![[Train Room]I stayed on the "Akebono" sleeper express train at Kosaka Rail Park.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_gi0Mh2wVhw/hqdefault.jpg)
[Train Room]I stayed on the “Akebono” sleeper express train at Kosaka Rail Park.
This railway hotel occupies the abandoned tracks of the Kosaka Railway in Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
There are several accommodation options in sleeper express train cars, but the cars here are still operational.
The only mobile accommodation in Japan
0:00 A 75-year-old diesel locomotive pulls the passenger cars. Although it is only 500m one way and 1km round trip, it is the only operating sleeper express train in Japan that was once in operation.
0:20 The interior of the Akebono sleeper express train, which ran between Ueno and Aomori until 2015.
9:20 Rest room, toilet, shower room
11:20 No meals are provided. You can use the free rental bicycles to go to dinner.
13:10 A demonstration of in-car announcements. The footage shows the final day of operation of the sleeper express “Tsugaru” and a side view taken from the A-class sleeping car corridor of the sleeper express Akebono.
21:19 It’s morning. From 7am, there will be announcements about the train’s stops and the sounds of the train running.
23:40 It’s finally moving. Only guests staying at the hotel can board.
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This railway hotel occupies the abandoned tracks of the Kosaka Railway in Kosaka Town, Akita Prefecture.
There are several accommodation options in sleeper express train cars, but the cars here are still operational.
The only mobile accommodation in Japan
0:00 A 75-year-old diesel locomotive pulls the passenger cars. Although it is only 500m one way and 1km round trip, it is the only operating sleeper express train in Japan that was once in operation.
0:20 The interior of the Akebono sleeper express train, which ran between Ueno and Aomori until 2015.
9:20 Rest room, toilet, shower room
11:20 No meals are provided. You can use the free rental bicycles to go to dinner.
13:10 A demonstration of in-car announcements. The footage shows the final day of operation of the sleeper express "Tsugaru" and a side view taken from the A-class sleeping car corridor of the sleeper express Akebono.
21:19 It's morning. From 7am, there will be announcements about the train's stops and the sounds of the train running.
23:40 It's finally moving. Only guests staying at the hotel can board.
yes, an era has passed. I don't know if there are any sleepers left other than those that go to Takamatsu and Izumoshi from Tokyo
How quaint.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The Kosaka Railway Park seems to be well maintained. The railroad tracks do not look like they are abandoned.
its very old school. how is it stilled allowed to be operated?