Asakaze

{{short description|Japanese sleeper train service}}

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{{Infobox rail service

| name = Asakaze

| image = EF66 55 asakaze No.1.jpg

| image_width = 300px

| caption = Asakaze service hauled by an EF66 in 1988

| type = Blue Train Limited express

| first = 1956

| last = 2005

| operator = JR West

| line_used = Tokaido Main Line, Sanyo Main Line

| stock = 24 + 14 series sleeper coaches

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}

| el = 1,500 V DC

| speed =

}}

The {{nihongo|Asakaze|あさかぜ}} was a limited express sleeper train service operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which ran from {{STN|Tokyo|x}} to {{STN|Hakata|x}} in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.{{Cite web |date=2014-06-30 |title=Bye-Bye Blue Train: Japan's Iconic Sleepers Give Way to "Cruise Trains" |url=https://www.nippon.com/en/currents/d00116/bye-bye-blue-train-japan%E2%80%99s-iconic-sleepers-give-way-to-cruise-trains.html |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=nippon.com |language=en}}

The Asakaze was discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 1 March 2005.