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Japan’s high-speed bullet train, the Shinkansen, has three routes throughout the region, with stops in major cities like Sendai, Yamagata, and Akita.
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025
By 2012, cost estimates had soared to $98 billion, leading then-Gov. Jerry Brown to give up on the promise of bullet trains linking downtown L.A. and downtown San Francisco.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Image Day 5: Kanazawa Gilman recommends at least a day in the coastal city of Kanazawa, an easy 2.5-hour Shinkansen bullet train ride northwest from Tokyo.
—John Wogan, New York Times, 1 May 2025
According to Shinichi Takahashi, director of live action content for Netflix Japan, the production achieved unprecedented access to Japan’s iconic bullet trains.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
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Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2025
By 2012, cost estimates had soared to $98 billion, leading then-Gov. Jerry Brown to give up on the promise of bullet trains linking downtown L.A. and downtown San Francisco.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
Image Day 5: Kanazawa Gilman recommends at least a day in the coastal city of Kanazawa, an easy 2.5-hour Shinkansen bullet train ride northwest from Tokyo.
—John Wogan, New York Times, 1 May 2025
According to Shinichi Takahashi, director of live action content for Netflix Japan, the production achieved unprecedented access to Japan’s iconic bullet trains.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Bullet train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullet%20train. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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