New Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train service starts

A couple in a wedding gown and a tuxedo arrive at JR Karuizawa Station for an open wedding ceremony at the station from Kanazawa via a bullet train bound for Tokyo on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line on March 14, 2015, the day of the launch of the new bullet train service directly linking the Japanese capital with the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast. The bridal industry in Karuizawa, a resort town in Nagano Prefecture, organized the event with the aim of selling wedding ceremonies in Karuizawa to couples in Hokuriku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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