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How to order snacks on a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2024 - Tweet
With cart sales no longer available, there’s a new way to enjoy food, drinks and ice cream on board.
- Japan
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McDonald’s Happy Meals in Japan now come with Shinkansen robots
- Oona McGee
May 18, 2024
Transforming Shinkalion mecha put the happy in Happy Meal.
- Japan
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You can now buy Shinkansen first-class oshibori moist towelettes online, no ticket required
- Casey Baseel
May 12, 2024
A touch of Green Car class even if you’re not taking the bullet train.
- Japan
- (bullet train • Green Car • oshibori • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)
A guide to riding the Shinkansen bullet train with a terrible-twos kid
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2024
Solo dad and his “devil twos” daughter take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto – is this a recipe for disaster?
- Japan
- (bullet train • COK • family • kids • Parenting • parents • shinkansen • SNJO • tourism • train • travel • Yuichiro Wasai)
Shinkansen station platforms now have…Baskin Robbins ice cream vending machines!
- Oona McGee
May 6, 2024
Bullet train travel in Japan just got a whole lot tastier.
- Japan
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New private rooms on Tokaido Shinkansen change the way we travel from Tokyo to Kyoto
- Oona McGee
Apr 22, 2024
The most premium way to travel on a Japanese bullet train.
- Japan
- (bullet train • Japanese trains • JR • JR passes • shinkansen • Tokaido • Tokaido Shinkansen • tourism • train passes • trains • travel)
Is the new Shinkansen Train Desk ticket worth it?
- Oona McGee
Apr 16, 2024
We try a cheaper alternative to Japan’s premium Green Car carriages.
- Japan
- (bullet train • bullet trains • East Japan Railway • Hokuriku • Hokuriku Shinkansen • Ishikawa • Japanese trains • JR • JR East • JR passes • Kanazawa • shinkansen • SNJO • tourism • Train Desk • train passes • train travel • trains • travel)
Hey, Japanese taxi driver! Take us to your favorite restaurant in Tsuruga City!
- Shannon
Apr 15, 2024
We commemorate the new Hokuriku Shinkansen route with a truly local meal.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Fukui • fukui prefecture • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hey Taxi Driver • Hokuriku Shinkansen • Japanese taxi driver • katsudon • pork cutlet • restaurants • sauce katsu • sauce katsudon • shinkansen • SNJO • tourism • travel • Tsuruga)
Sanyo Shinkansen ending in-car food cart sales (unless you’ve got the cash for first-class)
- Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2024
Last bastion of regular-car Shinkansen wagon sales between Tokyo and Fukuoka falls.
- Japan
- (bullet train • COK • drinks • food • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR West • Sanyo Shinkansen • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)
Potentially dirty and broken used Shinkansen food/beverage carts on sale in Japan for 100,000 yen
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2024
Some might call it wear and tear, but others would argue it’s history and authenticity.
- Japan
- (bullet train • crazy • Japan Railway • JR Central • JR Tokai • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel • weird)
Japan travel alert: Cheapest seats on fastest Shinkansen will not be offered for Golden Week
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2024
You can still use the cheap-seat ticket, but you absolutely will not get a seat.
- Japan
- (bullet train • COK • Golden Week • Japan Railway • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • JR West • Nozomi Shinkansen • shinkansen • trains • travel)
Central Japan Railway releases tear-jerking Shinkansen bullet train ad for the holiday season
- Shannon
Dec 27, 2023
Touching ad may make you tear up next time you book a ticket.
- Japan
- (bullet train • Central Japan Railway Company • heartwarming • heartwarming ad • moving • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • touching • trains • travel • video)
Disney Shinkansen coming to Japan’s rails, starts service this month
- Casey Baseel
Dec 18, 2023
Magical Dream Shinkansen celebrates 40 years of Disney theme parks in Japan.
- Japan
- (bullet train • Disney • Disneyland • Japan Railways • JR East • shinkansen • Tohoku Shinkansen • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • trains • travel)
JR East announces awesomely cheap one-day all-you can ride pass, Shinkansen included
- Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2023
Get ready to feel your travel-loving heart go “Kyun!” with the Kyun Pass.
- Japan
- (bullet train • East Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway • JR • JR East • shinkansen • trains • travel • travel deals)
Tokaido Shinkansen removing smoking rooms, going entirely smoke-free
- Casey Baseel
Oct 20, 2023
End of the line for smoking on the Tokyo-to-Fukuoka bullet trains.
- Japan
- (bullet train • JR Central • Sanyo Shinkansen • shinkansen • smoking • society • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel)
Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train will start offering wider seats, but will charge more for them too
- Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2023
50-percent-wider seats are aimed at business travelers on the Tokyo-Osaka route.
- Japan
- (bullet train • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel)
Cute ekiben station bento looks like it’s from Japan but it’s from a different place entirely
- Oona McGee
Sep 19, 2023
Similar in so many ways, except one which sets them apart.
- Japan, Taiwan
- (bento • boxed lunch • bullet trains • COK • cute • drinks • Ekiben • food • kanahei • lunch box • lunch box foods • shinkansen • SNJO • Taiwan • tourism • trains • travel • Yui Imai)
Nozomi Shinkansen bullet train abolishes low-priced unreserved tickets during peak travel seasons
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2023
New policy affects popular Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka route of high-speed rail network.
- Japan
- (bullet train • COK • Japan Railway • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • Nozomi Shinkansen • shinkansen • trains • travel)
Tokaido Shinkansen ending in-train food/drink sales for all non-first-class-passenger cars
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2023
Better plan ahead if you’re planning to eat on the bullet train.
- Japan
- (bullet trains • Central Japan Railway Company • COK • drinks • food • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)
This little-known spot is a haven for train otaku, with a view of both Mt. Fuji and bullet trains
- Dale Roll
Jul 20, 2023
It’s slightly outside the city center, but definitely worth a trip for the views!
- Japan
- (bullet trains • Kita Ward • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mt. Fuji • Oji Station • shinkansen • train otaku • trains)
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