Part of the brilliance of the bullet train is that it can whisk you out of a city in what feels like no time at all, giving you the freedom to quickly explore off-the-beaten-path corners of Japan.
The iconic image of majestic bullet train blasting past the snowcapped peaks of Mount Fuji has become a symbol of Japan's growth into an economic and technological juggernaut. Over the past half ...
Sixty years after the world's first high-speed train launched, rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along what's been dubbed the "New Golden Route". Standing on platform 19 at Tokyo ...
The last major incident happened in 2005 when a train derailed in the western city of Amagasaki, killing 107 people. The Shinkansen, which is Japan's bullet train rail network, has never had an ...
Frustration over the West’s apparent indifference to Japanese novels led to the making of “Bullet ... train--would be cinematically fun. They had turned down a film adaptation project in Japan ...
High urbanization and the emergence of megacities in Japan, such as Tokyo ... Shinkansen, or bullet trains, are high-speed trains connecting the country from the northern island of Hokkaido ...
A 22-year-old graduate student said he's grateful for all the work the trains have done to keep Japan's bullet train network safe. "It's a pity because my son loves them," a mother of a 5-year-old ...
On Japan’s bullet trains, dogs usually have to travel in a carrier, but on Saturday they could stretch their paws and enjoy the scenery on a special pet-friendly express. At Ueno station in ...