The Hokuriku Shinkansen, direct access to Kanazawa, Nagano and Toyama from Tokyo.
The Hokuriku Shinkansen is the fastest route to get Nagano, Toyama and Kanazawa from Tokyo. Please find the information about this Shinkansen line in this post.
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Joetsu, Nagano and HokurikuKanazawa, Toyama, Wakura-Onsen, FukuiNagano, Matsumoto, Hakuba, Mimami-Otari, Iida, Kobuchizawa, KomoroTakayama, Kanazawa and ShirakawagoTokyoUeno