Originally Posted by
AlwaysAisle
By the way, anybody rode on Hokutosei (北斗星) or Cassiopeia (カシオペア) train between Ueno - Sapporo or Twilight Express (トワイライトエクスプレス) between Osaka - Sapporo?
I'm planning a Hokutosei trip sometime soon. I rode the Hokuriku to Kanazawa (before it got cancelled in 2010), but it's rather short compared to the Sapporo routes.
(BTW, don't forget the Akebono and Nihonkai trains to Aomori!)