🚅 Green Car vs Standard on the Shinkansen - Is it worth it? 🚅 (Bullet Train in Japan, 2023)

What it's like on the green car (first class) on the shinkansen in Japan, compared to the standard car - what the seats are like, how much space you get and whether it's worth it!

NOTE: When you're using the footrest you should take your shoes off! 🙊 This is one of those unwritten rules I didn't realise - thank you for telling me in the comments. 🙏

On the bullet train in Japan there are two classes: standard and the green car, which is first class. I tried the green car for the first time, on the shinkansen between Tokyo and Nagoya. In the video I compare it to the standard car, including the seating, what's included, how comfortable it is and what you need to know. An important point is that when you take the green car, seat reservations are required. The video also explains the new rules about luggage on the shinkansen, how to tell if your suitcase is oversized, where to put your bags and shows the overhead luggage rack.

Thank you to JR Central in London for providing the JR Passes for this trip.

00:00 Intro
00:51 What is the green car?
01:30 N700S
02:20 At the station
03:25 Seats & legroom
07:20 Views
07:47 What the green car's like
08:47 Area between cars
10:46 Mount Fuji
11:24 How busy is it?
12:23 Ambience
12:47 Seat reservations
13:16 Luggage
15:41 Takkyubin
16:15 Is it worth it?

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[aisaka]

You must take your shoes off, when you use the other side of foot rest.😊

[kellyj.azania]

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[KasperCDK]

Ww did the Green Car this summer when we was travelling Japan. My kids loved it. So quiet. And remember, off with the shoes if you use the unfolded foot rest ;)

[cocoaswann]

Nice! Green car for me whenever I get to visit Japan. And your purse is So Adorable, Amy!

[ozjason]

Pro tip: you're supposed to take your shoes off when using the soft side of the footest.

[roadrunner]

About the footrest, when you unfold the footrest that's for your feet to rest without your shoes.

[davidwolstenholme]

im now sofa travelling with japan explorer.

[lihihongan]

One thing I noticed when traveled green car is great sound isolation…it, s so very quiet….

[dwarfagp]

You have to be quick with the Snack Trolley. If you not used to it, they zip through the carriage before you realise - It took us a few trips to work out how to catch it. 🤣🤣

[joannamuhlfelder]

This video was SO incredibly helpful. THANK YOU!!!

[ocshaljufrian]

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....

[bravosierra]

Great & helpful vid. I’m taking the Shinkansen from Chitose to Tokyo so I am considering taking a green car option for that long trip.

[alpha]

Woot Grand/Green class time glad you got on it!!!

[TruthAdv]

Thanks so much for the breakdown of each section. I calculated my itinerary and it's either save $80 with the ordinary pass or spend another $80 for the green pass. Everything I see online says to stick with the ordinary, ... but I think I wanna treat myself on this one, lol. I doubt I'll be able to afford the green pass once the price change happens too, so it's a good chance to try it multiple times rather than just on one ticket in the future.

[ShadowNerd]

While i dont expect me and my group to get any Green car reservations, especially since most of us want to be together, i definitely enjoyed the tour of the inside. While Im somewhat familiar from my trip in 2019, having an updated view as well as being able to show my group so some of their questions can be visually answered was very helpful.

[Kakkoii_ne]

I ALWAYS take the green car on Shinkansen. dIt was useful during COVID. because of less interaction people.

[markcontini]

Honestly, I just went with the green car on the assumption that there would be less people in it.

[matronedea]

AHHHH I bought my favorite dress from you and you happened to make the first video that popped up about green card! Thanks so much for all you do <3

[JohnnyNacis]

i always wanted to know what a green car looked like!

[davidwolstenholme]

when i have rarely travelled i hated riding backwards i like to face forward.