Posts Tagged ‘Morioka’
E5 series was introduced for Tohoku Shinkansen in this past March. This is the first fleet that has Glan Class seat and it became very popular topic. This class is higher class than Green class. And it is still very hard to get the ticket. Finally I can you the images of all class and …
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Some part of winter season is the busiest period. Especially in Japan, New Years holidays are crazy busy. In this year, December 30, 11 (Fri) and January 4, 12 (Sun) will be busiest days. Please try to avoid taking a train on those days. the vehicle occupancy rate may be more than 200%. Sometimes it …
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JR East announced that they will sell Tohoku Ouen Pass (東北応援パス). “Ouen (応援)” means Supporting in Japanense. This pass will be sold for supporting Tohoku region where is seriously damaged by the great earthquake in this past March. This pass motivate tourists go to Tohoku region and spend money there to revitalize economy there. Anybody …
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Tohoku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen share the track between Tokyo and Omiya. So some types of trains are used on both Tohoku and Joetsu. I show you several types of trains that are used on Tohoku or Joetsu Shinkansen. If you are looking for the general informations about these Shinkansens, please read Tohoku Shinkansen or …
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This post gives you most updated informations about Shinkansen lines operation status in Tohoku area.
As of September 23, 2011
The timetable has been back to normal today.
As of August 11, 2011
JR East announced that they will revise the timetable on Sep 1, 2011. It will be almost back to normal. And JR East also announced they …
Akita Shinkansen is operated between Morioka and Akita as the train name, “Komachi” (こまち). But all trains go through Tohoku Shinkansen and the train services are provided between Tokyo and Akita. It is operated with Tohoku Shikansen “Hayate” (はやて) between Tokyo and Morioka. So if you go to Akita from Tokyo, simply take Komachi at …
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Tohoku Shinkansen is the second oldest Shinkasen (a.k.a. Bullet Train) line and it connects Tokyo with Shin-Aomori via Ueno, Omiya, Fukushima, Sendai, Morioka and Hachinohe. Tohoku means Northeast in Japanese. North part of Honshu island (main island) is called this name. Most of trains on Tohoku Shinkansen are combined with Akita Shinkansen “Komachi” or …
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Ryusendo (=龍泉洞) is one of three biggest limestone cave in Japan. It has some CRYSTAL CLEAR BLUE lakes in the cave. You can see three lakes during viewing the cave and third lake is 98m deep. Ryusendo has very well maintained path in the cave. So you don’t worry about any special equipment. Pay admission …
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