Shinkansen platforms have become more wheelchair friendly at JR Tokyo Station thanks to improvements reducing the gap between the vehicle and platform, according to Central Japan Railway Co. (JR ...

JR Central has released station design plans for their upcoming Chuo Shinkansen running from Tokyo to Nagoya and later Osaka. In the words of JR, these stations were designed “not to rely on ...

JAPAN is set to add another super bullet train to their impressive collection with the introduction of the Chuo Shinkansen. The train is set to reach staggering speeds of up to 311mph and will cove… ...

To Nagano and beyond The Hokuriku Shinkansen line dates back to 1997. At the time, it was called the Nagano Shinkansen, built to connect the prefecture with Tokyo for the 1998 Nagano Winter ...

I took Japan's famous bullet train Shinkansen for the first time. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was quick with comfy seats, but I got motion sickness.