LIVING IN JAPAN

Cup of Noodles Halts the Mighty Shinkansen

Irate passenger disrupts bullet train line.

Edward Thomas
JAPUNDIT
Published in
2 min readApr 8, 2024

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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.

Shinkansen train running with Mt. Fuji in the back ground
Image Souce: Wiki Commons

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Edward Thomas
JAPUNDIT

Chicago | Japan since 1969 | Japanese>English translator, editor | Teaches English at Japanese University. | Buy me a ko-fi @ ko-fi.com/edwardthomas