After riding the rails around the world, I was eager to try Japan's bullet trains. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was smooth and comfy, but I felt motion sickness for the first time. I couldn't enjoy the ...
Japan’s first railway line opened in 1872, plying the tracks between Shinbashi in Tokyo and Yokohama to the south in Kanagawa Prefecture. The line was constructed using 1,067 mm narrow-gauge rails, a ...
Since it first opened in 1964, Japan's high-speed rail system has been one of the country's most celebrated achievements. These trains, called Shinkansen, are known to English speakers as bullet ...