Sunrise Izumo

 ( West Japan Railway Company ) 

• Car 2/9 has a wheelchair-accessible compartment
• Each car has toilet facilities at one end.
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• Smoking is prohibited outside of smoking cabins.

To ride the train, several fares are required. All passengers require a Jousha ken and a Tokkyu ken based on the distance traveled. On top of these, those wishing to travel in a private room must also pay for a Shindai ken, while those traveling in the Nobi-nobi sleeping area must pay a small zaseki shitei ryoukin in order to reserve an individual sleeping space.

The berth and seat reservation charges are fixed, regardless of where the journey starts and ends.

Tickets are purchased up to one month before departure at a JR Midori no Madoguchi in Japan. Holders of the Japan Rail Pass can reserve a Nobi-nobi space at free, or reserve a berth by paying the limited express and berth charges.

A shower is located in cars 3 and 10. Passengers using the A Single Deluxe compartments are provided with a free shower card to use the showers on the train, while other passengers have to pay ¥330 for a shower card if they desire to use the showers. Lounges are also located in cars 3 and 10. Drink vending machines are available in cars 3, 5, 10 and 12.

Following the introduction of the Sunrise Izumo, the original Izumo locomotive-hauled "Blue train" service was reduced from two return workings daily to one return working, serving the Sanin Main Line between and Tottori Prefecture, most of which was not electrified and thus inaccessible by the electric Sunrise Express trains. The Izumo was ultimately discontinued on 13 March 2006 due to continuing decline in ridership, leaving the Sunrise Izumo as the only overnight train service between the Sanin region and Tokyo.

Ridership on overnight trains in Japan continues to decline, and from March 2009, the Sunrise Izumo and Sunrise Seto became the only overnight sleeping car trains to operate west of Tokyo via the Tokaido Line.