Transports
There is the luxury of high-speed rail travel in Japan. The first bullet train, the shinkansen, was introduced after the end of the Second World War. Now the shinkansen network that operated by Japan Railways connects Japanese cities through almost 1,550 miles of road.
The early trains could drive with speed of 130 mph but the lastest version, the N70 series that was opened service in 2007 could drive with speed of 186 mph. The new E5 series will introduce in 2011. It can drive with 199 mph that possible to travel form Tokyo to Amori about 419 miles away in three hours.
More than 150 million people each year use the bullet train service between Tokyo and Osaka while Japan airlines(JAL) fly 3.9 million people from Tokyo to Osaka in the same time.
Japan plans to introduce the next generation of bullet trains in 2025. A service will connect Tokyo and Nagoya in around 40 minutes. It uses maglev train system called magnetic levitation which are faster than conventional trains.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/05/high-speed-rail-japan
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