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When people speak of the Shinkansen, or bullet train, in Japan, there’s often a quiet reverence attached—not j […]

When you step onto a Shinkansen, you’re stepping into something far greater than just a mode of transportation […]

Plane or Train? How Japanese Travelers Choose Between Shinkansen and Flights In Japan, a trip between major ci […]

For many outside Japan, the Shinkansen is a futuristic wonder—a sleek bullet slicing across the landscape at d […]

To most of the world, Japan’s Shinkansen is simply a marvel of high-speed rail. But to Japan itself, the Shink […]

For many first-time visitors to Japan, the railway system is one of the first impressive aspects they encounte […]

Japan’s train stations are not just transportation hubs—they’re fully integrated commercial ecosystems. Known […]

In Japan, phrases like “We will consider it” (kento shimasu) and “We will deal with it appropriately” (zensho […]

In Japan, one of the most important and elusive cultural traits is the ability to sassuru—to sense, to intuit, […]