Reporters invited for test ride on new bullet train

Reporters invited for test ride on new bullet train

Photo taken Feb. 5, 2015, shows the landscape in Toyama Prefecture seen from inside an E7 series bullet train during a test-ride event for reporters ahead of the launch the following month of operations on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line connecting Nagano, central Japan with Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast. The new bullet train service is an extension of the existing route between Tokyo and Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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