時空の旅わくわく日記

I happened to see the Cassiopeia train the other day. The train is now used on cruise train services within the JR East region, as the last scheduled Cassiopeia services were discontinued in March 2016 ahead of the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen line.

【Bon appétit !】
　The Cassiopeia　is a luxury cruise train service in Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It formerly operated as a Limited express from July 1999 until March 2016, when it was discontinued due to the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen. It ran between Ueno Station in Tokyo and the city of Sapporo in the northern island of Hokkaido. The one-way journey to Sapporo took approximately 161⁄2 hours.
（https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_(train)）