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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.
College of Medical Technology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (京都府立医科大学医療技術短期大学部, Kyōto Furitsu Ika daigaku Iryō Gijutsu ...
Bus Platform A for Kyoto Sangyo University. Route 北3 for Kamigamo Shrine and Kyoto Sangyo University; Non-stop buses to Kyoto Sangyo University; Bus Platform B for Higashiyama Street and Takano Route 204 for Takano and Ginkaku-ji via Shirakawa Street; Route 206 for Chion-in, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera and Kyoto Station via Higashiyama Street
Also, some of the 16-car 500 series that used to run as the Nozomi service were cut short to eight cars to run as the Kodama service. In an announcement by JR Central, JR West, and JR Kyushu made on 17 October 2023, the companies stated that all onboard smoking rooms on the Tokaido, San'yo, and Kyushu Shinkansen trains would be discontinued by ...
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 .