Shinkansen
we see many types of Shinkansen trains in Japan. The design of those shinkansens have been improved considerably over time.?Recent apperance of shinkansen looks neo-futuristic. when you have JR Pass you can ride shinkansen as much as you want excluding “Nozomi” while it is effective.?It would be quite fun to take different series(types) of Shinkansen which are developed for regional geography and climate of that region or area. Mikan moblog introduce different type of shinkansen.
I’ll give you a trivia about shinkansen. when the shinkansen head lights are red, that means the car is back end of shinkansen. For example,?about a pic below, the lights of the right side of shinkansen are red, means it goes toward ‘Kudari‘(going away from Tokyo) and the left side shinkansen with yellow lights on goes toward Tokyo.
All cars of E4 series “Max” are double-deck. when two of 8 cars of E4 series are linked together, the total cars will be 16 and seating cap. will be 1634. This is the largest capacity for bullet train in the world.
This E2-series are used for Joetsu and Tohoku shinkansen line. when travelling mountain pass between Gunma and Nagano Prefecture, this shinkansen was designed so powerful that it maintains enough power source to restart in case of emergency stop at steeply-sloping spot.
