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Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura, Yokosuka, Odawara, Kofu, Otsuki, Kawaguchiko, Gotemba, Shizuoka, Tokyo, Nagoya, Toyohashi, Atami, Ito, Shimoda, Mishima, Shuzenji, Osaka, Shin-Osaka, Namba, Tennoji, Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, Himeji, Maibara, Ogaki, Hiroshima, Miyajima, Okayama

Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen (Bullet Train), Most popular train to Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Hakata from Tokyo.

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Shinkansen is the high speed train service in Japan. It is known as Bullet Train too.
Shinkansen is the high speed train service in Japan. It is known as Bullet Train too.

Tokaido Shinkansen is the oldest and busiest Shinkasen line and it is operated between Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. Sanyo Shinkansen is operated between Osaka, Okayama, Hiroshima and Hakata (Fukuoka). Both lines are connected each other. Many trains, “Nozomi” that is the fastest train on Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen, run from Tokyo to Hiroshima and some of those run to even Hakata.

Most of Hikari run between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka, But some of those run to Okayama and Hiroshima.

Sanyo Shinkansen connected to Kyushu Shinkansen at Hakata. Many trains, Mizuho and Sakura are operated between Shin-Osaka and KUmamoto or Kagoshima-Chuo directly. Please see the post, Kyushu Shinkansen to get details.

Many of you will use this train system between Osaka/Kyoto and Tokyo. In this post, I would like to share the information of this train system with you. Continue reading →

Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu, Tohoku, Hokkaido,Akita and Yamagata, Joetsu, Nagano and Hokuriku, Network of JR trains

What is Shinkansen (bullet train)? Most convenient and the fastest train service throughout Japan.

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Shinkansen

Shinkansen (新幹線) is high speed train service that is operated by JR. It is one of the fastest train in world and sometimes called “Bullet Train”. JR has this high speed train network throughout Japan. You can save lots of your trip time by using this train system.

Most of you use this train system in your trip. I would like to share the basic information about this train system, Shinkansen. Continue reading →