Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 56 minutes ago
Welcome aboard Japan's incredible Dual-Mode Vehicle (or DMV), a very special road-rail vehicle running on the railway line from Awa-Kainan to Kannoura and beyond!
Join me on this Japan travel vlog, for a special ride on this transforming train, as I experience one of the craziest things on the Japanese railways.
Safe to say, it's probably the strangest train journey I've ever had...
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Journey Details:
Origin: Awa-Kainan Station
Destination: Michinoeki Shishikui Onsen
Company: Asa Coast Railway Company
Train: Dual-Mode Vehicle (Toyota Coaster)
Accommodation: Ordinary Seat (2nd)
Distance: 16 kilometres / 10 miles
Price: ¥700 (£4.10 / €4.80 / $5.20)
Time: 34 minutes, arrived on-time
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00:00 Introduction
00:45 Awa-Kainan Station
01:27 The new rail-road transfer station
02:41 Arrival of the Asa Coast Railway DUAL-MODE VEHICLE!
03:10 Boarding the DMV, the Japanese bus and train hybrid
03:26 Route map
03:45 Departing Awa-Kainan and changing to train mode
04:16 Seat review
05:01 Kaifu station, and the ASA100 railcar
06:25 Why did they build the Dual-Mode Vehicle?
07:40 Changing to bus mode, and arriving at Kannoura bus stop
08:34 Japan drives on the left side of the road?
09:34 Coastal road along the North Pacific Ocean
10:04 Ticket price
10:46 Conclusion, and arriving at Michinoeki Shishikui Onsen
Welcome aboard Japan's incredible Dual-Mode Vehicle (or DMV), a very special road-rail vehicle running on the railway line from Awa-Kainan to Kannoura and beyond!
Join me on this Japan travel vlog, for a special ride on this transforming train, as I experience one of the craziest things on the Japanese railways.
Safe to say, it's probably the strangest train journey I've ever had...
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Journey Details:
Origin: Awa-Kainan Station
Destination: Michinoeki Shishikui Onsen
Company: Asa Coast Railway Company
Train: Dual-Mode Vehicle (Toyota Coaster)
Accommodation: Ordinary Seat (2nd)
Distance: 16 kilometres / 10 miles
Price: ¥700 (£4.10 / €4.80 / $5.20)
Time: 34 minutes, arrived on-time
---
Find me elsewhere:
superalbs.weebly.com
twitter.com/superalbs
instagram.com/superalbstravels
facebook.com/superalbstravels
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00:00 Introduction
00:45 Awa-Kainan Station
01:27 The new rail-road transfer station
02:41 Arrival of the Asa Coast Railway DUAL-MODE VEHICLE!
03:10 Boarding the DMV, the Japanese bus and train hybrid
03:26 Route map
03:45 Departing Awa-Kainan and changing to train mode
04:16 Seat review
05:01 Kaifu station, and the ASA100 railcar
06:25 Why did they build the Dual-Mode Vehicle?
07:40 Changing to bus mode, and arriving at Kannoura bus stop
08:34 Japan drives on the left side of the road?
09:34 Coastal road along the North Pacific Ocean
10:04 Ticket price
10:46 Conclusion, and arriving at Michinoeki Shishikui Onsen
