- Bullet Train

Sea of Shin-Aomori

Hachinohe Shinkansen Akita

Yamagata Shinkansen Shinjyo Yamagata Joetsu Shinkansen Niigata North Pacific Ocean Nagano Takasaki Sanyo Shinkansen Omiya Tokyo Kyoto Nagoya Okayama Shin-Yokohama Hiroshima Kokura Shin- Hakata Tokaido Shinkansen

Kagoshima-chuo

Source: Based on websites of MLIT Japan (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) and railway companies in Japan As of July 2014

The high-speed Shinkansen trail over 2,663 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-Aomori (3 hours and 10 minutes) Akita (3 hours and 50 minutes) Niigata (2 hours and 23 minutes) Nagano (1 hours and 55 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)

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