Car facilities

Car No.1 Premium Green

Travel in your own relaxing, private space with separate single seats in each row. Gaze out through the impressive windows and enjoy a top-quality journey as the sunlight streams in through the skylights.

Two separate single seats in each row
create a roomy private space
Massive windows offer great views of Izu’s natural beauty
The seat swivels towards the window side
(Operate via the lever on the headrest)

Spec of the seats

Point1

Point2

Point3

  1. Point1

    Reclining and reading light buttons

  2. Point2

    Table in arm rest

    Open the flap on the arm rest to pull out a small table for drinks.

  3. Point3

    Electrical outlet

Point4

Point5

Point6

  1. Point4

    Seat rotation lever

    Rotate your seat by moving it while pulling the handle.

  2. Point5

    Cup holder and table in arm rest

    Open the flap next to the cup holder to pull out the table.

  3. Point6

    Luggage space

Cars No.2 and 3 Green Car private compartments

Enjoy a relaxing time with good friends or beloved family members in a Green Car private compartment until you reach your destination. There are two types of rooms: ones for 1-4 people and ones for 1-6 people. Luxuriate in a secluded space designed to feel like a quiet, relaxing cafe.

Green Car private compartments
for a more intimate space (for 1 to 4 people)
Green Car private compartments can be used by
up to 6 people (for 1 to 6 people)
Relax and enjoy special moments as you watch the view from the expansive windows

Car No.4 Cafeteria

The cafeteria offers a limited menu that will brighten your journey to Izu, served from an open plan kitchen. Enjoy the taste of our special dishes while gazing out at Sagami Bay.

Cars No.5 through 8 Green Cars

With comfortable and spacious seating of a twin and a single in each row, these cars offer a pleasant space where sunlight from the skylights pours through the glass luggage shelves.

Roomy seats in a comfortable formation of a twin
and a single in each row
Reclining seats to make your journey even more relaxing
Each car has a storage area for large luggage

Spec of the seats

Point1

Point2

Point3

  1. Point1

    Reclining and reading light buttons

  2. Point2

    Electrical outlet

  3. Point3

    Table in arm rest

    Open the flap on the arm rest to pull out a small table for drinks.

Point4

Point5

Point6

  1. Point4

    Coat hook

    This hook can be used to hang small items.

  2. Point5

    Seat back table

  3. Point6

    Cup holder

    Pull towards you to provide a space for placing drinks.

Other facilities

Barrier-free interior (Car No.5)
Barrier-free toilet (Car No.5)
Barrier-free seating for wheelchair users
Free Wi-Fi is available

Timetables & TicketsRiding the SAPHIR ODORIKO

Design by

Kiyoyuki Ken Okuyama

In charge of design production and car design. CEO of KEN OKUYAMA DESIGN Born in Yamagata in 1959.

Has worked as chief designer at General Motors (USA), senior designer at Porsche (Germany), and design director at Pininfarina (Italy), and chaired the Industrial Design Department at ArtCenter College of Design (USA). Has worked on the design of cars such as the Enzo Ferrari and Maserati Quattroporte, and of Ducati and other motorbikes, as well as on many designs in fields such as railways, ships, architecture, robots, and theme parks. Since 2007, as the CEO of KEN OKUYAMA DESIGN, he has been based in Yamagata, Tokyo and Los Angeles, where he provides corporate consulting services as well as doing everything from development to marketing work for the KEN OKUYAMA brand of automobiles, interior products, and eyewear. He became a director of Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. in 2013. He has worked successively on the design of the Akita Shinkansen, the Hokuriku Shinkansen, Yamanote Line trains, the Train Suite Shiki-shima, and on Yanmar products.
Honorary principal of the Tokyo Communication Art, Jikei COM Group, visiting professor at ArtCenter College of Design, visiting professor at Yamagata University Faculty of Engineering, member of the JR East urban development committee, producer of the ARITA 400 Project held between 2013 and 2016 to celebrate 400 years of Arita porcelain.
He also gives lectures, and his published works include “Ferrari and the Iron Kettle” (PHP Publications), “Tradition Counterattacks” (Shodensha), “15 Minutes that Determined My Life: Creation 1/10,000” (KEN OKUYAMA DESIGN), “Designing a Century of Value” (PHP Business Publications), and “Design as a Business Weapon” (Shodensha).