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I've traveled on trains in the US, Europe, and Australia, but Japan's bullet trains exceeded my wildest dreams. Here's what they're like. I've traveled on trains all around the world, but Japan's ...

Experience Japan’s most breathtaking autumn landscapes on rail. From Kyoto’s Romantic Train to Toyama’s Kurobe Gorge, ...

Shinkansen is one of the most convenient and comfortable ways to travel across Japan – and it’s even more memorable when you catch one of its special themed trains. Among the most popular is the Hello ...

Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X It didn’t feel like we were going almost 200 mph. So smooth, so quiet. None of the clackety-clack ...

Japan's plans to expand a bullet train line linking Tokyo with the port city of Tsuruga is under increased scrutiny after a sharp rise in estimated costs. Extending the Hokuriku Shinkansen to Osaka is ...

Every August, the Keifuku Electric Railroad company in Kyoto, Japan runs a series of “ghost trains” or “yokai trains” on weekend evenings. On these trains, spirits and monsters from Japanese mythology ...

It’s been a particularly odd year for weather in Japan, with the heat lingering until just a few days ago, when the temperatures fell dramatically to winter-like levels. As it feels like we’re ...

Traveling by train in Japan is one of the wonders of our modern world, whether that’s whizzing through the countryside on the Shinkansen at up to 320 kilometers per hour (200 mph), relaxing on a ...