Talk about your whirlwind trips, this one leaves me jet-lagged just thinking about it: two nights in Tokyo, two nights in Kyoto, unified by a 135-minute ride on the “bullet train.” The “Tokyo-Kyoto by ...

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Japan currently has 10 shinkansen (bullet train) lines to shuttle passengers around Japan at super high speeds, but the busiest by far is the Tokaido Shinkansen, which has been known to operate over ...

Japan's bullet train system, or Shinkansen, was the first high-speed rail system. On a recent trip to Japan, I had the chance to travel from Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen. Here's what it was like.

Is it just us or does it feel like a lot of people have visited Japan recently? Or at least, have it on their bucket list? There’s a reason for that. According to figures from Japan’s National Tourism ...