Shinkansen with Mt Fuji on the background, Japan

 

Tokyo Railway Station, Japan

 

O Series Shinkasen, Japan.

The 0 series trains were the first Shinkansen  built to run on Japan's new Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed line which opened in Japan in 1964.The last remaining trainsets were withdrawn in 2008. They had a maximum speed of 220 KM/hr.

Kyushu Railway, Japan.

Kyushu Railway was a company that built and operated railways in Kyushu, one of four main islands of Japan. Most of its lines came under the control of Japan Railways following nationalization in 1907, and many are now operated by Kyushu Railway Company.  Here you see a train on the railway line between Kumamoto and Miyaji.

Steam Locomotive No: C 11227, Japan

Photo: Kubozuka Hiroshi

  

Steam Locomotive C 11227 in a nice summer day in Japan traveling along the rail track surrounded by Cherry Blossoms.

Bullet Train, Japan.

The Bullet Train also known as the Shinkansen is a network of high speed trains in Japan. Starting with the Tokaido Shinkansen in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of 2,387.7 km of lines with maximum speeds of 240–320 km/h The network presently links most major cities on the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, with construction of a link to the northern island of Hokkaido.

Tokyo Railway Station, Japan.

Tokyo Station is a railway station in the Marunouchi business district of Chivoda, Tokyo, Japan.  It is the main intercity rail terminal in Tokyo, the busiest station in Japan in terms of number of trains per day (over 3,000), and the fifth-busiest in Eastern Japan in terms of passenger throughput. It is the starting point and terminus for most of Japan's Shinkansen high speed rail lines, and is served by many local and regional commuter lines of Japan Railways as well as the Tokyo Metro

The main station façade on the western side of the station is brick-built, surviving from the time when the station opened in 1914. The main station consists of 10 island platforms serving 20 tracks, raised above street level running in a north-south direction. The main concourse runs east-west below the platforms.

The Shinkansen lines are on the east side of the station. Underground are the two Sōbu/Yokosuka line platforms serving four tracks (five stories below ground level) to the west of the station; the two Keiyō Line platforms serving four tracks are four stories below ground some hundreds of meters to the south of the main station with moving walkways to serve connecting passengers.

The whole complex is linked by an extensive system of underground passageways which merge with surrounding commercial buildings and shopping centres.

JR Kyushu - Series 800 Shinkansen, Japan.

 

The 800 series is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type operated by JR Kyushu on the Kyushu Shinkansen high-speed rail line. Built by Hitachi, the trains were introduced on the Tsubame services from March 2004. The 800 series has a maximum speed of 260 km/h (160 mph) in service, although its maximum design speed is 285 km/h (177 mph). The livery is white, with a red stripe.

Following the opening of the entire Kyushu Shinkansen route on 12 March 2011, 800 series trains were primarily used on all-stations Tsubame services operating mostly between Hakata and Kumamoto. They also operate some Sakura services within the Kyushu Shinkansen.