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Trains are a vital part of Japanese daily life for many people. With many workers living outside major cities and with roads so congested, a daily commute by rail is the only option. Luckily, Japanese railways are run with an efficiency and level of service that really sums up Japan as a whole.

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Shinkansen Bullet Trains

Shinkansen at the station

If you're planning on travelling any long distance within Japan then a high-speed shinkansen is definitely the way to go. Shinkansen are generally called "bullet trains" by people outside of Japan due to the futuristic bullet-shaped front of the early shinkansen trains in the 1960's.

As can be seen from my photos here that I took just after getting off the shinkansen (E4 series) in 2005, they can no longer be called bullet-shaped. However, the name "bullet train" is still very apt as... read more...

 

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Japanese Trains - A look at Japanese railways and trains such as the Shinkansen bullet trains and the Tokyo metro