Most of Hikari runs between Tokyo, Shin-Osaka and Okayama. Hikari which goes to Hiroshima and Hakata is very few. I will explain about other train, Sakura later which is covered by JR pass on the Sanyo and the Kyushu Shinkansen. All Hikari stops at Tokyo, Shinagawa, Shin-Yokohama, Nagoya...
The Tokaido Shinkansen began operation on October 1, 1964, nine days before the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The first running of the trains, “Hikari #1” from Tokyo and “Hikari #2” from Osaka, reached 130 mph. This shortened the trip from 6 hours and 40 minutes to 4 fours flat. Speed in...