Hello Kitty Shinkansen Timetable & Station
About Hello Kitty Shinkansen
Hello Kitty Shinkansen is a Shinkansen Kodama train with special design of Hello Kitty for both exterior and interior.
It has a ribbon motif exterior with pink as the main color. (It looks very different from regular Shinkansen train with blue color.)
And, Hello Kitty Shinkansen has an special interior for car No.1 and car No.2.
Car No.1
Car No.1 is a display space, HELLO! PLAZA. Passengers can shop souvenir, have a break at a rest corner, watch a movie of various regions, and take photo at a photo spot.
This is a car to enjoy Hello Kitty world at Shinkansen.
Car No.1 is operated between Shin-Osaka Station and Kokura Station.
Car No.2
Car No.2 is non-reserved seat car with special design, KAWAII! ROOM. There are non-reserved seats and a photo spot. To have a seat at Car No.2 does not require any extra charge. Passengers just need regular Shinkansen tickets.
Operating route
Hello Kitty Shinkansen operates in Sanyo Shinkansen area, between Shin-Osaka Station and Hakata Station.
Since Hello Kitty Shinkansen is a Kodama train, it stops all stations.
Hello Kitty Shinkansen Station
- Shin-Osaka
- Shin-Kobe
- Nishi-Akashi
- Himeji
- Aioi
- Okayama
- Shin-Kurashiki
- Fukuyama
- Shin-Onomichi
- Mihara
- Higashihiroshima
- Hiroshima
- Shin-Iwakuni
- Tokuyama
- Shin-Yamaguchi
- Asa
- Shin-Shimonoseki
- Kokura
- Hakata
Operating date
The following operating schedule has been announced by JR West from June 1st, 2021 to September 30th, 2021. There are 3 ~ 4 non-operating days each month during this period.
Operating date
- All dates except the following non-operating dates
Non-operating date
- June 2021
- 9th, 10th, 11th, 30th
- July 2021
- 1st, 21st, 22nd
- August 2021
- 9th, 10th, 30th, 31st
- September 2021
- 20th, 21st, 22nd
Timetable
There is only 1 Hello Kitty Shinkansen train. Therefore, there is only 1 round trip by Hello Kitty Shinkansen on its operating day.
Timetable from Shin-Osaka Station to Hakata Station
Hello Kitty Shinkansen leaves Shin-Osaka Station at 11:32 am and arrives Hakata Station at 16:11 pm.
Here are departure time of each station:
- Shin-Osaka: 11:32
- Shin-Kobe: 11:46
- Nishi-Akashi: 12:03
- Himeji: 12:18
- Aioi: 12:26
- Okayama: 12:43
- Shin-Kurashiki: 13:01
- Fukuyama: 13:16
- Shin-Onomichi: 13:24
- Mihara: 13:40
- Higashihiroshima: 14:01
- Hiroshima: 14:19
- Shin-Iwakuni: 14:37
- Tokuyama: 14:59
- Shin-Yamaguchi: 15:15
- Asa: 15:32
- Shin-Shimonoseki: 15:45
- Kokura: 15:55
- Hakata: 16:11 (Arrival time)
Timetable from Hakata Station to Shin-Osaka Station
Hello Kitty Shinkansen leaves Hakata Station at 6:32am and arrives Shin-Osaka Station at 11:12 am. It departs Hakata Station early in the morning.
Here are departure time of each station:
- Hakata: 6:32
- Kokura: 6:51
- Shin-Shimonoseki: 7:03
- Asa: 7:20
- Shin-Yamaguchi: 7:30
- Tokuyama: 7:44
- Shin-Iwakuni: 8:02
- Hiroshima: 8:17
- Higashihiroshima: 8:32
- Mihara: 8:47
- Shin-Onomichi: 9:00
- Fukuyama: 9:10
- Shin-Kurashiki: 9:30
- Okayama: 9:53
- Aioi: 10:17
- Himeji: 10:30
- Nishi-Akashi: 10:49
- Shin-Kobe: 10:58
- Shin-Osaka: 11:12
Video
Hello Kitty Shinkansen debut! 2018 Summer
Hello Kitty Shinkansen operating between Shin-Osaka and Hakata
Links
- Hello Kitty Shinkansen official website
- Major station information