Yes, you must pay the berth charge. More info can be found here:
http://gojapan.about.com/cs/hokkaidosight/a/cassiopeia.htm
Tokyo to kyoto, Japan by train is 3 hours 20 to 30 minutes approximately.
They have discontinued the Tokyo to Moscow train service. The Sea of Japan was wrecking the locomotives and drowning the passengers.
You can get to Tokyo by a plane, a boat and depending where you are a bus, a train, and a car. Your usual transportation devices.
Take the Train
The bullet train
people in Tokyo
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Shibuya, Ueno and Ikebukuro Stations are some of the busiest.
People use the subway and train the most. There are also cars, but Tokyo is very busy and crowded, which makes it much faster to travel somewhere by the train.
night train
Shiba-koen (Subway)
Night Train to Paris was created in 1964.
Night Train to Rigel was created in 2005.