What is the Twilight Express Mizukaze
Twilight Express Mizukaze (Japanese: トワイライトエクスプレス みずかぜ) is a luxury sleeper cruise train operated by JR West. This train is an excursion train, not a regular train. It is an atas train used for trips around Western Japan and with only a capacity of 34 passengers in a 10-car configuration, it is easily one of the most expensive train trips of the world.
The dark-green livery of the train is borrowed from a popular sleeper train called Twilight Express. Twilight Express is a sleeper train plying between Osaka and Sapporo and operations was ceased on 2015 due to declining demand for sleeper trains in Japan. The dive in demand for sleeper trains in Japan is because of an expanding Shinkansen bullet train network, and emergence of LCCs and highway buses that runs between cities.
Also, the Mizukaze logo have elements that are borrowed from the old Twilight Express logo. The "M" in the new Twilight Express logo is stylised in a way that matches the borrowed angels found in the original Twilight Express.
Lastly, the interior has some sort of a bland of 1920s Art Deco atas vibes with Japanese-style decorative touches from various regions that the train goes to.
Car no. 1 is the observation cars of the train. It is simply used by passengers to observe the rolling scenery of western Japan as they sit back and lepak. In the observation room, the are windows that goes all the way up to the ceiling, so that it allows passengers to look up to the sky. Also, it is home to an open air observation deck, which is what this atas train is famous for. Passengers can go to the observation deck just to obtain some fresh air and enjoy the wind breezes while the train keep rolling.
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