The Suite of the Twilight Express Mizukaze

The entirety of Car No. 7 is a sleeping berth known as “The Suite.” Very few train cars anywhere in the world are as luxurious as this one. Car No. 7 accommodates just two people, and tickets for this car range from 750,000 to 1.25 million yen. White marble covers the entrance to Car No. 7, which is divided into a living room, a bedroom, and a bathroom. The understated, slightly dark interiors of the other sleeping cars give way here to a bright atmosphere liberally appointed with tones of white. This creates a mood of lightness and expansiveness. There is a bathtub in the bathroom, allowing the room’s occupants to soak while watching the greenery of the Japanese countryside pass by outside the car’s windows. Being able to see out means being able to see in, however, so the blinds in this room can be manually lowered in an instant.