Luxury route
Train Suite Shiki-shima
Tokyo (Ueno) → Tokyo (Ueno) · Japan
Train Suite Shiki-shima in pictures
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- Distance
- 1,522 km
- Fastest time
- 4 days
- Top speed
- 110 km/h
- Operator
- JR East
- Train
- E001 series
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 2017
Page last updated 2026-07-30 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
JR East’s champagne-gold cruise train: four days from Ueno through Tōhoku and under the Seikan Tunnel to Hokkaido, in suites with cypress baths — Japan’s hardest train ticket.
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