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The SCMaglev uses an electrodynamic suspension (EDS) system for levitation, guidance, and propulsion. In development since the 1960s, the SCMaglev system will be used in the Chūō Shinkansen rail line between Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan. The line, currently under construction, is scheduled to open in 2034 (after delays pushing back its original ...
After the war in 1945, the Takahashi Trading Company opened on 1661–1663 Post Street in San Francisco's Japantown. [6] It started as a small dry goods store and wholesaler. [ 6 ] Many of the Japanese items imported to the United States for the business were handcrafted, or of high quality including folk arts and crafts, origami materials, tea ...
San Diego: San Diego is considering a high-speed maglev line to serve as a passenger transportation mode to remote airport sites under consideration. The cost estimate is approximately US$10 billion for the 120–150 km (80–100 mile) run, not including the cost of construction of the airport.
The SCMaglev and Railway Park (リニア・鉄道館 ～夢と想い出のミュージアム～, Rinia Tetsudōkan: Yume to Omoide no Myūjiamu, lit. ' Linear Railway Museum: Museum of Dreams and Memories ') is a railway museum owned by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Nagoya, Japan. [1] The museum opened on 14 March 2011. [2]
The Peace Pagoda links San Francisco to the city of Osaka in Japan (San Francisco Travel Association) This focal point at the heart of Japantown is its main gathering space, from which the rest of ...
Northeast Maglev (formally, The Northeast Maglev, LLC) is a private U.S. company proposing a maglev train system in the Northeastern United States. [2] The company aims to use the SCMaglev superconducting maglev system developed by the Central Japan Railway Company to provide 15-minute service between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., with an intermediate stop at BWI Airport, and ultimately ...
The tsunami triggered by the 2011 Japan earthquake rippled across the entire Pacific Ocean wreaking havoc in Santa Cruz harbour to the south of San Francisco, leaving heavy damage.
Up until 1906, San Francisco had been the main U.S. port of entry for Asian immigration and had the largest ethnic Japanese concentration of any city in the United States. [7] Prior to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco had two Japantowns, one on the outskirts of Chinatown, the other in the South of Market area.