Japan railway unveils super-luxury train

September 14, 2013 | 09:14

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A Japanese railway operator on Friday unveiled a new super-luxury train it hopes will appeal to well-heeled travellers who don't mind splashing out to have their every travelling need fulfilled.

Japan's Kyushu railway unveils a new super-luxury train "Nanatsuboshi" (Seven Stars) at the company's train yard in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan's southern island of Kyushu. (AFP/JIJI PRESS)

TOKYO: A Japanese railway operator on Friday unveiled a new super-luxury train it hopes will appeal to well-heeled travellers who don't mind splashing out to have their every travelling need fulfilled.

Kyushu Railway's "Nanatsuboshi" -- Seven Stars -- service has a lounge car with a piano and a bar, top-end dining and 14 private suites.

Each wood-panelled bedroom has plush beds and a desk along with an ensuite bathroom with a shower and toilet, equipped -- of course -- with a heated seat.

The train travels around the rural southern island of Kyushu, with a four-day, three-night package costing up to 1.13 million yen ($11,000) per couple.

The company's website boasts of a "refined and dignified" design that is a "fusion of Japanese and Western and of new and old".

The train goes into service in October this year, but is already fully booked until June 2014.

AFP

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