The Sanyo Shinkansen: From Kansai to Kyushu

Going between Shin-Osaka Station in Kansai and Hakata Station, the major station in Fukuoka City in Kyushu, the Sanyo Shinkansen Line is one of the most prominent Shinkansen bullet trains, not just in Japan but the entire world! Often serving as an extension for the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, travelers can go to major destinations like Himeji, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, and Fukuoka. 

The Sanyo Shinkansen is often and is actually jointly operated with the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line, the world’s first ever bullet train line. This line was opened in 1964 in conjunction with the Tokyo Olympics. The Tokaido Shinkansen Line connects the country’s capital of Tokyo to the Kansai Region, and thus, it is taken along with the Sanyo Shinkansen to get all the way from Tokyo to Fukuoka. 

A number of different bullet trains operate on the Sanyo Shinkansen, namely the Nozomi Shinkansen, the Mizuho Shinkansen, the Kodama Shinkansen, and the Hikari Shinkansen. Many of these Shinkansen bullet trains extend from the Tokaido Shinkansen, with the Nozomi being the most express option, and Kodama Shinkansen stopping at each station on the route.

Sanyo Shinkansen

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