The Hello Kitty Shinkansen is included in the JR Pass and runs as a Kodama service between Shin-Osaka and Hakata. If you ...

Today, the nation’s much-loved bullet train, known as Shinkansen, celebrates its 60th birthday. Timelessly sleek, clean, ...

Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a ...

Learn more today. If you’re planning a trip to Japan in the near future, you may want to exchange some of your money for Japanese yen, the country’s official currency. The international symbol ...