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.

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■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

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