Japan’s High-Speed Network. Below we present information on Japan’s high-speed Shinkansen rail network. Originally launched in 1964 between Tokyo and Osaka, it has grown in the decades since ...

From visiting significant shrines to tasting maple leaf delicacies, the region of Kansai is full of unique experiences to unearth. Traverse this sacred landscape via Japan’s expansive rail network.

China continues to lead the world in high-speed rail development, boasting the largest network globally with over 40,000 kilometers (24,855 miles) of operational high-speed rail lines, according ...

Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a ...