Let’s check out the WEST EXPRESS GINGA, Japan’s latest in a single day practice operated by JR West.
On the best way there, I rode in a Inexperienced Automotive first seat from Kyoto to Kii-Katsuura, then toured Kii-Katsuura and stayed at Resort Urashima, and on the best way again, I rode in couchette from Shingu to Kyoto.
■Prepare data
Prepare identify: WEST EXPRESS GINGA
Complete fare: 57,700 JPY / 400 USD
Part: Between Kyoto Station and Shingu Station
Seat on the best way there: Inexperienced automobile first seat
Seat on the best way again: Couchette (Nobinobi seat)
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Nippon Journey official web site:
・Automobiles and services
Automotive 1: Reserved seats in inexperienced automobile: first seats, non-public lounge
Automotive 2: Reserved seats in common automobile: reclining seats, couchettes, altering room, powder room (ladies solely)
Automotive 3: Reserved seats in common automobile: reclining seats, household cabins, free area “Myojo”
Automotive 4: Free area “Yusei”
Automotive 5: Reserved seats in common automobile: couchettes
Automotive 6: Reserved seats in inexperienced automobile: premier rooms, free area “Suisei”
Free Wi-Fi (all vehicles), energy shops (all seats), USB ports (all seats and personal rooms in Inexperienced vehicles), ladies’s altering room (automobile 2), AED (automobile 4), wheelchair-accessible seats (automobile 5), wheelchair-accessible bathrooms (automobile 5), giant baggage storage (vehicles 2, 3, and 5)
・Fare (Kyoto – Kii-Katsuura/Shingu)
Ticket: 5,500 JPY
Reserved seat categorical fare: 3,170 JPY
Inexperienced automobile fare: 4,190 JPU
Premium room fare: 7,240 JPY
Reclining seats and couchette seats are 8,670 JPY (60 USD) a technique
Inexperienced automobile reserved seat first seat is 12,860 JPY (88.7 USD) a technique
Inexperienced non-public room premium room is 20,100 JPY (138.6 USD) a technique
■Resort
Identify of facility: Resort Urashima
Handle: 649-5334 1165-2 Katsuura, Nachikatsuura-cho, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
Opened: 1956
Visitor room: Nisshokan Western-style room
Water high quality: Sulfur-containing sodium and calcium chloride spring, pH 7.3, cloudy protein, hydrogen sulfide odor, and many others.
Official web site:
■Desk of contents
00:00 Intro
00:38 Kyoto Station
01:42 Boarding
03:22 Automotive 1, Inexperienced Automotive, first seat
06:00 Depart Kyoto Station
07:00 Discover the practice
11:58 Shin-Osaka to Wakayama
13:58 Wakayama ramen
15:50 Flip the seat right into a mattress and take a nap
19:07 Kushimoto, the southernmost city on Honshu (watching the dawn at Hashiguiiwa)
22:25 Lunch field for breakfast
24:09 Arrival at Kii-Katsuura and sightseeing
30:58 Well-liked Onsen Ryokan “Resort Urashima”
36:20 Cave Onsen – Bokido
38:49 Nisshokan Western-style room tour
44:44 Stroll across the resort (statement deck and shrine, and many others)
47:08 Cave Onsen – Genbudo
47:45 Dinner buffet
51:53 Breakfast buffet
55:40 Shingu Station
56:56 Boarding
58:27 Automotive 5 – couchette seat
1:01:39 Departing from Shingu Station
1:04:12 Taiji, Koza, Kushimoto
1:07:21 Lunch field
1:09:00 Susami
1:10:32 Shirahama, Innami, Gobo, Wakayama
1:16:02 Dinner field
1:16:35 Hineno to Shin-Osaka
1:18:30 Final in-car announcement: Arrival at Kyoto
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