Riding Japan's Longest-Distance Diesel Express Train OKHOTSK (Abashiri→Sapporo)

[@kugastravel5180]

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[@derekz]

First time hearing a history lesson while riding the train with you Kuga. Very cool! Would love to learn more from you!! Thanks for sharing your journey with us as always 😊

[@rupertmiller9690]

Your content has made my life a little bit better. Thank you.

[@deltadaze6836]

Oh! I just can't get enough of these SNOW RIDES!...I did not realize you could turn the seats around, but it makes sense :)

[@dopetrain4597]

Took the ride on winter 2020. As someone who is from a tropical country, this was best 6 hours of magical snowy journey that I have ever experienced.

[@ewengillies9826]

The efforts you go to with the very early morning rises/departures and late night arrivals/depzrtures shows your true dedication to enlighten and entertain your viewers. Thank you M/s Kuga on behalf of all your subscribers it is greatly appreciated. I can only imagine how cold it was there at 5.30am walking to the station. A very different type of journey on a train i'm more familiar with but the white scape surroundings I would live to experience on a train ride. I now know some hustory thanks to your deft teaching methods. ATVB til we next ride who knows where with you. Bushyboy Oz.

[@carolemerle9995]

Very interesting trip and history lesson. I'd love to make the trip to the prison. From what I've read, it's very eye opening.

[@tomburns7544]

Another relaxing and fun video. Thank you, Kuga! I agree with Derek Zhang. Facts about where you are travelling are always fun to learn. どうもありがとう！

[@katarzynadymerska2519]

your films relax me a lot ... I watch them before going to sleep ... I gladly traveled around Japan in your company ...

[@dskadd32]

That's a trip I want to take! Great way to see more of Hokkaido!

[@punnipaduangdara6743]

Thank you for amazing trip with Hokkaido's history.

[@freedomforever6718]

Another fine trip. Thank you.

[@VerhoevenSimon]

Thank you for the unexpected history lesson, and the quality/consistency of snowy train rides in Japan keeps impressing me.

[@TuckerSP2011]

It looks so cold there! Brrrr!

[@kristivandam9152]

Lovely as usual!

[@adamh7588]

Another great journey in the very snowy conditions.

[@onyxdragon]

Thank you for posting this video and the recent videos from your trips (Hokkaido). I've always heard so much about the southern prefectures and cities in southern Japan - Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima, and Nagano. I hardly had received any information about the north, especially Hokkaido. It's great that you are providing us with so much information and insight about Hokkaido, especially Sapporo, Wakkanai, Otaru, Cape Soya, and Abashiri. I hope to visit there soon upon a friend that's now living near Asashikawa.

[@FlexxenRandomPlaces]

I'm already excited to see your reviews of the Hokkaido Shinkansen from Tokyo to Sapporo in some years 🤣

[@larrybarney3796]

THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL RIDE IN WINTER THANK YOU

[@peters1127]

As usual another fine ride, Thank you.

[@ChrisH-1952]

Another informative and enjoyable train trip video. Thanks. I wish we in the UK...indeed in more of Europe... had seats that spun round when the train changed direction.

[@RachnaDipblogs]

Super cool 💞💞💞💞💗💗💗❤️❤️

[@vanessahartsuff3328]

Amazed at travel

[@alanschwartz1157]

Very interesting bit of history, you gave us. Thank you. if the lights weren't so bright, it'd be a good time to catch a nap after you have some breakfast of course.

[@CrazySquirrelProductions]

Ahhh, you have such dedication Kuga-san. I wouldn't even know where you are going to next! 😂 Thanks so much for the video!❤️🙏✌️💪 Maybe snowboarding? 🏂😉

[@SC-wl7cz]

I love your chill vibe. Thank you for sharing.

[@dsdonovan]

Thank you for the virtual tour and history of Hokkaido. It was very interesting to learn about the prisoners.

[@fuoco13]

Another great video. Love the snow scenery. And a bonus, Engaru station. Have seen many videos of this famous station.

[@dalferr]

It was a beautiful travel. Thank you for all the informations, as well as for sharing the wonderful views.

[@paracog]

A chilly but beautiful landscape. I hope you got a hot meal and beverage when you got to Sapporo! Thanks again for the relaxing and informative tour.

[@fairweathercards]

I enjoyed the Hokkaido history lesson. Thank you for the journey!

[@josephkanowitz6875]

ב''ה, thanks for sharing.

[@Oxi8gm]

Буду смотреть это перед сном.🤗

[@billhunnicutt3883]

Very enlightening. Thank you for the history lesson. Happy and safe travels!

[@caymanchristopher7014]

Astounding amount of snow still! Thank you for the videos.

[@wrestlcub]

Great video! I really loved the snowy journey.

[@denniswhite1399]

Thank you for sharing I stayed one night in Abashiri planned to do ice drift boat but was bad weather so cancelled I took train from Sapporo for it so bit dissapointed . also Feb I did get to enjoy Ryuhyo Monogatari Train that was wonderful Loved Abashiri there was a nice restaraunt for seafood but sadly that was closed I plan to go back as its beautiful in winter and I love the trains. The scenery on this trip is so beautiful.

[@bofast]

That protagonist and supporting cast food joke was great :D

[@IbnShahid]

Oh wow...you can just swivel the seats round! Try suggesting that to the train operators where I live in the UK and they’d immediately come out with a bunch of reasons as to why it’s not possible.

[@annawang-mathieson5610]

I always enjoy your posts; i grew up in the early 1960s on base in. Chitose......

[@motojojo_]

Aaarggh, soon as I saw Seico Mart my brain sang “Seico Marto”, it’s like being on a Sunflower ferry 🤣

[@theglobalcitizenship]

Love to see you again Kuga! I absolutely love Sapporo. Would love to come here again in the near future. Thank you for sharing!

[@burrongos]

That was very informative, thank you for sharing that part of Japan’s history… and the trip was fun..!! Take care.. looking forward for the next video

[@tleevee62]

Great trip, great video. Next trip venture to South Korea. Thanks! from USA.

[@LWJCarroll]

I was surprised at how much the teain iced up on the outside….thanks. Laurie NZ.

[@ВорожцовМаксим]

Nice video 👌👌

[@eprohoda]

Good morning. yo.incrdible recording. all the best,🤟

[@briansatchell2319]

I like how all Japans trains are spotlessly clean and tidy. Best in world?

[@nealmacdonald9896]

Go East to West re Canada to see the Rockies in the daytime.

[@LEGIOXIIIG]

Kuga keep it up. I love your videos buddy!

[@Gaurav-fw5qk]

Man, I really enjoy your videos bro. it's awesome and I enjoy it a lot. I wish I could travel like this or travel anywhere really.

[@swiper1818]

Seicomart Hot Chef - the best fried chicken I have ever tasted!!!👍👍👍 Something to try on your next trip to Hokkaido

[@storminmay]

Thanks for the history lesson, was a very poignant reminder that civilization was built on the backs of the forgotten.

[@beritbunny]

I loved the journey. Beautiful! Also, I’m very interested in Sapporo. ❤️❤️

[@Daneelro]

Places I could identify: 00:00 Abashiri 03:06 leaving Abashiri 03:30 outskirts of Abashiri 03:53 halfway from Abashiri to Yobito (shore of Lake Abashiri) 04:52 6 km after Bihoro [scene out of sequence!] 05:06 Memambetsu 06:36 before Bihoro (bridge of E61 road) 06:41 4 km past Bihoro 06:46 before Hiushinai (next to road 39) 07:40 1 km before Tanno 07:51 Kitami 08:19 2 km before Ainonai 08:35 leaving Rubeshibe 08:52 Engaru 09:29 2.5 km before Nakakoshi 09:36 1.5 km before Nakakoshi (road 333 overpass) 09:43 2 km after Tenmaku 09:56 leaving Kamikawa 10:05 Antaroma 10:30 Asahikawa 10:58 last km before Shiroishi 11:13 leaving Shiroishi 11:28 Sapporo

[@KogaNja]

Fantastic content brother plz keep it up!

[@zantetsuken4210]

Next one ? Sapporo to Hakodate ! It is a very nice ride to do (done it several years ago during fall).

[@Supernaut2000]

That is insane amounts of snow in Hokkaido! Will spring ever come there?

[@thesledgehammerblog]

This trip was taken at the end of February, so I would assume the snow is gone (or at least melting) by now.

[@robertabray-enhus3198]

That’s a lot of snow! I didn’t know Japan got that much snow

[@pumpkinhill4570]

Lots of rain, lots of snow. Aomori and Sapporo are the two snowiest cities in the world.

[@jacuesduplessis319]

Are u idiot ??? Never studied geography... this place is very near to YAKUTIA ( Sakha republic), Russia

[@dpledoone]

It’s almost as if Japan Rail never developed its Hokkaido network. That diesel train is however, probably what you need to get through all that snow. Thank you for sharing

[@Paul_MuadDib]

Next tour you can take a little relaxing in an mixed onsen, with hot mineral water and to live in an old traditionel ryokan. It's owner a family.

[@travelwithlazyfoot4k-uhd950]

Interesting idea for vlog. 👍

[@nealmacdonald9896]

Try a 1st class 5 day train trip across Canada or Europe

[@BLACKSTA361]

Wow is it currently snowing in Hokkaido

[@timcurry192]

I see the Sapporo Ice Festival was canceled this year, but maybe next year you could show us. The Sapporo brewery tour is excellent. If you feel like trying the ski jump afterward, don't do it. ;-)

[@kaikito2348]

Want more of Hokkaido in winter? Watch a wonderful film called ' Control Tower '. It's very heart-warming!

[@danielatteberry2393]

I’m from Wakkanai and I thought the Wakkanai to Hakodate train was longer. I used to ride from Wakkanai to Ueno and it took 28 hours including the Hakodate-Aomori ferry.

[@belladonna131]

Very nice ride. No hitches. Not crowded. AND, WAS YOUR SNACK REALLY "NICE"? Most on the go food is just okay. I've had a bullet train lunch and it WAS VERY GOOD. So, I must be speaking of U.S. travel food, which is mostly miss and not a good hit. You have really great travel videos. ❤🌸🤗😊🌸.

[@bryanlorang417]

Thanks Kuga,

[@daspump]

Loved the reversible seats. There's no way we'd get them here in the UK. Can't help notice that the Japanese commuter trains are so much cleaner than those over here.

[@shirokumakogyo]

Of course, in the Meiji Period Hokkaido was only "unexplored" from the viewpoint of the Japanese people--the indigenous Ainu had been living there for centuries before they were marginalized and their culture nearly wiped out by settlers from the other Japanese islands. Their linguistic mark has been left on many of the unusual-sounding (from the perspective of the Japanese language) place names and station names you see throughout Hokkaido.

[@Doodlesthegreat]

Your next excursion is on a bicycle to the local Family Mart.

[@NineEyeRon]

00:46 just like in anime

[@kvikve]

Next could be a ferry from Otaru to Niigata? Just a guess based on a map, if this particular journey continues...

[@susmitanandi7776]

Nice video

[@raytheron]

Great to see this part of Japan! Mmm what about Hakodate to Wakkanai? That'll be a nice long train ride ;-)

[@henrychew235]

Thanks for sharing these train videos. What do you do for a living? You seem to use the trains a lot!!

[@SaberX2248]

Abashiri is famous for drift ice and .... PRISON

[@898688tim]

how about the Hakone trip with train/funnicular/chairlift/boat? I love that trip

[@themontrealyankee]

Thanks!

[@kugastravel5180]

Thanks, Jonathan!🤝

[@johnmiller8975]

Some train history for everyone Towns in the west of Canada and the US are spaced either 7 or 10 miles apart because of the need for water and fuel, first seven, and then ten with improvements to engine design

[@WanJae42]

Next, you'll ride a fishing trawler!

[@AlphabetsAndNumbers123ABC]

Your videos of Japan and you makes my day Kuga, I want tyvvm For letting me and the rest of YT members join your day trip. Tyvvm Kuga God bless.👼🏻🙏🏻 7:16

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

Is it normally snowy in April over there?

[@freedomforever6718]

This was filmed in late February 2022.

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

@@freedomforever6718 AHH yes it says

[@thomaswhitten2537]

Nice, basic ride! I doubt you'd be able to drive in 5.5 hours, especially in that snow. Certainly not as safely so the train seems to be the best bet. The seats turning around like that is unique. Don't see that in many other trains, even in the U.S. Good video! 😉

[@thany3]

I think trains in the Nordic countries are pretty good at ploughing through snow as well 😀 Rotating seats is pretty unique I think 😎

[@tehpanda64]

kind of an expensive ticket isn't it? different travel times might affect prices but today I am seeing flights from Memanbetsu/Ozora to sapporo for under 60 USD. Makes me wonder how the airlines can run at those prices if the trains cost more. I admit I would prefer taking the express train for the novelty of being on rail but for everyone else it makes me fear for the future of the passenger rail infrastructure.

[@pumpkinhill4570]

Probably very few people take it the full distance. I would guess their main customers are people at towns and cities along the way that are not well served by air.

[@alperaker4268]

I missed Abashiri a lot... BTW if you have shopped from the Seico Mart you show in video, wouldn't you be approaching to station from the opposite side?

[@julia393n]

Wow, it still snows so heavily up there in April. Watching from Australia, but lived in Kyushu. Watching your videos reminds me of my time in Japan, but never got the chance to visit Hokkaido.

[@DinnerForkTongue]

From the looks of it, Hokkaido's natural geography has more in common with Russia than it does Japan. This really looks like Kamchatka.

[@johncimillo7860]

He posted those videos now from 2-3 months ago. Don’t understand why he’s not up to date like other Japanese KZbinrs like him. We’re in Spring in the northern hemisphere and it’s about 10-15 degrees Celsius in Hokkaido now

[@roslinabintishahirkpm-guru3351]

Hmm..bila la boleh travel naik train long distance macam ni..

[@aleksmaasik9737]

At the time i saw the train i was thinking that must be cold.

[@markshen3280]

What did your buy for breakfast? Is there a dining-car section on this train ?

[@joll1e]

Is it still snowing there in Hokkaido now in month of April?

[@rztrzt]

Can you do the Ōigawa Railway Ikawa Line to Lake Igawa by any chance?

[@johncimillo7860]

Are you gonna post Cherry blossoms in July when they bloomed and faded in April. Please be up to date on your videos. It is Mid Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Don’t want to see snow till close to Xmas

[@bugburst]

Hi Kuga, did I mention that there is a car from Ford here in Germany with your name? (My Dad has one 🤪)

[@kugastravel5180]

Wow, Super thank you Stephan! That's new to me👀

[@NgKQ96]

Please take a ride on the Odakyu romancecar

[@genesicAura]

The Super Hokuto

[@becky239]

……wow 1st time to hear Mandarin announcement on Japanese train😅

[@lubovlang]

Не знала, что экспресс в Японии может называться Охотск.

[@1liviodinzeo246]

"What will i ride next?" ...a snowmobile 🙂