Japan · Scenic
Akita Shinkansen: Tokyo to Akita
A mini-shinkansen over the mountains to the Sea of Japan
3h 37m · JR East
- Scenic
- Engineering
- High-speed
Photo: 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Japan · Engineering
Hokkaido Shinkansen: Shin-Aomori to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto
Honshu to Hokkaido through the Seikan Tunnel
1h 01m · JR Hokkaido
- Engineering
- High-speed
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Japan · Engineering
Joetsu Shinkansen: Tokyo to Niigata
Across the spine of Honshu to the snow country
1h 29m · JR East
- Engineering
- High-speed
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan · Luxury
Kintetsu Hinotori: Osaka Namba to Nagoya
The private-railway answer to the Shinkansen
2h 05m · Kintetsu Railway
- Luxury
- Design
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan · Luxury
Kintetsu Shimakaze: Osaka Namba to Kashikojima
Observation saloons and a cafe car to Ise-Shima
2h 30m · Kintetsu Railway
- Luxury
- Culinary
- Design
Photo: nobu3withfoxy · CC BY 2.0
Japan · Engineering
Kyushu Shinkansen: Hakata to Kagoshima-Chuo
The length of Kyushu in under ninety minutes
1h 19m · JR Kyushu
- Engineering
- High-speed
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan · Scenic
Limited Express Azusa: Shinjuku to Matsumoto
Out of Tokyo and into the Japanese Alps
2h 30m · JR East
- Scenic
- Excursion
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan · Scenic
Limited Express Hida: Nagoya to Takayama
Up the Hida river gorge to the old town
2h 20m · Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)
- Scenic
- Excursion
Photo: MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan · Scenic
Limited Express Kuroshio: Shin-Osaka to Shirahama
Down the Kii peninsula beside the Pacific
2h 30m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Scenic
- Excursion
AI-generated editorial illustration by Rail Atlas
Japan · Scenic
Limited Express Thunderbird: Osaka to Tsuruga
The Kansai connection to the Hokuriku Shinkansen
1h 20m · West Japan Railway Company (JR West)
- Scenic
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan · Design
Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen: Takeo-Onsen to Nagasaki
Japan's shortest Shinkansen, opened in 2022
23m · JR Kyushu
- Design
- High-speed
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan · Scenic
Odakyu Romancecar: Shinjuku to Hakone-Yumoto
The observation-car run from Tokyo to Hakone
1h 25m · Odakyu Electric Railway
- Scenic
- Design
- Excursion
Photo: Kznrhsd · CC0