Shinkansen

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Template:Prop info The Shinkansen (新幹線（しんかんせん）) is Japan's high-speed railway system and the first high-speed railway system in the world to be put into commercial operation. It uses standard gauge (1435mm) and is purely passenger transport. Serve. The first line was the Tokaido Shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Osaka. It was opened to traffic on October 1, 1964 before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. After years of expansion, there are currently 9 lines, including 2 shorter lines. "Mini Shinkansen" connects most important cities in Japan. It was initially developed and operated by the Japan National Railways. After the division and privatization of the National Railways, it was taken over by the JR Group. Currently, there are five JR companies including JR Hokkaido, JR East, JR Tokai, JR West, and JR Kyushu providing services.

Introduction

Before World War II, Japan had already started studying the "Bullet Train" plan, using high-speed steam trains running at a speed of 200km/h to connect Japan, the Korean Peninsula and mainland China. It even began to build a new line in 1940, but later on Construction was suspended in 1943 due to the deterioration of the war situation.

After Japan's defeat, with the development of Japan's economy, the Tokaido Main Line (using 1067mm gauge) connecting the three major cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka was close to saturation in the 1950s. Due to its gauge, it could not provide faster trains. Coupled with Tokyo's successful bid to host the 1964 Summer Olympics, there was a strong need for a new high-speed railway.

Shinji Tokawa, then president of Japan's state-owned railways, once proposed shortening the journey between Tokyo and Osaka from eight hours to two hours. After various investigations, Japan National Railways began construction of a new standard gauge line on April 20, 1959. Various additional budgets for the project during the period attracted criticism from many media, and even Tokawa Shinji was accused of concealing the actual budget ( Claiming that it only cost about 197.2 billion yen, and saying that it could obtain a loan from the World Bank (the actual cost was 380 billion yen), he was forced to resign. But in the end, the new standard gauge line was put into operation before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first high-speed railway in Japan and the world. When this new line was in the planning stage, it was originally tentatively named "Tokaido New Line". Later, it was decided to name it "Tokaido Shinkansen" after "Shinkansen", the internal name of Japan's state-owned railways for the pre-war "bullet train" plan. After the Tokaido Shinkansen was put into operation, Japan National Railways (and subsequently the JR Group) also began to build Shinkansen lines connecting other large cities. As of 2019, 7 standard Shinkansen lines and 2 mini Shinkansen lines have been opened.

In works of fiction

Since the Shinkansen has become a symbol of Japan, in addition to works that directly use the Shinkansen as a theme, there are also many works that feature characters traveling on the Shinkansen.

Works that are directly about Shinkansen

• Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion

Works in which Shinkansen have appeared

• Your Name.: When Mitsuha went to find Taki, she took the Tokaido Shinkansen to Tokyo. When Taki went to the Hida area to find Mitsuha, he also took the Tokaido Shinkansen.
• Touhou Project: Renko Usami and Maribel Hearn travel from Kyoto to Renko's hometown Tokyo on the Uoyou Shinkansen.
• K-On!!: Yui Hirasawa and others took the Shinkansen when they went on a school trip to Kyoto.