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@denniswhite1399

8 ай бұрын

Not cheap

@v4m579

7 ай бұрын

May I ask how much did you pay for the Shinkansen train tickets from Tokyo to Hokkaido?

外国人がハヤブサに乗って駅弁食べる動画はなかなか無いのでどんどん上げて欲しい。ほとんどが京都、大阪だから。

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

ありがとう。 私たちは電車とフェリーで日本旅行を楽しみました。😀

Ueno station was the gateway station to tohoku for 100 years. When tohoku Shinkansen opened they didn’t go to Tokyo station but they all started at Ueno. So I found it a bit weird that you started in Ueno and went to Tokyo and then back through Ueno because a lot of tohoku Shinkansen start in Tokyo then make a stop at Ueno before heading out to Ohmiya, Utsunomiya, Fukushima, Sendai, etc.

Now we are both really excited our time is coming up to go to Japan....thanks for the info on Klook we will try it

Shinkansen is very safe because there is an automatic earthquake detection system(called UrEDAS) and obstacle detection system, which automatically stops before the seismic waves reach. They are fully equipped with the whole Shinkansen system, and it is famous that there have been zero deaths since its opening. have a nice trip😊❤

@samuelandaudrey

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that piece of info. Good to know!

I spent 2 weeks in Japan recently, and we did all of our inter-city travel using the Shinkansen. I couldn't get enough of it.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us! Looking forward to more❤️travel safe!

I've been enjoying the videos in Canada and Argentina lately. But I have to say, seeing a new travel video, like the early days of this channel, just warms my heart. And Japan no less, a country I definitely want to visit.

@ocshaljufrian6109

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you have to try it, bro, the highest fastest train in Southeast Asia... the speed is 350 K kilometers, the newest fast train in Southeast Asia, the first in Indonesia, Jakarta - Bandung, lots of tourist attractions in the city of Bandung which is beautiful and comfortable and cool and cool and beautiful.....

Can't wait to see more.

I love watching your videos! Enjoy traveling while still young! Have fun!

So thorough! It is appreciated! Thank you. Great, as usual.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Brilliant. Hope you both are doing well 😊

thank you for paying extra time to detail your journey on how to get tickets etc, its useful for new people stressing out about this stuff.

Japan again! So cool! I can't wait guys!🥰❤

@samuelandaudrey

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! We're very excited to be sharing the upcoming videos. 😊

Bienvenidos a Hokkaido, mi tierra!!

Omg! Welcome to Japan! your video is so informative! there are many things that i didn’t know though I’m Japanese haha Have a wonderful stay ❤

東京から北海道までの新幹線の座席はとても快適です🚅🤗

Wow, what a wonderful adventure in Japan! My dream is to visit all 47 prefectures of Japan. Each one has its own number of tourist attractions, as well as a variety of local dishes, all of which are delicious. Of course, wherever you go, you can be safe, clean, and receive the best hospitality. In the summer, however, it seems better to go to the cooler northern regions.😅

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

That sounds like a great travel goal! We'd love to see more prefectures as well. So far Nagano is one of our favourites - can't get enough of the mountains!!

@ocshaljufrian6109

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you have to try it, bro, the highest fastest train in Southeast Asia... the speed is 350 K kilometers, the newest fast train in Southeast Asia, the first in Indonesia, Jakarta - Bandung, lots of tourist attractions in the city of Bandung which is beautiful and comfortable and cool and cool and beautiful....

This video was VERY helpful. Thanks.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Thank you. Glad to hear it!

I love that you guys travel slower. That way when you give recommendations on things to see and do I know you’ve seen a place fairly thoroughly.

Thank you so much for this lesson in Japan! I want to go so much!

日本の旅を満喫されてくださいね✨

It's been a while since I watched a video. I'm glad that both of them are doing well. It was a crazy trip to take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Sapporo. Please continue to enjoy Japan.

@samuelandaudrey

7 ай бұрын

We're glad you enjoyed the video! We have more videos to come from Hokkaido.

In December we will be back on the bullet train to Hokkaido can’t wait. Love traveling around Japan. Thanks for your vids.

@samuelandaudrey

7 ай бұрын

Awesome, that's coming up soon!! Wishing you a great trip! 😊

It is nice to see you on the road again

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! We're looking forward to sharing the journey. 😊

I'm pretty sure it's going to be a pleasure to travel around northern Japan with you!

@ocshaljufrian6109

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you have to try it, bro, the highest fastest train in Southeast Asia... the speed is 350 K kilometers, the newest fast train in Southeast Asia, the first in Indonesia, Jakarta - Bandung, lots of tourist attractions in the city of Bandung which is beautiful and comfortable and cool and cool and beautiful......

Seeing your vlog wants me go back to Japan! We did a roundtrip for four weeks. This is bringing good memories.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Nice! Sounds like an epic trip. Any highlights?! We're always looking for ideas of places to visit.

@ocshaljufrian6109

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you have to try it, bro, the highest fastest train in Southeast Asia... the speed is 350 K kilometers, the newest fast train in Southeast Asia, the first in Indonesia, Jakarta - Bandung, lots of tourist attractions in the city of Bandung which is beautiful and comfortable and cool and cool and beautiful....

As somebody else commented, Tohoku Shinkansen stops at Ueno Station, so you don't have to spend extra time and money to make a detour and go to Tokyo Station to catch a Tohoku Shinkansen, unless you'd like to enjoy Tokyo Station. There are a lot of shops also in Ueno Station to buy boxed lunch. But, thank you for introducing our Japanese Shinkansen to the world. Tohoku Shinkansen is the fastest, 320km/h. As Hokkaido is so vast, most people living in Hokkaido use cars as in the U.S. to move around. So trains are not usually crowded, and there are few trains to catch in daytime on weekdays except Sapporo and the surrounding areas.

Espectacular, felicidades.❤ Desde Bucaramanga, Colombia.

the trip was wonderful

What a rural pair of guys!

Love this one guys! As a proud train enthusiast I always love seeing you guys’ videos with train rides/trips.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that, Nick! We really enjoy train travel whenever that's an option. It's such a nice way to see the countryside, although admittedly on the bullet train everything is a bit of a blur! 😅

@NickPantazi

8 ай бұрын

@@samuelandaudrey it sure is! And to see different cities as well! It’s also fun to learn about the history of the railroads and seeing railroad museums like the one you guys did in Germany at the station. One in particular I visited that was my top favorite so far is in Pennsylvania across the street from the Strasburg Railroad. I am hoping at some point to get on one of Amtrak’s cross country routes to see the country. Which trains have been you guys’ top favorites?

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

The Amtrak would be such a fun way to see the country. We want to do more ViaRail journeys across Canada, especially across the Rockies! As far as favourite train rides, we really enjoyed the Old Patagonian Express out of Esquel (it's a short journey aboard a cool historic narrow gauge train) and also the Tren Patagónico which crosses from the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. Hopefully, there are more train rides on the horizon!

Welcome back！！

Great train ride.

Love love love train rides. Thanks for another great video guys! I've only taken one train ride here in Bulgaria so far and it was a trip down to a little town called Petrich. It's the furthest south you can get without going into either Greece or N Macedonia. I bought round trip tickets (2hrs one way) for only about 8 lev which is a little over $4 US. It was a fun day!

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

That sounds like a bargain! I wish that were what train rides cost around these parts. 😅

Hi great video I’ve missed a lot Always informative and entertaining

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, Matthew. More to come from Japan!

That is so cool that you enjoy your trip. I am in Buenos Aires for three weeks and the dollar is so strong. This has been a great experience. I have been walking all around downtown and yesterday I had a full day with family. My heart is overflowing with love.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

So happy to hear you're having a nice time in Argentina! Enjoy Buenos Aires and all it has to offer!! 🇦🇷

@YASTravelsEatsWell

7 ай бұрын

Yea, the blue dollar at 1000pesos! That's brutal for the locals! Hopefully, that far right-wing asshole will not win in the presidential runoff next month! Pobre Argentina

Great info...doing same voyage soon!!! stay well.

Harriet and I miss Japan so much. We want to get there soon. The bullet train is always a pleasant experience . Great video guys. Enjoy your time there. Looking forward to great videos from Japan. Sending much love❤❤ from Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

The bullet train was quite the experience! Everything was zipping by so fast - cities, towns, countryside, zoom! What a way to cover big distances. Sending you three greetings from Japan! 😊

HOKUTOの車内には驚いた。貴重な動画をありがとう。

🚅🏯😍 Thanks for the "travelmood" for the day!

Great timing, we are currently planning our trip in February!

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Wonderful! We hope you get some ideas from the upcoming videos. What a treat it'll be for you to see Japan as a snowy winter wonderland. 😊☃️❄️

@North-of-the-49th

8 ай бұрын

​@@samuelandaudrey Hi Audrey and Sam. Please advise if a SIM card is necessary....can we maneuver throughout the country without buying one? Thx! Cheers from Montréal.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

@@North-of-the-49th Our plan was to use an eSIM until we got here and realized our phone is too old for that! You can buy SIM cards from vending machines at the airport, but they're also quite pricey. In the end, we downloaded an app called 'Japan WiFi Connect' that we saw advertised on the train ride into Tokyo - it connects you to free WiFi networks all over Japan, so that was helpful but it won't cover you everywhere.

@North-of-the-49th

8 ай бұрын

@@samuelandaudrey thx 4 the info! Much obliged 🍁

新幹線には東京まで行かないで、上野から乗った方が混雑しないで楽ですよ？。

Welcome back 🇯🇵😊cannot wait to see your journey in Hokkaido🎉

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! We're excited to share what we got up to in Hokkaido. 😊

The Japanese are so ahead with innovation. Thanks for sharing

Oh... que bello que es volver a ver mí segunda patria❤, el país de mí hijo. Esas montañas, esos sembradíos.. Hakodate, tuvo un temblor muy grave mientras residía allá .. fue muy triste y desbastador. Hokaido, allí se produce buena manteca, leche...y algunas verduras!!! Buena carne, y pueden probar de todo... felicidades....

Train rides are such a relaxing way to travel, at least once you're comfortably seated.

Hello Samual and Audrey we love your videos and hope you have a good time 💚

@samuelandaudrey

7 ай бұрын

Thank youuu! It's been a great trip so far. 😊

Most foreign tourists tend to travel to the west side of Japan via standard routes such as Mt. Fuji, Nagoya, Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka, but these routes are rather based on Japan's aristocratic culture. In the direction you were heading to the north, those area has been rich in Japanese nature since the ancient times, and there are many authentic Japanese countryside towns.That option for travel looks very smart. The Hokkaido area is very popular with Japanese people, but it's not so crowded except Sapporo. Although it is not as good as Canada, it is rich in nature and the food is probably the best in Japan. The Shinkansen 🚄 you rode on, "Hayabusa" is the fastest bullet train in Japan. Its maximum speed is 320 km/h, and JR East is currently considering improving it with the aim of reaching 400 km/h or more. If you were to go through the Tohoku region by Shinkansen🚄, it might have been a good idea to stop at Sendai and go around there such as Yamagata.

@ocshaljufrian6109

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you have to try it, bro, the highest fastest train in Southeast Asia... the speed is 350 K kilometers, the newest fast train in Southeast Asia, the first in Indonesia, Jakarta - Bandung, lots of tourist attractions in the city of Bandung which is beautiful and comfortable and cool and cool and beautiful.....

Que se diviertan mucho!!! Saludos desde🇲🇽

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias!

Japan trains are amazing in the world

You can go to Hokkaido by Shinkansen from Ueno Station too😊

Niceeeee 😮

上野からも新幹線 乗れたろうに。

MUY LINDO !!!!!!

Eran todos unos juguetes, eso años atras ahora realidad 🚄🚂😊. Gracias hermoso, todo lápido, es en Japón jeje. Saludos salud bendiciones 🙋

Hola Audrey y Samuel. Me encanta Japón y sus comidas. Saludos desde Córdoba Edgardo 🍷

Beautiful! We were so sad that Covid took out our planned trip to Japan 😭,, This is our first year back traveling! Going to Iceland (9 days) , then over to Scotland (for 3wks). We are leaving in 29 days (not like we are counting 😆) can’t wait to see the rest of your Japan travels 😎

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

That sounds like an amazing trip! We loved our time in Scotland and Iceland is still on our bucket list. Wishing you guys a wonderful trip. That's less than a month now so the countdown is on!! 😃

JR pass really used to be a great deal....used to be 30K JPY for one week......Tokyo to Aomori round trip was already more than enough for the one week pass...but now the 1 week pass costs 50K JPY

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, the pass has gotten really pricey with the latest increase! Unless you're moving almost every day, the one-way tickets are better value.

初めにいた上野stationからも函館行き新幹線に乗れます

北海道の動画は少ないので、忙しい旅になりそうですね。取り上げて下さい。楽しみに見ますね。良い旅を🥰

Good morning ! Audrey and Samuel . BEAUTIFULL ALL !!!!!. THANKS 🇦🇷😊

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, Viviana!

登録したよ。君らのこれからのツアーを見るのが待ちきれない。

Welcome to Japan🇯🇵⛩️🥷🌸🗻👘🗾🎌

i bought the ticket..going to take the train too..❤

北海道まで、4時間くらいで行けるんですね。飛行機も良いけど新幹線の方が旅してる感じがします。また日本に来てくださいね。

Hello from Romania!

Hola chicos mirandole por este canal .

Hola Audrey y Samuel 😊🩷🩵 me encanta la limpiesa de los bullet trains. Que viaje tan a todo dar. Pasen su viaje Feliz y gracias por tan lindos videos. Con mucho cariño y un abrazo de Osa 🫂🫂 Lourdes Nuñez 💚

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias, Lourdes! 😊

If you have luggage, when you get on the city trains, try to use the frontend or backend doors in the carriage instead of the middle doors and wear your backpacks in front of you so when you turn your backpacks don't hit people.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Good to know! We honestly just got on wherever there was space - it wasn't easy navigating during rush hour.

@ocshaljufrian6109

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you have to try it, bro, the highest fastest train in Southeast Asia... the speed is 350 K kilometers, the newest fast train in Southeast Asia, the first in Indonesia, Jakarta - Bandung, lots of tourist attractions in the city of Bandung which is beautiful and comfortable and cool and cool and beautiful....

@ocshaljufrian6109

7 ай бұрын

Yes, you have to try it, bro, the highest fastest train in Southeast Asia... the speed is 350 K kilometers, the newest fast train in Southeast Asia, the first in Indonesia, Jakarta - Bandung, lots of tourist attractions in the city of Bandung which is beautiful and comfortable and cool and cool and beautiful.....

@riffgroove

2 ай бұрын

​@ocshaljufrian6109 Japan's new "L.0" series Shinkansen, which is already in use transporting commercial goods, has a top speed of 607 KPH.

👏👍

Question, what about booking seats? Great vlog and plan to save this for reference. Will try app you referred for tickets. Thank you ❤️

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Good question. With our Hokkaido JR Pass we travelled with both reserved seats and unreserved seats. You can reserve a seat right on the JR ticketing machine - we had to get a staff member to help us do so. You can also reserve seats when you pick up your JR Pass at the ticketing office. There was one leg of the journey where all the reserved seats were fully booked, so we just boarded the unreserved carriages and picked a random seat. It can be a bit confusing to navigate the first few times, so whenever we weren't getting it, we approached the staff at the gates and asked for help.

I love Hokkaido best way now to save money fly or take bus to Aomori then ferry

Can't believe you guys are doing such a similar schedule to the one I'll be doing in a couple of weeks. I'm going to be spending the night at Hakodate as I want to explore the city a bit and head up the mountain to catch the night view. Going to be in Sapporo for 3 days after that so I can't wait to see what you guys do there.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Nice! I hope the upcoming videos from Hakodate and Sapporo offer some helpful tips. Enjoy your upcoming trip!! 😊

@Songbirdstress

4 ай бұрын

@@samuelandaudrey Ha, I'm doing the opposite, going in April 25, hopefully, I won't be able to do your ferry trip, as Ill be going the opposite way. Thank you so much, your info is incredibly helpful. Definitely want to check out the wasabi farm.

I will never go to Japan so it’s great to travel with you again.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

We're happy to share a taste of Japan. We hope you enjoy the upcoming videos, Santiago!

Hokkaido is my next trip to Japan. Thanks for the tips. Btw couldn’t you have boarded the Shinkansen from Ueno, instead of going to Tokyo? I thought all north bound Shinkansens halted at Ueno.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

We thought so too and even tried going through the gates at Ueno until the ticketing agent told us we had to board at Tokyo Station. We caught the 8:20 am and apparently that one bypasses Ueno and continues to Omiya and then Sendai.

ようこそ北日本へ❤

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

ありがとう！ 私たちは日本に来られて嬉しいです。😊

Thanks hasta mostrar felices de q estén nuevamente en tokyo y q muestren más videos queremos q bayan al parte Nara please pocos muestran a Japón como realmente es y solo hacen.pocos videos de sus ciudades.thanks.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

Hola, tenemos videos de Nara de cuando visitamos 5 años atrás. Esta vez no vamos a pasar por ahí. Saludos!

👍🚄

hello Canadian!!

九州に来て下さいね❤❤❤

Ueno is also a Shinkansen station. I wonder if you guys could’ve caught it from Ueno instead.

ヌードビツには笑ったね。登別のことだった！

日本一速く走る新幹線だけど、逆に新幹線で日本一遅く走る区間の有る新幹線でも有るよね❗🤭その区間とは住宅街を通る時と青函トンネルを走る時ですね‼️

That green train ought to be called el nari gon

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Why you guys went to Tokyo Station ? All train stop at Ueno Station.

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

We thought so too, but apparently our train didn't. When we got to Ueno and showed our tickets, we were told to go over to Tokyo Station.

@corikra1392

8 ай бұрын

Tickets are for Tokyo (not Ueno) to Shin-Hakodate, and since it's Japan you can't catch the train from another station - even if you already paid for the longer journey 🤷‍♀️

From the beginning,if I'm not wrong,you can get shinkansen straight from ueno to shinhakodate.Just FYI

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

We tried boarding at Ueno, but it turns out our train wasn't stopping there. We took the Hayabusa 7 Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and it only made 4 stops the whole way up to Hakodate.

Samuel I like your hair

@YASTravelsEatsWell

7 ай бұрын

Yes, he's going to a casting for a 3 Musketeers movie!

Dear Audrey and Sam, what a fantastic holiday trip!!! I have one important question: Are children (under ten years old) allowed on the Bullet Train? I would like to do "your trip" with my whole family!!!

Qué no importe el calor, Japón es muy, muy, interesante. Gracias por el vídeo ❤

You can actually take a Shinkansen train from Ueno Station; all Hokkaido Shinkansen trains make a stop at Ueno.😉

この動画のUPの今日は１０月２２日です。北海道に行く人が半袖で驚きました。 新幹線のチケットから撮影が９月2日と分かりました。ずいぶん日数がたちましたね。 東京は９月下旬まで暑かったので、北海道も東京より少し涼しい程度で今年は気温が高かったと思います。 山でなければ、あと２～３週間くらいは半袖でも大丈夫でしょう。

Welcome to Hokkaido. There's not much to do here, but I hope you enjoy it! As far as I know, we are the first foreign couple to come from Tokyo by Shinkansen!

@denniswhite1399

8 ай бұрын

Not first couple loads of couples now coming to Hokkaido getting very popular hope not to busy I love less tourists

東京駅から新幹線で５時間ぐらいですか？ 秋田県まで行った時は４時間ぐらいでした。

東京駅も上野駅も広いからなあ

"green" is business class gran class is first class correction, klook is not _the_ official JR Pass seller

So you're starting your journey at Ueno station. You'll take a local train to Tokyo station to board the Shinkansen and the first Shinkansen stop is Ueno. All northbound Shinkansen trains on the Tohuku high speed line will make a stop at Ueno. It doesn't make any sense...

@samuelandaudrey

8 ай бұрын

We took the Hayabusa 7 Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto which bypassed Ueno and only made stops in Ōmiya, Sendai, Morioka and Shin-Aomori. We did try to board at Ueno until the ticketing agent told us otherwise.

@jasperrom

8 ай бұрын

Just looked at the schedule and you are right! There are only four Hayabusa trains a day that won’t make a stop at Ueno. And number 7 is one of them. I took this line quite frequently and I remembered always making a stop at Ueno, but apparently some trains skip the stop at Ueno now.

海外の方々は日本へ来日する際に飛行機で来日するから、日本国内で飛行機には乗りたくないのでしょうね😂😂 日本には世界に誇る新幹線が有りますから、コレで日本中乗り捲ってもらって乗った感想を世界中へ広げて頂きたいです👍️🤗

@samuelandaudrey

7 ай бұрын

ハハ、本当だよ！ 電車、バス、フェリーで移動していますが、飛行機はありません。😅

鉄道で東京から北海道か。イイネ。まあ、他にもヒコーキやフェリーもあるけどね。

TEXAS run sinkansen