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Shinkansen - Bullet Train Shinkansen - Bullet Train Hokkaido Shinkansen Shin-Hakodatehokuto Sea of Japan Shin-Aomori Hachinohe Akita Shinkansen Akita Shinjyo Morioka Tohoku Shinkansen Yamagata Shinkansen Joetsu Shinkansen Yamagata Niigata Sendai North Pacific Ocean Hokuriku Shinkansen Fukushima Kanazawa Nagano Omiya Takasaki Sanyo Shinkansen Tokyo Kyoto Nagoya Shin-Yokohama Okayama Hiroshima Tokaido Shinkansen Shin-osaka Hakata Kokura Railhead Terminus Operating km Hokkaido Shinkansen Shin-Aomori Shin-Hakodatehokuto 148.8 Kumamoto Tohoku Shinkansen Tokyo Shin-Aomori 713.7 Akita Shinkansen Morioka Akita 127.3 Yamagata Shinkansen Fukushima Shinnjo 148.6 Kyushu Shinkansen Kagoshima-chuo Joetsu Shinkansen Tokyo Niigata 333.9 Hokuriku Shinkansen Tokyo Kanazawa 450.5 Tokaido Shinkansen Tokyo Shin-Osaka 552.6 Sanyo Shinkansen Shin-Osaka Hakata 644.0 Kyushu Shinkansen Hakata Kaghoshima-chuo 288.9 As of February 2017 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) This document is owned or licensed by JETRO and providers of the information content. This document shall not be reproduced or reprinted on any medium or registered on any search system in whole or part by any means, without prior permission of JETRO. Although JETRO makes its best efforts to ensure the correctness of the information contained in this document, JETRO does not take any responsibility regarding losses derived from the information contained in this document. Copyright (C) 2017 JETRO. All rights reserved..
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