这辆由10节车厢组成的列车有超大的观景窗户，乘客透过窗户可以看到日本北部乡村风景，这片土地上种植出的作物将被列车厨师做成时令美食供乘客享用。

After dinner they can gather for a drink around the piano, or sit and soak up the atmosphere next to the fireplace -- actually a trick created by steam and coloured light -- on a journey that takes them from Tokyo to the northernmost island of Hokkaido and back again.

餐后乘客可以坐在钢琴周围喝杯饮料，或者坐在壁炉边享受温馨的氛围——事实上这是由蒸汽和有色灯光营造出的效果——乘这辆列车从东京前往北海道最北部岛屿然后再返回。

The light-gold "Train Suite Shiki-shima" sleeper -- whose name means "Four Seasons Island" -- departed Ueno Station in Tokyo for its maiden journey on Monday, carrying 33 passengers, according to operator East Japan Railway.

据运营公司东日本铁路公司称，这辆浅金色的“四季岛”套房卧车于5月1日搭载33名乘客从东京上野车站出发，踏上首次旅程。

And despite the hefty price tag, there is no shortage of customers -- tickets are booked out through to March next year.

尽管票价高昂，订票乘客却不少——从现在到明年三月的车票都已经预订光了。

The Shiki-Shima is not the first uber-luxurious train to hit the tracks in Japan, which seems to have a supply of discerning and moneyed travellers.

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