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    Nice one!
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    White Shinkansen Bullet Train!
    These things move away so fast, I was just snapping continuously in the hope of getting a decent shot of the back of the train as it came into view. The train was rapidly accelerating as it pulled out of Hakata Station, on it's way to Kagoshima in the South of Kyushu Island, Japan. (I could, of course, have just used the "burst mode" on my cellphone - but this would have churned out an awful lot of photos to then have to go through and either edit or delete...)
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    Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    Images added to a gallery album owned by smb in Members Albums - Index Page

    There is a slight pause after "Welcome" - for emphasis! And "Shinkansen" is actually three seperate words: 新幹線 Shin-kan-sen or New Trunk Line. This is what people in the West refer to as the "Bullet Train" (when, in fact, "Shinkansen" refers to the rail network, not the trains that run on it).
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    Beautiful Beast! Japan Railways West JR-500 Shinkansen Bullet Train

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    A beautiful JR 500 Shinkansen train. 博多新幹線駅 Photo taken at Hakata Shinkansen Station in Northern Kyushu, Japan
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    Sleek, beautiful and very fast! JR-500 Shinkansen Bullet Train

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    博多新幹線駅 Photo taken at Hakata Shinkansen Station in Northern Kyushu, Japan
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    JR 500 Shinkansen - Close-up of the sharp end!!

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    博多新幹線駅 Photo taken at Hakata Shinkansen Station in Northern Kyushu, Japan
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    Platform scene at Hakata Shinkansen Station

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

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    Passengers disembarking from JR 500 Shinkansen Bullet Train at Hakata Station

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

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    JR West JR500 Shinkansen Bullet Train

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    'Making a brief stop at Hakata - before belting off at 300kmh for Kagoshima!! :D
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    Passengers getting off a JR West N-500 Shinkansen train

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    Super train! The body of N-500 Shinkansen looks more like the fuselage of a jet plane! Photo taken at Hakata Shinkansen Station in Northern Kyushu
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    N-700 JR Western Japan Shinkansen "Bullet Train" Hakata, Northern Kyushu

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    Making a very brief stop, before heading off for Kagoshima
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    Super Train!! N-700 Shinkansen "Bullet Train" at Hakata Station

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    With the guard looking down the platform
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    White Shinkansen Bullet Train!

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    I really must get into the habit of uploading photos before I have forgotten all the details...
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    'Not too much time for painting in recent years... I have a portrait of my youngest daughter on the go - and I will definitely finish it one day. (I started it when she was 16. She is now 19 - so I will have to finish it while she is, technically at least, still a teenager!) Photography... Well, this little blog of mine is also supposed to be about some of my attempts at photography, so here are a few snaps I took of the Shinkansen, on a recent (work-related) trip to Japan. Welcome, to the Shin-Kan-Sen!! (You have to pause for a very brief moment after "Welcome" - and say it with pride!!) The photos I posted on Facebook created quite a few comments and I have reproduced some of these below: Vic Rolfe I was talking about the Shinkansen to a friend in Kokura. He said he couldn't understand what was so special about the Shinkansen! "It's just a train, right?" Just a train??!!!! Well... I suppose - for Japan, yes!! Luis Reyes Ordinary train lng sa kanila FB Friend:" Beautiful, wish we had those here in Australia. " Vic Rolfe Ideal country for it... Japan has spent a stupendous amount of money over the years building that network. At least, you wouldn't need too many tunnels, for a start off! Vic Rolfe City center to city center, all over Japan. Every station on the Shinkansen network is surrounded by hotels, so you just get off the train and walk for two minutes to your hotel. In Japan, unless you are going from one end of the country to the other, it is actually quicker than flying, by the time you get stuck in a traffic jam just getting to the airport. Then you have to check in and get through security. Luis Reyes Ganda ng train Vic Rolfe These things don't spend all day in the station, either. They arrive on time and they have to leave on time - exactly to the second. Hence the announcement as you slow down on the approach to Hakata (Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan) "If you are planning to get off at the next station, then you need to get all your stuff ready NOW and start making your way towards the doors.." (or words to that effect!!) I am not sure how long they stop for - but it can't be very long! That's for sure... 1 minute? 2 minutes max!!
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    Wow! Long time, no see at artfreaks.com!!!

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    Well... That was back in 2005, when I started this topic!!! ...And how things have moved on now!! In 2018, search engines actually work - and now we just take them for granted!!
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    You've got to love it!! (If you haven't got adds blocked on your browser,) you may well see an advertisement for frying pans, with this post!!) ?
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    Beautiful Beast! Japan Railways West JR-500 Shinkansen Bullet Train
    I'm going to have to buy myself a Shinkansen train set, or something!!
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    Smooth, sleek - and fast!! East-bound high speed train on the Shinkansen
    I'm getting Shinkansen withdrawal symptoms already!
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    Hi! Long time, no see! I didn't realize, you were still in the New Members group... Anyway, welcome to the Full Members group now. You should find that any posting restrictions that you may have experienced as a New Member have now been removed.

    If you can edit your uploaded images to give them titles/descriptions and maybe a few key words, that will make your images searchable - both within the site and, of course, via external search engines.

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      sexybbw4u

      Thank you very much....   xoxox

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    smb

    It turns out the problems I was having with uploading images were related to the Internet Service Provider that I was using at the time - not the site. Anyway, I managed to improve a few things along the way, so you should find that your images upload a lot quicker now - ISP notwithstanding!!

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    A crowded Hakata Shinkansen station - 博多新幹線駅

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    Lots of people getting off the "Bullet" train at Hakata
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    "We will be making a very brief stop at Hakata"

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    Lot's of people getting off here and the Shinkansen trains run on time... To the second - unless there is an emergency! So you need to have all your stuff together and be ready, waiting by the doors to get off as soon as the train pulls into the station.
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    Wizzing along in the Shinkansen - at 300km/h!

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    View from the window when the Shinkansen winds up to full seed!! I have no idea what this was!!! ??? ??
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    Northern Kyushu countryside viewed from the Shinkansen whilst travelling at speed

    From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!

    Looking out of the window whilst traveling at "full chat", somewhere between Kokura and Hakata on the Shinkansen

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