While this provides arguably the defining image of the Shinkansen – a high-tech modern train flashing past the snow-capped Mount Fuji – it also makes the safe operation of high-speed trains ...

THE future of train travel is one step closer to whisking passengers away faster than they’ve ever been before. Following ...

Keen to catch sight of Mount Fuji’s looming triangular form surrounded by rice fields through a bullet train window? When travelling from Tokyo to Kyoto, make sure to book a window seat on the ...

Bullet trains are a popular way to traverse Japan, but even on the country’s largest main island of Honshu, they cannot ...

It may be a slight detour from bullet train routes, but spending a portion of your trip in Japan’s natural beauty is a must. After all, what trip to the country would be complete without seeing the ...

A SMALL train station in the UK has been named the best in the country – beating some of the country’s largest and busiest.

Her white-gloved, waistcoated uniform impeccable, 22-year-old Hazuki Okuno boards a bullet train replica to ... which stretches from Tokyo past Mount Fuji to Hakata around five hours away.

High-speed Shinkansen trains began running between Tokyo and Osaka on 1 October, 1964, heralding a new era for rail travel as Japan grew into an economic superpower after its World War II defeat. The ...

He was there to witness the first Shinkansen (bullet train) leave Tokyo ... passengers are gifted an extraordinary glimpse of Mount Fuji. Japan’s tallest mountain, this volcano is famous ...

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