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What a Beauty!! Super express on the Shinkansen at Kokura
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From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!
Now I want to get back to Japan. I miss these things!! -
Smooth, sleek - and fast!! East-bound high speed train on the Shinkansen
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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. -
Awesome Train - JR N-500 Shinkansen - my favourite!
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JR N-500 Shinkansen (or "Bullet Train") in Hakata Station, Kita Kyushu, Japan -
From the album: Welcome, to the Shinkansen!
The Shinkansen is Japan's high-speed rail network. The trains that run on the network, ("Bullet Trains") in the West, are smooth, slick, quiet - and very fast! They run in the region of 300km/h. Running from city center to city center all over Japan - (and without the need to check-in one hour before departure!) - they can make getting to where you actually need to be quicker than flying, if you are going anything less than from one end of the country to the other!
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