Nagoya is an industrial powerhouse of some 2.3 million people at the center of an urban metropolis of some 10 million in central Japan, about two-thirds of the way between the better-known cities ...

The train system is one of the best things about living in Japan. The railways date to 1872 with the opening of the line from Shimbashi in Tokyo to Yokohama to the south.

Mount Fuji whizzes by as I drive the Tokaido N700 series shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagoya. 'Don't let the speed go above 270 kilometers per hour,' warns Kaori Takagi. I heed the warning, though ...