‘Cruise on land’ rooms shown for 2017 luxury sleeper train THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

[bill937ca]

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201606160040.html

 

YOKOHAMA--Carpeted floors, walls decorated with “washi” Japanese paper and lacquer latticework, and baths made of “hinoki” (Japanese cypress) await travelers willing to shell out a small fortune for a train ticket.

 

East Japan Railway Co. on June 16 showed off models of the interiors of some of the cars for the luxury sleeper Train Suite Shiki-shima that will begin operations on May 1, 2017, from Tokyo...

Edited June 22, 2016 by cteno4

[bill937ca]

A second article with photos of the mockup.

[marknewton]

Beautiful!

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.