuenza, to avoid polen...

[@creactivestudios9543]

chinese train speed 350 kmph

[@jimmysripattanilangkhasuka2117]

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[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

8:31 how fast are we going here? Hard to tell

[@nickburse]

$wagzilla 🦖