9 Things You didn’t Know about Shinkansen

Shinkansen at Tokyo Station

The Shinkansen (新幹線 new trunk line), also known as the “bullet trains” is a network of high speed railway lines in Japan. The shinkansen network consists of multiple lines, connecting most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, with construction of a link to the northern island of Hokkaido underway.