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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.
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.
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]
The Kyoto International Conference Center (国立京都国際会館, Kokuritsu Kyōto Kokusai Kaikan), abbreviated as ICC Kyoto and previously called the Kyoto International Conference Hall, is a large conference facility located at Takaragaike, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The Kyoto Protocol was signed in this hall.
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
The Tōkaidō in 1865. The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō (東海道五十三次, Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi) are the rest areas along the Tōkaidō, which was a coastal route that ran from Nihonbashi in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Sanjō Ōhashi in Kyoto. [1]
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 .