Record-breaking snowfall across Hokkaido and Sea of Japan coastal areas of Honshu on Feb. 8 brought traffic and train ...
The construction of a 15-kilometer tunnel is underway beneath the Jinja-no-sawa River to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, which already connects Hokkaido with ...
(JR Hokkaido) is operating a special train again this year on part of its Senmo Line to allow passengers to view the drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk. The special train, called Ryuhyo Monogatari ...
The ALFA-X is due to enter commercial service in 2030, when the Hokkaido Shinkansen line is extended to Sapporo, linking Tokyo with Hokkaido's biggest city. An experimental carriage for the next ...