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Nozomi (のぞみ, "Wish" or "Hope") is the fastest train service running on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph) along the stretch between Shin-Ōsaka and Hakata .
The predecessor for the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines was originally conceived at the end of the 1930s as a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge dangan ressha (bullet train) between Tokyo and Shimonoseki, which would have taken nine hours to cover the nearly 1,000-kilometer (620 mi) distance between the two cities.
Kyoto City Bus in front of Kyoto Station. The Kyoto City Buses (京都市バス, Kyōto Shi-basu) are a major means of public transport in Kyoto. The buses have been operating since 1928. [1] Besides the regular commuter routes, the city bus co-operated the city's "Regular Tour Bus" with Keihan Bus. [2]
Tokyo – Okayama (676 km; 420 mi), Tokyo – Hiroshima (821 km; 510 mi): Shinkansen is reported to have increased its market share from ~40% to ~60% over the last decade. [100] The Shinkansen takes about three to four hours and there are Nozomi trains every 30 minutes, but airlines may provide cheaper fares, attracting price-conscious passengers.
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According to the QS World University Rankings for Medicine 2020, Kyoto University is ranked second in Japan after the University of Tokyo. [ 1 ] Professor Shinya Yamanaka received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012 for his work on iPS cells .
Since 2004, most of public university has been incorporated as a "public university corporation" (公立大学法人, kouritsu daigaku hōjin). University names which shifted are "graduate university" ( 大学院大学 , daigakuin daigaku ) ( ko ).
The Kyoto Municipal Subway (京都市営地下鉄, Kyōto-shiei chikatetsu), also known as Kyoto City Subway, is the rapid transit network in the city of Kyoto, Japan. Operated by the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau , it has two lines.