World's Only 7-Star Luxury Sleeper Train (Japan) | Seven Stars In Kyushu | $6,000/Night Suites

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Today we wii ride on the Seven Stars in Kyushu, the only seven-star train in the world and the most luxurious train in Japan. The video introduces Seven Stars in Kyushu's prices, courses, cars, rooms, and meals. ■Recommended videos Japan's Ultra-Luxury Sleeper Train, Shiki-Shima ($4,000 Suites for 1 night) https://youtu.be/0kdbIgTeoeY Japan's Luxury Sleeper Train "Cassiopeia" First Class Suite, Completely Private Room with Shower https://youtu.be/0GnpZRZwDaM 18hrs on Japan's Overnight Sleeper Train Cassiopeia ($1,700 Completely Private Room) https://youtu.be/o7exmi8cOq4 Japan's Luxury Scenic Train Experience - THE ROYAL EXPRESS ($1,600 for 2 Days) https://youtu.be/4XGAJRdU_Ng ■Train information Train name: Seven Stars in Kyushu Start of operation: October 15, 2013 Operator: Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) Design: Eiji Mitooka Vehicle: DF200 diesel locomotive 77 series passenger car (Oita Railway Division Oita Rolling Stock Center) Gauge: 1,067 mm Electrification: AC 20,000 V/60 Hz Maximum speed: 100 km/h Boarding date: November 2023 Price: 1 night and 2 days course, 900,000 JPY / 6,000 USD (1 person) Official website: https://www.cruisetrain-sevenstars.jp/ Seven Stars in Kyushu is a special excursion sleeper train (cruise train) operated by the Japanese company JR Kyushu. Seven Stars in Kyushu started operating on October 15, 2013, and aims to travel around Kyushu and enjoy nature, food, hot springs, history, etc. The train names are based on the seven prefectures of Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima) and the seven main tourist attractions of Kyushu (nature, food, hot springs, history, culture, power spots, humanity) and a 7-car passenger car. JR Kyushu considers this vehicle to be an "adult space," so tour participants are limited to junior high school students and above. The dress code in the common areas of the vehicle is "smart casual" and jeans and sandals are prohibited. Smoking is completely prohibited inside the train, and there are no TVs in the private sleeper rooms. As of spring 2017, the number of applicants is approximately 22 times, and the number of repeat customers is 5 times, making it famous as a difficult train to book. Seven Stars in Kyushu received the Brunel Prize in 2014 and the Prime Minister's Award at the 1st Japan Service Awards in 2016. In 2021, it won first place in the train category of the "Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards 2021'' conducted by the American travel magazine "Condé Nast Traveler''. It also took first place in 2022 and 2023, making it the third consecutive year it has won the world's best award. As it enters its 10th year in 2022, some parts will be renewed. Cars 2, 3, 4, and 6 have been renovated, with the number of rooms reduced by 2 in car 3, and 1 room each in cars 4 and 6, from 14 to 10, and the capacity to accommodate 20 to 28 people. ■Table of contents 00:00 Welcome to Seven Stars in Kyushu 00:31 Hakata Station (Course/Prices) 00:50 Lounge 02:36 Boarding 04:15 Room tour part 1 08:15 Departure 08:56 Room tour part 2 15:34 Information/Dress Code 16:20 Car introduction (cars 7 to 2) 23:30 Story of Kumiko craftsman 24:07 In-car introduction (car 1) 26:30 Lunch (Day1) 30:56 Couch Sofa 32:54 Craft experience/shore walk 35:15 Seven Stars Bus 37:40 Dinner (Day1) 41:41 Bed 42:37 Midnight snack 43:38 Shower/sleep 45:03 Good morning 45:52 Train exterior 48:22 Breakfast (Day2) 49:39 Sotaro Station 50:35 Eiji Mitooka design art book 52:21 Saiki Station and stroll 54:09 Tea room 55:49 Lunch (Day2) 58:16 Yufuin Station etc. 59:44 Farewell Ceremony 1:00:34 Until arrival at Hakata Station 1:02:51 Lounge 1:04:32 Thank you for watching #japan #sevenstars #sevenstarsinkyushu #kyushu #7stars #train #luxurytrain