I traveled 832 train miles from Osaka to Hakodate, Japan using two separate shinkansen bullet trains. No shinkansen links the cities directly, so I took the Tokaido train to Tokyo, then changed to the amazing Hayabusa train. The Hayabusa shinkansen, introduced in 2011, leaves Tokyo and goes north through the Tohoku region. It was extended through the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest undersea tunnel, in 2016. (It will be extended to Sapporo by 2030.) On my February ride, we pushed through the snowy landscapes of northern Honshu. The entire trip took seven hours, and every minute was thrilling, with the legendary Japanese bullet train at times reaching 200 mph and passing through some lovely rural Japanese landscapes.

0:00 Intro
1:13 Boarding the Tokaido in Osaka
3:35 Mt. Fuji view
4:05 Arriving in Tokyo
5:18 Boarding the Hayabusa in Tokyo
10:24 Zao Tunnel
10:47 Snowy Tohoku
12:22 Hakkoda Tunnel
13:20 Seikan Tunnel facts
16:33 Seikan Tunnel
17:57 Arriving in Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
19:35 Thanks for watching

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