Smooth, sleek - and fast!! East-bound high speed train on the Shinkansen
Another awesome train at Kokura Station. (I used to be a train-spotter, you know? Does it show?!!) ? ? ?
Shinkansen 新幹線 (pronounced: Shin-Kan-Sen) refers to the rail system, not the trains that run on it!
新幹線 translates, word-for-word as "New trunk line" - in other words, it's a dedicated high speed rail network.
When I was in school, we used to call the trains that ran on the Shinkansen, "Bullet Trains" (Some people still do!)
Here's an East-bound or "Up" train at Kokura Station in Kita Kyushu - on a very brief stop before hurtling off towards Tokyo.
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