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Welcome, to the Shinkansen

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'Not too much time for painting in recent years... I have a portrait of my youngest daughter on the go - and I will definitely finish it one day. (I started it when she was 16. She is now 19 - so I will have to finish it while she is, technically at least, still a teenager!)

Photography... Well, this little blog of mine is also supposed to be about some of my attempts at photography, so here are a few snaps I took of the Shinkansen, on a recent (work-related) trip to Japan.

 

The photos I posted on Facebook created quite a few comments and I have reproduced some of these below:

Vic Rolfe I was talking about the Shinkansen to a friend in Kokura. He said he couldn't understand what was so special about the Shinkansen! "It's just a train, right?" Just a train??!!!! Well... I suppose - for Japan, yes!! :D
 
Luis Reyes Ordinary train lng sa kanila
 
FB Friend:" Beautiful, wish we had those here in Australia. "
 
Vic Rolfe Ideal country for it... Japan has spent a stupendous amount of money over the years building that network. At least, you wouldn't need too many tunnels, for a start off!
 
Vic Rolfe City center to city center, all over Japan. Every station on the Shinkansen network is surrounded by hotels, so you just get off the train and walk for two minutes to your hotel. In Japan, unless you are going from one end of the country to the other, it is actually quicker than flying, by the time you get stuck in a traffic jam just getting to the airport. Then you have to check in and get through security.
 
Luis Reyes Ganda ng train
 
Vic Rolfe These things don't spend all day in the station, either. They arrive on time and they have to leave on time - exactly to the second. Hence the announcement as you slow down on the approach to Hakata (Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan) "If you are planning to get off at the next station, then you need to get all your stuff ready NOW and start making your way towards the doors.." (or words to that effect!!) I am not sure how long they stop for - but it can't be very long! That's for sure... 1 minute? 2 minutes max!!
 

 

 

 


Images

  1. Beautiful Beast! Japan Railways West JR-500 Shinkansen Bullet Train
  2. Sleek, beautiful and very fast! JR-500 Shinkansen Bullet Train
  3. JR 500 Shinkansen - Close-up of the sharp end!!
  4. Platform scene at Hakata Shinkansen Station
  5. Passengers disembarking from JR 500 Shinkansen Bullet Train at Hakata Station
  6. JR West JR500 Shinkansen Bullet Train
  7. Passengers getting off a JR West N-500 Shinkansen train
  8. N-700 JR Western Japan Shinkansen "Bullet Train" Hakata, Northern Kyushu
  9. Super Train!! N-700 Shinkansen "Bullet Train" at Hakata Station
  10. White Shinkansen Bullet Train!
  11. A crowded Hakata Shinkansen station - 博多新幹線駅
  12. "We will be making a very brief stop at Hakata"
  13. Wizzing along in the Shinkansen - at 300km/h!
  14. Northern Kyushu countryside viewed from the Shinkansen whilst travelling at speed
  15. Northern Kyushu countryside whizzing by on the Shinkansen
  16. 新幹線の N-700 は速さが十分です - (The N-700 Shinkansen train is travelling at full speed)
  17. 新幹線の窓口から外え見る。美しの景色です (Looking out of the window on the Shinkansen)
  18. View from the Shinkansen - Crossing the Murasaki River at Nishi-Kokura
  19. Passing Nishi Kokura JR station en-route to Hakata
  20. Inside a train on the Shinkansan - comfortable seats and plenty of space
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