Japan's luxury train will keep you pampered on a tour
Train Suite Shiki-Shima, will set to launch this May and will soon be zooming people around with its two storey suites with an array of luxurious touches such as fine dining and gloriously large beds.
This train was designed by Ken Kiyoyuki Okuyama, an automobile expert behind various Porsche, Ferrari and Maserati, and now he established something bigger and even certainly something better.
Unfortunately, only 34 passengers will be able to travel on the train as it travels through the east of Japan and you can even book for up to three nights at a time to make the most of your experience.
The train consists of ten carriages and includes a fine dining restaurant, a beautiful lounge, with three designs of private suites and two observatory cars. There are also 17 guest suites which can accommodate two people at a time,
These suites feature a bed, storage space, a shower and toilet and are all two storeys each. In some suites, the bathroom features a tub for the ultimate relaxing experience.
And if you’re in need of other relaxing outlets, you can head down to the bar where there’s a table with your name on it, where you can unwind over a glass of wine or two.
There is also an enjoyable bar so much that you forget all about going for dinner – though you definitely shouldn’t, as there’ll be a team of top chefs waiting for you, having curated a menu based on eastern Japan’s seasonal ingredients.
You will expect to be served cuisine unique during your stay and each stop such as ‘Hakodate’s famous squid and salmon roe rice bowl’ for breakfast, regional lunches and dinners, as well as French cuisines and pastries.
The night is yours to do as you please – though if you’re not ready to collapse into bed, you will be able to flock with the other guests to the two futuristic-looking observatory cars which offer floor-to-ceiling windows, so that you can overlook the tracks underneath the night’s sky.
Train sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime experience, it doesn’t have to be. There is more than one sleeper train and each one will explore a different route taking you on a different journey – one train will even take you to Naruko’s hot springs.
It’s a perfect treat for anyone wanting to really experience something from time to time.
Though you’ll have to save up – as tickets for two-day trips alone cost 320,000 yen (about $2884.91) per person. So perhaps, unless you have an unlimited bank account, this truly magical trip may just have to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing.
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