We board the limited express train from Takamatsu to Shimonada Station, which is said to be the model for the station in the Ghibli movie “Spirited Away”, a worldwide hit.
Trains arrive only once every two to three hours. The ocean stretches out before your eyes. I thought it was an unmanned station in the countryside, but it turned out to be a major tourist attraction visited by many Instagrammers.
Enjoy!

Vehicle: EMU 8000 (Takamatsu – Matsuyama), DMU KIHA54 (Matsuyama – Yawatahama)
Operator: JR Shikoku
Cabin: Business Class (Utazu – Matsuyama)
Timetable: Takamatsu 8:45 AM – Utazu 9:10 AM/9:13 AM – Matsuyama 11:15 AM/11:41 AM – Shimonada 12:29 PM/1:45 PM – Yawatahama 3:07 PM, 6h22
Price: 10,190JPY (76.48USD) Including below
– Basic fare: 4,660JPY (34.97USD)
– Limited express ticket (Takamatsu – Matsuyama): 2,730JPY (20.49USD)
– Business class ticket (Utazu – Matsuyama): 2,800JPY (21.01USD)

Fares are subject to seasonal changes. Please check the ferry operator’s website for details.

Reference:
JR Shikoku
https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
Iyonada Monogatari
https://www.jr-eki.com/global/en/travel/iyonada/index.html
Spirited Away – Studio Ghibli
https://www.ghibli.jp/works/chihiro/#frame

Exchange rate in the video: 1USD≒133.24JPY (as of 29/7/2022)

Chapter:
0:00 Digest
0:15 Introduction of the journey
0:33 Depart Takamatsu Station
2:48 Inside Shiokaze limited express
4:20 Scenery from the window (Break1)
5:03 Arrive at Matsuyama Station
5:28 Ai Aru Iyonada Line
6:44 Shimonada Station
10:00 Scenery from the window (Break2)
11:08 Next Episode Preview

Music by:
Iamalex x felty – Hario
Provided by Lofi Girl
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_2B0-DtrR0
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/1DEadax0OB9w0Lzc90tcUV

j’san x Epektase – Outer Space
Provided by Lofi Girl
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0a-1BTFWi4
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/2X1omQX2nHdHTiuyy2iRNW

softy – August, Now Again
Provided by Lofi Girl
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MPeCOgG7k
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/1CmDaXEWRSIJoJVO4lmNkf

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31 Comments

  1. <<<NOTICE!>>>
    0:34 The official name of "UDON" Prefecture is "KAGAWA". The name "Udon Prefecture" is used for tourism purposes. In fact, the name is on the station sign at Takamatsu Station.
    7:34 Implicit rules are my JOKE. But please don't forget to be considerate of each other.

  2. Это не вокзал, даже не станция! Всего лишь платформа!

  3. Only creator of spirited away had got first to feel the beauty before it getting famous becoming tourist and local attraction. If this was in my country i would sit there for hours without phone just to feel myself. Thanx for your hardwork.

  4. Shimonada mini one car journey is a dream destination journey & Shimonada mini station in front of the blue wide ocean is spectacular & fantastic to enjoy one day picnic in Japan. Thx a lot for making this wonderful fairy-tale yet realistic mini video. Keep it on . . . We would like to continue with Ur every forthcoming dream journeys. Gr8 presentation. God Bless U forever.
    Sangeeta & Deepak from Mumbai (INDIA).

  5. You should take that iyonada monogatari train. Looks really cool!

    Also the cafe bento train you showed in another video.

  6. it's been 3 years since the last time I traveled to Japan, everything in this video is still very strong in my memory, the peacefulness of Hakone, the busy streets of Shinjuku, the harmony of the environment, can't wait to travel to Japan again

  7. TBH , there is so much like stations available in sri lanka, crowded /town stations are bad , but country side station bit looked like this…

  8. 好漂亮的小車站~~~不過台灣的宜蘭線上就有不少鄰近海邊的小車站,風景不輸這些風貌…

  9. 와, 유튜브 편집 내용 퀄리티가 장난아니네요. 진짜 멋있습니다. 많은 사람들에게 알려져서 더 강력해지면 좋겠네요 !

  10. 普段車移動だと、こういう絶景を見逃しているのかあ・・、人生損してますね。

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