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Hello Kitty Shinkansen
The Hello Kitty Shinkansen is included in the JR Pass and runs as a Kodama service between Shin-Osaka and Hakata. If you ...
Sixty years on, Japan’s high-speed rail network still puts Britain to shame
Today, the nation’s much-loved bullet train, known as Shinkansen, celebrates its 60th birthday. Timelessly sleek, clean, ...
How Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains changed the world of rail travel forever
Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a ...
High-speed rail turns 60
Japan's "bullet train" debuted in 1964, the first high-speed rail in the world. The U.S is still playing catch-up.