Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens

Hokkaido is now officially linked to the capital of Japan via a Shinkansen.  Right on schedule as I blogged about last year. The Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, which runs between Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, Hokkaido, and slices the travel time from Tokyo to Hokkaido by 53 minutes, is now in operation.

According to operators Hokkaido Railway Co. and East Japan Railway Co., the high-speed trains running on their two lines between Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and the capital will take as little as four hours and two minutes. The Infographic below by the Japan Times illustrates the awesomeness of the new Hokkaido Shinkansen well.

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Via – Japan Times