JR firms offer cross-country train tour featuring a ride on the resurrected Cassiopeia
The seven Japan Railways Group companies have announced that they will offer a special across-Japan sightseeing tour plan using 24 select trains, including the Cassiopeia overnight limited express, whose regular operations ended in March last year. The joint project, announced on Tuesday, is among events ...
More and more Japan Railway companies are trying to attract new customers by offering luxury sleeper trains and unique services on their trains such as baths in tubs made of cypress and gourmet meals by top-class chefs. Contrary to this trend, Central Japan Railway Co. ...
JR East luxury sleeper train with Japanese touch nears May 1 debut
The new Train Suite Shiki-shima — which East Japan Railway says will provide a cruise ship-like experience — is nearing its May 1 debut, with the operator on Wednesday giving members of the press a chance to experience the luxury sleeper. While sleeper trains as ...
West Japan Railway Co. on Thursday unveiled its 10-coach luxury "Twilight Express Mizukaze" train which has proven popular even months before the start of its services through western Japan in June. "The train realizes the concept of a hotel running through beautiful Japan. We hope ...
Luxury train designer went to bat for Kyushu
Yoshio Naka, 38, has never been an avid fan of trains, but he is the man behind the recent dazzling debut of Kyushu Railway Co.'s Seven Stars in Kyushu cruise and sleeper train. "People like me (who get sick on trains) will not get on ...
Kyushu Railway Co. will raise the price of the most expensive package for its Seven Stars luxury train service to ¥770,000 per person for double-occupancy, an increase of about ¥200,000, starting with July 2014 departures, a JR Kyushu official said. JR Kyushu decided on the ...
With Japan's train system the envy of the world, three railway companies will offer luxury trains to cruise Japan in a style reminiscent of the Gilded Age.
