Hello Kitty Shinkansen Last Day: HELL ON WHEELS
Holy moly. Baby Jesus. God Duck. That was by far the worst experience I have had since visiting Japan. So many people were bat sh*t crazy about this being the last day apparently, and there was absolutely NO order to the entire process. I stood in "line" about 2 hours before take-off and there were already people in line for almost all of the cars. I got lucky enough to split between my husband, car 1 for merch and car 2 for the non-reserved seats. So much for a line though, because people's started piling up about an hour before to record the train coming in, no one cared to line up, and everyone PUSHED through to be first on board. Luckily enough, I was able to secure the merch I wanted, and my husband got us seats in the decorated non-reserve cart, but NEVER AGAIN. Everyone packed in like sardines in a projectile going 150+ mph. People pushing, yelling, being so rude for a damn cartoon cat. Granted, we were there the last day, but it was literally our only opportunity to ride it. Highly recommend to anyone wanting to ride themed cars to: get there early (or not because no one follows the rules anyways), have a plan, and don't go on the last day. Rant over (: