JAPAN RAILWAY: Sanyo Shinkansen

The Sanyo Shinkansen (山陽新幹線, Sanyō Shinkansen) is a shinkansen line that connects Osaka  (Shin-Osaka Station) with Fukuoka (Hakata Station) on the island of Kyushu. It was the second shinkansen line to be built and was completed in 1975. Today trains reach speeds of up to 300 km/h. The Sanyo Shinkansen Read more…