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  • Hey guys right now i'm on a shinkansen

  • i'm going between Hiroshima and Fukuyama but I also just caught another shinkansen

  • from Tokyo to Hiroshima I've been catching a lot of shinkansen's

  • these past two days So one of the things as a tourist that you

  • can do when you come to Japan is use the JR rail pass

  • which means you have unlimited rides on JR lines and shinkansens for a limited amount

  • of time so you can purchase like a week, 2 weeks,

  • whatever If you want to travel a lot this might be

  • a really great option for you if not there's also aeroplanes which can

  • be a lot cheaper if you're not travelling to so many areas

  • But if you wanna travl on the shinkansen and you're gonna travel a lot-

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  • I don't even know if you guys can hear me to be honest

  • there's so many sounds though Kenji there's so many sounds

  • KENJII This baby will be a part of my video

  • I wanna tell you guys how I enjoy my shinkansens to the fullest

  • With shinkansens it's kind of not common for me to ride them,

  • they're a little bit expensive, they're kind of a special occasion.

  • So when I do ride them I make the most of them, it's like they're a holiday within

  • themselves So one of the things about shinkansens is

  • you can bring as much food as you want on them

  • that's one of the things that i love In Tokyo station you can get these things

  • called 'Ekiben' which is basically just a station bento box

  • that you can take on shinkansens So they have heaps of different options, they

  • even have vegetable options and vegan options In Tokyo station there's a lot of different

  • things to choose from On the way here I got the most delicious bento

  • box I have ever eaten It was sooo good

  • I also picked up two soy cream donuts to take with me on the journey

  • which you can also find in tokyo station So just so you know, you are allowed to drink

  • alcohol on the shinkansen The guy sitting next to me on the last train

  • drank two bottles of wine I mean they were still like this big, but

  • he was just chugging it So if you feel like drinking a beer, having

  • some wine, keeping it luxurious, keeping it chill

  • Just grab some alcohol on the way in and you can drink it on your journey

  • Now shinkansens can range from a lot of different times, right now we are on one for just 20

  • minutes but on the way here we rode one for 4 hours

  • When you catch a shinkansen each of them have different names and they go different speeds

  • and to different places So make sure you check up what kind of shinkansen

  • you want to ride what's the most expensive, what's the

  • least expensive what the ride times are, that kind of thing

  • always good to know For this shinkansen ride I got a donut so

  • I'm just going to be eating that while I talk to you guys

  • Now if you are catching the shinkansen towards kyoto and osaka from tokyo you will be able

  • to see mt fuji on a good day Luckily enough I was able to see it last night

  • This is so good If you do forget to bring like a bento box

  • or some snacks or whatever there's a trolley that goes through the

  • train which has some snacks and drinks and things to choose from

  • if you get hungry while you're on your trip and you forget to get something beforehand

  • They also have toilets and some vending machines they're a little bit more expensive and

  • the drinks will be quite small i think but the options is there if you want to get

  • a drink while you're on the shinkansen If you do get a shinkansen and if it's possible

  • I do recommend getting a window seat because one of the best things is to look

  • out the window and see all of the scenery go by

  • I love it so much

  • Honestly it's basically like getting a flight, liike going on an airoplane

  • but you don't have to go through the whole check in process

  • and getting on the plane and waiting for take off

  • having all of that extra hassle this one just goes super fast

  • you have a good time and suddenly you're there, that's why

  • it's a little more expensive than flying so if you're travelling to Japan on a budget

  • I do recommend checking out flights to different areas rather than the shinkansens

  • Also don't forget to bring something to do, something to read, you could just play

  • on your phone, watch a movie if you have a way to do that

  • It's chill you can still use internet and everything

  • but really, it's just nice to look out the window

  • so cool So you can get a reserved seat but it's

  • quite a bit more expensive than a 'choose your own seat' seat

  • So if you do it the cheaper way, if its a more empty shinkansen then it's great

  • you can sit wherever you want but if you come in and it's quite busy then

  • you might have to stand So that's kind of what can happen with a

  • - they're called 'jiyuu seki' choose freely seat

  • so just be careful with those but it should be fine

  • Ok so that was just a little quick introduction to shinkansens

  • and how i like to ride them how do you guys like to ride shinkansens?

  • do you have any extra things that you like to do?or anything i missed?

  • any tips or tricks?

  • let me know in the comments down below Thanks for watching, if you enjoyed this video

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  • more videons like this or not like this and I'll see you guys in the next video

  • Jaaaaaaa ne!

Hey guys right now i'm on a shinkansen

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