KAGAYAKI Tokyo to Nagano: 80 minutes -- Tokyo to Kanazawa: 148 minutes Taking 150 minutes to cover the entire line from Tokyo to Kanazawa, this is the fastest service and stops only at Ueno, Omiya, Nagano and Toyama. For visitors traveling from Kanazawa to Nagano, the Kagayaki service takes...
Tokyo – Ueno – Omiya – Nagano – Toyama – Kanazawa The Kagayaki: thefastest train on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line. This train stops from Tokyo to Kanazawa in Ueno Station, Omiya Station, Nagano Station and Toyama Station. The journey from Tokyo to Kanazawawill take you less than two and...
JR East and JR West unveil E7 Shinkansen trainThe fleet of 27 series E7 trains has been ordered for the Nagano - Toyama - Kanazawa Shinkansen, which is due to open in March 2015, reducing the journey time for the 354km trip between Tokyo and Kanazawa from 3h 47min to 2h 30min....
Branches from the Tōhoku line toYamagataopened in 1992 (extended north to Shinjo in 1999) and toAkitain 1997; a branch from the Jōetsu line toNaganoalso opened in 1997. Segments of a furtherextensionof the Nagano branch westward toToyamaandKanazawaopened in 2015. In addition, a line was ...
The Asama train offers reserved and non-reserved seating areas. You are not required to make a seat reservation, before boarding the train. Hakutaka Tokyo - Ueno - Omiya - Takasaki - Nagano - Joetsumyoko - Itoigawa - Kurobe-Unazukionsen - Toyama - Shin-Takaoka - Kanazawa - Komatsu - Kaga...
While the government has granted approval[84] for the shortest route between Tokyo and Nagoya, some prefectural governments, particularly Nagano, lobbied to have the line routed farther north to serve the city of Chino and either Ina or Kiso-Fukushima. However, that would increase both the trave...
Kyoto is the biggest name in Japan. Most of you will visit Kyoto. JR Kyoto station is probably the first step to Kyoto for you. There are so many trains, such as Shinkansen,Limited Express HarukafromKansai airport, Limited Express Thuderbi...
Nagano (226 km) Toyama (396 km) Kanazawa (454 km) Fukui (530 km) Tsuruga (579 km) Tohoku, Yamagata, Akita, Joetsu Shinkansens are managed by JR East company. Hokkaido Shinkansen is managed by JR Hokkaido company. Hokuriku Shinkansen is managed by both JR East and West companies. ...
Editor’s note: JR East regional rail passes are a good deal if you plan to hit a number of destinations in Nagano, Niigata, Tōhoku and/or Hokkaido. They also do the Tokyo Wide Pass, which is good for day trips from Tokyo.
Asama is the original Hokuriku Shinkansen service, running from Tokyo to Nagano. The line is named after the impressive Mt. Asama, an active volcano on the border of Nagano Prefecture. This is the slowest of the routes, taking around 1 hour 40 minutes to get to Nagano. Tsurugi: Toyama ...