LIVING IN JAPAN
Cup of Noodles Halts the Mighty Shinkansen
Irate passenger disrupts bullet train line.
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2 min readApr 8, 2024
The Shinkansen has long been a symbol of Japanese postwar recovery and technological prowess.
Launched just before the start of the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, the Shinkansen whisks passengers across the Japan archipelago at speeds reaching up to 320 kilometers per hour.