FEATURE: Hakodate abuzz ahead of Hokkaido Shinkansen line opening

FEATURE: Hakodate abuzz ahead of Hokkaido Shinkansen line opening

A family rides the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train during a test run on Feb. 13, 2016, in Japan's northernmost island prefecture of Hokkaido. The bullet train service will be introduced on March 26 to run the 148-kilometer route between Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido in one hour through an undersea tunnel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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