18-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Travelling between Tokyo and Osaka? You could ride the Elsa express
Published: 10:52am, 18 Feb 2025
A Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from hit films such as Frozen was shown to the media in central Japan on Monday, ahead of its launch on the Tokaido Shinkansen line connecting Tokyo and Osaka later in the week. The 'Wonderful Dreams Shinkansen', inspired by Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area that opened in June, will operate from February 21 until mid-September between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations, according to the railway operator, JR Central, and Oriental Land, which runs the Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo Disneyland theme parks.
The melody on board will be a song from the Disney film Tangled . At a ceremony held in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, with Mickey Mouse showing up, JR Central president Shunsuke Niwa said he hopes people will enjoy visiting the Disney theme parks and feel as if they 'are in a dream'. The Disney liveried bullet train will operate between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations. Photo: Central Japan Railway/Disney
Kenji Yoshida, president of Oriental Land, said: 'We want visitors riding the special train to have more fantastic memories of their trips.'
