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North Pacific Ocean

Sea of Japan

As of Nov. 2017

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Hachinohe Hachinohe

Morioka Morioka

Sendai Sendai

Akita Akita

Yamagata Yamagata

Niigata Niigata

Takasaki Takasaki

Nagoya Nagoya Kyoto Kyoto

Kokura Kokura Hakata Hakata

Omiya Omiya Tokyo Tokyo Shin-Yokohama Shin-Yokohama

Shin-AomoriShin-Aomori

Shin-osaka Shin-osaka

Okayama Okayama Hiroshima Hiroshima

Kumamoto Kumamoto

Kagoshima-chuoKagoshima-chuo

Shinjyo Shinjyo

FukushimaFukushima

Kyushu Shinkansen

Sanyo Shinkansen

Tokaido Shinkansen

Hokuriku Shinkansen

Joetsu Shinkansen

Yamagata Shinkansen

Akita Shinkansen

Shinkansen - Bullet Train

The high-speed Shinkansen trail over about 3,450 km connects the major cities throughout Japan. The safe and punctual public transportation system including trains and buses is convenient to move around in Japan. < Move between major cities > (approximate travel time)

Tokyo to: Shin-Hakodatehokuto (4 hours and 2 minutes) Shin-Aomori (3 hours and 10 minutes) Akita (3 hours and 50 minutes) Niigata (2 hours and 23 minutes) Kanazawa (2 hours and 28 minutes) Shin-Osaka (2 hours and 38 minutes) Hakata (5 hours and 28 minutes)　Shin-Osaka to: Nagoya (53 minutes) Hiroshima (1 hours and 34 minutes)　Hakata (2 hours and 48 minutes)Hakata to: Kaghoshima-chuo (1 hours and 42 minutes)

Tohoku Shinkansen

Shin-Aomori Shin-Hakodatehokuto 148.8Tokyo Shin-Aomori 713.7Morioka Akita 127.3Fukushima Shinnjo 148.6Tokyo Niigata 333.9Tokyo Kanazawa 450.5Tokyo Shin-Osaka 552.6Shin-Osaka Hakata 644.0Hakata Kaghoshima-chuo 288.9

Railhead Terminus 　Operating km

Tohoku ShinkansenAkita ShinkansenYamagata ShinkansenJoetsu ShinkansenHokuriku ShinkansenTokaido ShinkansenSanyo ShinkansenKyushu Shinkansen

NaganoNaganoKanazawaKanazawa

Shin-HakodatehokutoShin-HakodatehokutoHokkaido Shinkansen

Hokkaido Shinkansen