2 Days Travel on Japan’s Newest Overnight Train, WEST EXPRESS GINGA (4K Trip Vlog)
Let’s take a look at the WEST EXPRESS GINGA, Japan’s newest overnight train operated by JR West.
On the way there, I rode in a Green Car first seat from Kyoto to Kii-Katsuura, then toured Kii-Katsuura and stayed at Hotel Urashima, and on the way back, I rode in couchette from Shingu to Kyoto.
■Train information
Train name: WEST EXPRESS GINGA
Total fare: 57,700 JPY / 400 USD
Section: Between Kyoto Station and Shingu Station
Seat on the way there: Green car first seat
Seat on the way back: Couchette (Nobinobi seat)
JR official website:
Nippon Travel official website:
・Cars and facilities
Car 1: Reserved seats in green car: first seats, private lounge
Car 2: Reserved seats in regular car: reclining seats, couchettes, changing room, powder room (women only)
Car 3: Reserved seats in regular car: reclining seats, family cabins, free space “Myojo“
Car 4: Free space “Yusei“
Car 5: Reserved seats in regular car: couchettes
Car 6: Reserved seats in green car: premier rooms, free space “Suisei“
Free Wi-Fi (all cars), power outlets (all seats), USB ports (all seats and private rooms in Green cars), women’s changing room (car 2), AED (car 4), wheelchair-accessible seats (car 5), wheelchair-accessible toilets (car 5), large luggage storage (cars 2, 3, and 5)
・Fare (Kyoto - Kii-Katsuura/Shingu)
Ticket: 5,500 JPY
Reserved seat express fare: 3,170 JPY
Green car fare: 4,190 JPU
Premium room fare: 7,240 JPY
Reclining seats and couchette seats are 8,670 JPY (60 USD) one way
Green car reserved seat first seat is 12,860 JPY (88.7 USD) one way
Green private room premium room is 20,100 JPY (138.6 USD) one way
■Hotel
Name of facility: Hotel Urashima
Address: 649-5334 1165-2 Katsuura, Nachikatsuura-cho, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
Opened: 1956
Guest room: Nisshokan Western-style room
Water quality: Sulfur-containing sodium and calcium chloride spring, pH 7.3, cloudy protein, hydrogen sulfide odor, etc.
Official website:
■Table of contents
00:00 Intro
00:38 Kyoto Station
01:42 Boarding
03:22 Car 1, Green Car, first seat
06:00 Depart Kyoto Station
07:00 Explore the train
11:58 Shin-Osaka to Wakayama
13:58 Wakayama ramen
15:50 Turn the seat into a bed and take a nap
19:07 Kushimoto, the southernmost town on Honshu (watching the sunrise at Hashiguiiwa)
22:25 Lunch box for breakfast
24:09 Arrival at Kii-Katsuura and sightseeing
30:58 Popular Onsen Ryokan “Hotel Urashima“
36:20 Cave Onsen - Bokido
38:49 Nisshokan Western-style room tour
44:44 Stroll around the hotel (observation deck and shrine, etc)
47:08 Cave Onsen - Genbudo
47:45 Dinner buffet
51:53 Breakfast buffet
55:40 Shingu Station
56:56 Boarding
58:27 Car 5 - couchette seat
1:01:39 Departing from Shingu Station
1:04:12 Taiji, Koza, Kushimoto
1:07:21 Lunch box
1:09:00 Susami
1:10:32 Shirahama, Innami, Gobo, Wakayama
1:16:02 Dinner box
1:16:35 Hineno to Shin-Osaka
1:18:30 Last in-car announcement: Arrival at Kyoto
#train #japantrain #ginga #westexpressginga #japan #wakayama #kiikatsuura #sleepertrain
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JR西日本が運行する日本の長距離列車「WEST EXPRESS 銀河」をご紹介します。
行きは京都から紀伊勝浦までグリーン車指定席ファーストシート、紀伊勝浦を観光してホテル浦島に宿泊、帰りは新宮から京都までクシェット席(ノビノビ座席)に乗車しました。
■列車情報
列車名:WEST EXPRESS 銀河
全料金:57,700 円(400 米ドル)
区間:京都駅~新宮駅
行きの座席:グリーン車指定席ファーストシート
帰りの座席:クシェット席(ノビノビ座席)
JR公式サイト:
日本旅行公式サイト:
・料金(京都~紀伊勝浦・新宮)
乗車券:5,500円
指定席特急料金:3,170円
グリーン料金:4,190円
プレミアムルーム料金:7,240円
リクライニング席やクシェット席の場合は片道 8,670円
グリーン車指定席ファーストシートの場合は片道 12,860円
グリーン個室プレミアルームの場合は片道 20,100円
・車両と設備
1号車:グリーン車指定席ファーストシート、専用ラウンジ
2号車:普通車指定席:リクライニングシート、クシェット、更衣室、パウダールーム(女性専用)
3号車:普通車指定席:リクライニングシート、ファミリーキャビン、フリースペース「明星」
4号車:フリースペース「遊星」
5号車:普通車指定席:クシェット
6号車:グリーン個室プレミアルーム、フリースペース「彗星」
フリーWi-Fi(全号車)、電源コンセント(全座席)、USBポート(グリーン車の全座席・個室)、女性用更衣室(2号車)、AED(4号車)、車いす対応座
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