is what a luxury train ride is like in
Japan
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okay so I'm here at shinigawa station in
Tokyo and I'm headed down to the easy
area and what better way to travel there
than to do it luxury style so I'm taking
a six-seater room all the way there it's
a little bit loud right now so let's
just get on the train and let me show
you the experience
so today I'm running the saphir odoriko
luxury Express train that carries
passengers between Tokyo and the Izu
area a go-to vacation destination for
Tokyo residents including me remember I
recently did a luxury hotel trip here so
this unique train offers premium seats
with a view in train restaurant and a
whole lot more which I'm gonna break
down for you in this video
the departure if you're getting on
shinigawa station like me go straight to
platform number 12 with the orange gate
should be easy enough you should know
though that there are only two trains
per day running each Direction so
definitely check the timetables for each
station to make sure you get on at the
right time
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oh here comes a train
booking tickets
tickets for the Sofia odorico can be
purchased at the Jr ticket reservation
office called Midori no madaguchi or at
ekihyphenet.com and private room tickets
are only available at the ticket
reservation office Sophia is currently
quite popular so I recommend booking the
tickets in advance especially for the
private room or premium green seeds for
the six-seater private room I had to
book three weeks in advance okay let's
see what this room looks like
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okay so here we are I'm in the room it
actually is a pretty large I got six
seats there's only two in this cart and
then two in the other card so there's a
total of these four rooms that you can
get and then there's four four-seater
rooms in fact this is not the first time
I've ridden this I actually rode this
train before with Michael Wolfie we took
the four seater the previous time and we
actually really had a good time so I
wanted to take all of you guys on this
one but show you guys the six seater if
you do have a lot of friends and you
guys are gonna go on the trip down to
Izu then this is probably a good way to
do it so this is pretty amazing just
look around these are pretty comfortable
chairs itself these are the kind of I
think hopefully leather chairs they have
these mirrors right here makes it the
room just a little bit bigger and they
also have these sky windows as well that
kind of just opens up the space the
lights here I think it's quite
interesting and you feel like you'd see
these uh maybe like a ship or something
maybe maybe a train I guess the lights
itself they have little AC Outlets so if
you need to charge your phone or do some
PC work I guess if you wanted to you can
do that here and apparently they have
free Wi-Fi here as well wow this is
amazing you can see the ocean right in
front of us let me show you
while I enjoy the view let's talk about
the price of tickets for this two plus
hour ride a ticket from Tokyo to iziki
shimodo on the green seats are 10060 Yen
while the premium green seeds are 12 460
Yen about 90 and the private rooms are
between 33 880 yen to 60 360 Yen about
250 to 450 depending on the size of the
room and the number of passengers
so another cool thing about this room is
let me show you
what's so nice is that you can close a
blind for privacy
so like all of my videos let's go
explore this place a little bit
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okay so here we are I am going down to
the first class seats
so check this out so we are sitting down
right now in the first class premium
seats I love just this kind of um
shelled little carbon fiber seat that
I'm sitting in right now you can see
that it's like super super shiny and
carbon fibery which is pretty cool you
have the table that comes out just like
this you have this reclining like this
control pad right here so I can just
recline my seat just like this and I'm
reclining back and back and back and you
can put your foot rest up as well if you
want that's kind of nice you got a
little like leg rest here I think this
right here is a light I just love these
wide open skylights sky windows you can
see the blue blue sky I love it oh you
have even have like a little coat hanger
right here this is pretty cool this is
perfect I'm like in my perfect little
pod if you want you can shut the windows
just like this
we're going to leave them open because
we want to see the view this is
definitely premium
okay and here are the regular green
seeds you can see that the seeds here
are not bad as well that they look
pretty comfortable they have the
reclining features they have a light a
little cable tray in the front cup
holders you know pretty much everything
you would need
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cafeteria in your hand
okay what's going on over here
the cafeteria
so this here is the cafeteria area you
can see right here there's a bunch of
seats and you can look out into the
windows or into the ocean or the trees
or whatever you want and then there's
some tables right here that you can also
sit down but you have to reserve this is
all pretty amazing the aisle to get to
the cafeteria it's quite narrow but
since it's facing the window you don't
get that claustrophobic feeling and
because of it you get this lovely open
Kitchen where you can see the chefs
freshly making each dish one by one the
menu itself is basically the same as you
would get in the private rooms so if you
ride in the green seeds you can also
dine in style oh thank you she gave me a
card with a handwritten message so nice
oh I think this is the restroom area
and my go-to favorite in a pinch the
toilet
okay so I guess this is
spacious
toilets you have the baby little carrier
right here so if you need to go do your
thing you can put your baby here or your
little toddler and then there's even a
change AC right here but all in all it's
like pretty spacious and they've got
private urinals too I think the food is
coming oh the food's here
now time to get her food on the dining
experience here is directed by tetsuya
Honda akanagawa born Italian chef and
owner of Ristorante Honda which was
awarded a Michelin star 13 times on this
spectacular ride you can enjoy the
Perfect Blend of delicate Japanese
sensibilities and Italian gastronomical
skill with local seasonal ingredients
and for sure I recommend ordering in
advance before writing on their severe
pay app since the main menu items sell
out quickly so you can see here this is
application where you put in your order
you can just show them the QR code right
here they'll bring your food all here
and we have this huge huge table in fact
they make the food in a cafeteria itself
as it goes usually you're probably going
to order just one for yourself but I
decided you know again I wanted to show
you guys all of this stuff to show you
the full experience so I ordered two
different types of their Exquisite pasta
some gnocchi a luxury beef dish and
their signature Curry which was my
favorite cool they got some Cutlery here
too you guys love plastic so this is hot
premium beef Curry bam look how thick
this piece of beef is
Curry packs a little bit of a punch that
is really delicious has a little bit of
peppers in here it has bits of onion wow
this is good it almost has kind of like
a luxurious I don't know expensive taste
to it I can't even describe what that is
the beef itself is super tender it's
like it's been marinated for quite a
long time there's a lot of flavor in
each bite of this beef wow
Mr Honda now I know why this is your
premium Curry this is really delicious
thank you this is the spaghetti with
fresh Izu Tomatoes oh wow you can really
smell the tomatoes it smells so good I
want to just try the tomatoes itself
mmm these tomatoes are rather sweet
they're delicious try some of this right
here
they've peppered it a little bit too I
mean this is perfect because I think
it's also good for if you have kids it's
not too sweet but it's not too salty
either it's kind of in the middle it's
seasoned kind of like for all tastes the
sauce is on point and these tomatoes are
phenomenal I don't know what Izu is
doing with the tomatoes but they are
great another pasta option would be the
Sardine and fennel linguine topped with
the herb bread crumbs which my
two-year-old son was also into it's
perfectly seasoned and the crunchy bread
crumbs enhances the texture and flavor
experience to another level and if you
have kids or are just simply into
gnocchi they offer a children's potato
gnocchi with tomato sauce which has a
milder taste than their pasta as you can
imagine but the chewy and velvety
texture of the gnocchi itself is perfect
for all ages and if you want to go
Splurge you can try the red wine
marinated beef cheek with potato puree
the meat is tender and moist and it
breaks easily with a fork while the wine
sauce bitterness creates that high-end
flavor complexity oh and each of these
plates comes with some water and some
bread itself got a lot of water right
now gonna have to bring all that home
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so okay so we are stopping at atami
right now that's the local train right
there basically this trip wouldn't be a
trip if I didn't have you know a little
beer to celebrate it and what's cool is
that this beer is a local beer from a
shizoka in the Izu area but it's
actually American pale ale on Shadow
beer what is this guy it looks like a
wizard I guess it looks like a wizard
wizard with a beard
now that's refreshing this is amazing
I'm so glad I'm on this train ride this
is really the way to travel also if
you're not that hungry and just want
something light they do offer unique
snacks and side menus which can be
paired with a glass of their Italian
wine
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