Why is it hard to get a ticket for a sleeper train in Japan? You must experience a dream trip when you have the opportunity.

Although Japan has a small land area, its public transportation is extremely developed. Aircraft, Shinkansen and other convenient modes of transportation compete for customers together. In the fierce competition, Japanese sleeper trains are always invincible.

You may ask, why is there a sleeper train in Japan, which is so small and has developed transportation? After reading my introduction below, you will understand why they are so hard to get a ticket.

This is the most famous train, from Tokyo to Sapporo, 16 hours.

As early as 1988, the Big Dipper started running. It is a pilgrimage train that many railway fans call "once in a lifetime". You must think that we have seen more people at the bedside, so we should not "sit once in a lifetime", right? Let's take a look at the interior of this sleeper train in Japan in the 1980s.

The interior of the Big Dipper is full of sleeping berths, with no hard or soft seats. Its berth is not the kind of berth exposed in the corridor, but a "room". Rooms are divided into double rooms and single rooms, deluxe rooms and ordinary rooms.

The deluxe room has a writing desk, telephone, TV and pajamas.

People can't stay in bed all the time during the trip. There is a lounge on the Big Dipper, which has a TV and a vending machine ... This lounge is public and especially intimate for ordinary passengers. If there is no TV in the room, you can come here.

Of course, the dining car is also essential. There is a dining car on the Big Dipper called the Big Fight Car. Besides ordinary meals, you can also serve Shi Huai food and French dinner, but you must make an appointment three days in advance.

French dinner is really unambiguous. There are many aperitifs, salads, soups, main courses, desserts and coffee.

Shi Huai cuisine costs 6,000 yen/person, about 360 yuan RMB/person; The cost of a French dinner is 8,500 yen per person, which is about RMB 5 10 yuan per person; Breakfast set meal per person 1650 yen, about 99 yuan RMB per person. The above prices will fluctuate.

Next, the really awesome one is coming!

As a train that started running in the 1980s, it has a shower room! Shower room! Shower room!

But the bathroom is public. The way to use it is to buy a bathroom reservation voucher first, and then go to the bathroom to take a shower at the specified time.

When I first learned that the Big Dipper was watching the animated film Bees and Four-leaf Clover, the man was taking a bath on this train on his way to Sapporo. At that time, I thought: Japanese trains are awesome! ! And the bathroom. ...

The Big Dipper has been running for about 30 years and has become a tourist attraction. So there is also a special big dipper souvenir shop.

After such a trip, the most common four-person sleeper is 6300 yen/person (excluding food and beverage expenses), about 378 yuan/person; The top luxury suite for two is 50,980 yen/set (excluding food and beverage expenses), which is about 3,060 yuan/set.

If you want to compare China, I can provide the following data: the distance from Tokyo to Hokkaido is about 1000 km, and the distance from Beijing to Nanjing is also about 1000 km. High-speed rail business seat price 1403.5 yuan.

I guess local friends can't wait to feel the luxury trip of the Big Dipper. But I'm sorry to tell you that the Big Dipper was shut down in March 20 15 due to aging vehicles, and the retired hardware is said to be going to the railway museum.

Japanese people have deep feelings for trains. When the Big Dipper stopped, thousands of people attended the farewell ceremony. After the Big Dipper stopped running, there were still trains to take its place, such as Dawn and Cassiopeia, which will be mentioned later.

Twilight is called "Twilight City" in Hongkong and Taiwan Province. As one of the famous sightseeing trains in Japan, Dawning is also a full sleeper train, similar to the Big Dipper.

You can see its luxury only from the dining car. It is said that Dawning can provide very fresh food and delicacies, and it is extremely exquisite in food production.

Dawn also began to operate in the 1980s, and has a history of more than 30 years. It starts in Osaka and ends in Sapporo, which is the longest train line in Japan.

Unfortunately, however, Dawning was closed due to aging in March of 20 15.

In 20 17, Japan Railway Bureau officially operated a brand-new Twilight Express Ruifeng, known as "Mobile Five-Star Hotel". Let's take a look at the official vehicle interior design, which looks like this on the map. ...

Do you feel the smell of money coming at you? It is said that the price of a single ticket is 1.5 ~ 75000 RMB. Students who want to experience, hurry to save money!

I feel that Japanese people like to name trains after the stars in the sky.

Cassiopeia sailed from Ueno to Sapporo. 1999 has been in operation for nearly 20 years now. Because the operation time is relatively late, the design concept is relatively advanced. For example, private suites have separate bathrooms and toilets, and luxury bedrooms have oversized observation decks.

Cassiopeia offers Shi Huai cuisine, French dinner and Cassiopeia special package, and you can also eat train lunches at various railway stations.

Shi Huai cuisine costs 5,500 yen/person, about 330 yuan RMB/person; The cost of a French dinner is 7800 yen/person, about 468 yuan/person; The special package costs 3,500 yen per person, which is about 2 10 yuan RMB per person; Breakfast set meal is 1600 yen per person, which is about 96 yuan RMB per person.

The most expensive deluxe double room in Cassiopeia costs more than 4000 RMB (excluding meals). Because Beidou and Shuguang were shut down, Cassiopeia was hard to get a ticket at that time. After opening official website, the tickets for next month are basically sold out.

Ahem, I'm afraid to say: these years are the adjustment period of long-distance sleeper trains in Japan, so this train was stopped on 20 16. ...

I know you want to go crazy and say, "I, you said so much, and it stopped." Are you kidding? "

My weak answer: in 20 17, a replacement train was put into operation, named "Four Seasons Island of Train Suite", starting from Ueno and ending at Hakodate. Each person needs 320,000 ~1150,000 yen/person, or 20,000 ~ 70,000 RMB/person; The package fee for traveling around Hokkaido and Northeast China for three nights and four days from spring to autumn is about 600,000 yen per person, which is about 3 1 1,000 yuan.

According to the official introduction, "Four Seasons Island" is a very small and fresh train. The whole train was designed by Japanese designer Ken Okuyama, and even the uniforms of the staff were written by famous designers. Michelin chefs are also hired to take care of the food in the dining car. It is even more ridiculous!

In recent years, taking advantage of the upgrading of Japanese trains, luxury sleeper trains in Japan are constantly upgrading. From the perspective of vision and service, it has the ambition to turn the train itself into a scenic spot.

Perhaps because of this, a 20-hour sleeper train still attracts tourists from all over the world to experience it, and it is hard to find a ticket under many fast and convenient travel options such as airplanes and Shinkansen.

Perhaps the so-called ingenuity is that after constantly pursuing the ultimate, it will eventually become a classic.

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