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Nagano ShinkansenThe Nagano shinkansen has a duckbill snout.
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Seat backs and ad stickersThe train's seat backs had advertising stickers. When the Nagano Shinkansen reaches a terminal station (Tokyo and Nagano), the seats can turn around by itself? One thing less to do by the train's cleaning ladies.
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Ad sticker on tray table
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During the Olympics, the morning trains from Tokyo were always crowded. However, the last trains from Nagano to Tokyo were almost empty.
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Shin-Iwakuni Station
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Shinkansen tracks and cycling path
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Mt. Ibuki and shinkansen, Maibara, Shiga Prefecture.
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Most tourists traveling between Tokyo and Kyoto barely notice Mt. Ibuki and Lake Biwa along the way.
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Mt. Ibuki and the entire shinkansen whizzing by.
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Mt. Ibuki and shinkansen
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Back to the Promenade area near the entrance with the 0 Series shinkansen.
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The classic and iconic "Bullet Train."
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The first shinkansen "Green Car" 1st class car.
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Inside the first shinkansen "Green Car" 1st class car.
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Another 0 Series shinkansen whose cockpit was open to the public.
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Inside the 0 Series shinkansen driver's cockpit.
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0 Series shinkansen driver's cockpit.
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0 Series shinkansen driver's seat.
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300 Series Shinkansen (Third generation) headlight
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100 Series Shinkansen (2nd generation)
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100 Series Shinkansen (2nd generation). I call this the "Slit-eye" model.
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100 Series Shinkansen (2nd generation)
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0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation)
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The classic and iconic "Bullet Train." The original shinkansen model that debut in 1964, the 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation). Classic and iconic design.
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Headlight on 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation)
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Shinkansen models.
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Shinkansen models.
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Side stripe on 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation).
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Side stripe on 100 Series Shinkansen (2nd generation).
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Side stripe on 300 Series Shinkansen (3rd generation)
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Side stripe on 700 Series Shinkansen
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You can enter the the original 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation).
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Inside the 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation).
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Driver's cockpit in 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation).
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Driver's cockpit in 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation).
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Driver's cockpit in 0 Series Shinkansen (1st generation).
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Behind the driver's cockpit in 0 Series Shinkansen
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Corridor in 0 Series Shinkansen
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Drinking fountain inside 0 Series Shinkansen
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Trash bin at exit inside 0 Series Shinkansen.
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0 Series Shinkansen dining car.
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0 Series Shinkansen dining car sign indicates full house.
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0 Series Shinkansen dining car corridor.
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0 Series Shinkansen dining car.
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0 Series Shinkansen dining car menu.
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0 Series Shinkansen dining car galley.
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0 Series Shinkansen
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Shinkansen station analog signage.
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Enter the 100 Series Shinkansen (2nd generation).
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One unique thing about the 100 Series Shinkansen was this two-story car with a restaurant on the upper level.
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Inside 100 Series Shinkansen
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100 Series Shinkansen driver's cockpit.
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Two-story car of 100 Series Shinkansen
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Lower level of two-story car in 100 Series Shinkansen.
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Stairs to upper level of two-story car in 100 Series Shinkansen.
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Upper level (dining car) of two-story car in 100 Series Shinkansen.
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Menu
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Table configurations in dining car of 100 Series Shinkansen.
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Galley
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Exit
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300 Series Shinkansen. The "Robocop" design.
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Inside 300 Series Shinkansen.
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Nozomi 700 Series Shinkansen
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Inside Nozomi 700 Series Shinkansen
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Dr. Yellow test train
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Inside Dr. Yellow test train
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen cab section
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This Tokaido shinkansen cab was formerly displayed at the old Transportation Museum in Tokyo's Manseibashi in Akihabara, which closed in 2006.
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Behind the 0 Series Tokaido shinkansen cab
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Tokaido shinkansen ticket issued in Sept. 1964
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1970s children's book about traveling.
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1970s children's cards about transportation.
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The Railway Museum has a separate building just for the 0 Series, first-generation shinkansen.
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The building recreates the opening ceremony of the Tokaido shinkansen running between Tokyo and Osaka taking 4 hours.
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Just like new.
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Inside the 0 Series Tokaido shinkansen.
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Very pristine. We could sit on the seats too.
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen's windows have various pictures along the shinkansen. This is Mt. Ibuki. Railway Museum in Saitama.
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0 Series Tokaido shinkansen's windows have various pictures along the shinkansen. This is Mt. Ibuki. Railway Museum in Saitama.
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Side table
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Corridor
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Water dispenser.
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Urinal
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Squat toilet in the 0 Series shinkansen.
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Wash basin
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Early history of shinkansen.
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About shinkansen stations.
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All shinkansen stations had platform chairs having the same color theme of blue and cream.
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Shinkansen wheels
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Tokaido shinkansen commemorative postage stamp
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Shinkansen ticket office
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Shinkansen ticket office. Faster to buy tickets at the ticket machine.
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Shinkansen ticket machines for today's trains.
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Entrance to Tokaido shinkansen tracks. 新幹線
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Entrance to Tohoku and Joetsu shinkansen tracks.
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Signs point you to the shinkansen tracks.
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Going to Tokaido shinkansen tracks.
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Tokyo Station Tokaido shinkansen tracks
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Tokyo Station Tokaido shinkansen platform
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Tokyo Station Tokaido shinkansen platform with signs in English for departing trains.
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Markings on train platform for standing in line to board.
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Waiting for a shinkansen train.
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Trash bins on train platform. See-through for better security.
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Shinkansen trains
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Many more women work on trains.
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Nozomi shinkansen model
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