Riding Japan’s Hello Kitty Bullet Train | Osaka - Hiroshima

Today we are going to be riding the hello kitty bullet train from Osaka to Hiroshima. A 2 day Hiroshima trip!

Fee: 10,000JPY/70USD/600INR/60EUR/90CAD/50GBP/100,000KRW/600RUB
Route: Osaka to Hiroshima
Train: 500 Series Shinkansen (Hello Kitty edition)
Seat: Non-Reserved Seats (car 2)
Experience: drink water guys.

0:00 Introduction
0:32 Map & Cost
1:04 “Hello Kitty” Arrives
2:18 Seat Overview
3:31 Train Car Overview
7:04 Hello Kitty Lunch
11:51 Hiroshima Arrival & Hotel Overview
14:32 Visiting Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
21:12 to Miyajima via Ferry
22:41 Miyajima udon lunch
24:12 Itsukushima Shrine
27:26 Hiroshima Okonomiyaki
30:00 Thanks for watching!!!

[alisterthompson]

Thank you for the Hiroshima section. No commentary necessary. Blessings to you for a beautiful scene.

[rayvanwayenburg]

I was there about the same time. The dome is a truly moving experience. Hiroshima is an amazing city and Miyajima Island is so beautiful. Thank you to the people of Hiroshima for your kindness🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[jennifersherman]

I am American. i was born in 1957. The Hiroshima Memorial made me tear up. I had seen the bombed out building on TV but seeing it in this video brought to mind the horror that it endured. Seeing the long line of people going in to mourn the dead, etc., made me sad. The physical damage from the radiation has lasted generations, cancer, birth defects. The emotional damage will last longer. 🙁

When I studied Japan in fifth grade, not a single thing was said about the bombings, or the war. We learned names of main islands, clothing and shoe styles, silk, took home silk butterfly that was laying eggs. We learned about the fishing and rice crops. My dad took me to Japantown in Los Angeles (where I grew up) and bought my mom a simple kamono which she wore as a summer robe. It had sleeves that hung down and closed with an attatched sash. I think it was cotton. That's all I remember from that grade. Maybe it's a lot. I don't remember what I studied in any other grades. I barely remember grammar school at all.

I guess that teaching us about us bombing Japan at such a young age might have upset us. I can only guess that's why. I was shocked when I finally did learn about it in school when I was older. Since then, watching documentaries about the bombings and war on TV and YouTube have given me a big understanding about them, etc..

For me, the bombs were nothing to be proud of and make me sad. I enjoy watching videos, docs., about Japan and enjoy learning about Japanese culture.

Thank you, very much, for making this video.

Jennifer

[filipjecz]

I never thought before that it could be possible to describe a train as "adorable" but... yeah, that train was hecking adorable.

[ozstrider]

Blessed evening in which daddy solo solo has given us a splendid gift. Huzzah.

[korenn]

15:07 - in the atomic bomb museum in the same park, they explain why the ruins still stood while everything else was gone - The building was so close to being directly underneath the detonation point that the blastwave slammed almost directly downwards. This punched all the floors into the ground, but the walls had relatively little horizontal force applied to them, so they stayed up.

[BalletStrong-clcb]

I come to Japan every few years and this most recent one, my mother bought tickets for my sister to ride the Hello Kitty Shinkansen during our travel day, so I got to come along for the ride. I don't know anything about Hello Kitty, but it was incredibly adorable to ride on for all but 30 minutes.

[jennifernierodzik]

Thank you for sharing with us the way Japan remembers. I found it very moving and interesting. It made me consider how history is thought about in different perspectives.

[lesbw]

Japan has the coolest trains and ferries. I’m so envious ❤

[Jude]

Say what you want about Hello Kitty. She is a beloved international icon and ambassador for Japan. We just love her.

[janiceharris]

I can't put into words why I think Japan is lovely it's so up to date every thing is just so, they think of your every comfort and so cleanliness, beautiful 😊

[IssaSia]

I love love this version of Shinkansen with Hello Kitty! Japanese
are truly very creative! As you mentioned this train may be an
older unit but renovated to attract kids for sure! Love it!
Good idea for school kids field trip if i may suggest! Real nice one!

[o-ultimo-dos-calangos]

About that crowd is probably due to the fact that it is a HELLO KITTY BULLET TRAIN so in fact this curiosity is quite common even for the elderly

[RobertCoulter-dgqf]

Was station in Japan in 1978 and went back there in 2002 for my company. Worked with many Japaneze from Hiroshima. Very nice people. God bless Japan. Nice

[ruchiramunjal]

Cool Hello Kitty Bullet Train !! Amazing Trip, Looks Like Lot Of Fun.

[danielbum]

11:21 train drivers who wave back at children 🥺👍

[elliephants]

I woke up with a headache today, I feel your pain. The heat this summer is wild! I'm glad you got a very interesting trip though. What a beautiful place.

[kayrobbie]

This was absolutely fascinating the visit to the Memorial Park and the Peace Lantern Floating Ceremony. I'd like to learn more about this peaceful ritual. This whole video was very interesting. Thank you for sharing it with the rest of the world.

[naibafYT]

Had been to Hiroshima on 06.08.18 and witnessed lots of ceremonies that day - which was my most emotional experience in Japan. Super kind Japanese citizens even gifted me (and other foreigners) a peace origami flower with a golden crane inside. Having had a very pleasant vacation to that point, it was really sad to imagine what people had to go decades ago. Experiencing the minute of silence commemorating the fall of the bomb brought tears to my eyes - the contrast of a usually super busy population vs. now standing still (and I think even turning the cars off) was deeply moving. Loved the floating lanterns in the evening (and the rest of my vacation - I'd consider Japan my favorite country for traveling)

[feynthefallen]

In my opinion, the 500 series is THE most beautiful Shinkansen ever built, and right up there with the most beautiful trains worldwide.