All good trips come to an end, and sadly the Tohoku adventure was about to do just that. If you have read the first two parts ...

Easily reachable by various trains, including the Shinkansen, this station is a hub for travelers ... Each piece of this crispy, light rusk is is sprinkled with Hokkaido butter and sugar, then baked ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen, which links the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, has been running in tandem with Japan’s economic and social development ever since it began operating ...

With the Yahoo Transit app, it’s a breeze to map out your route from the point of departure to the destination. Covering multiple forms of transportation, including regular commuter trains, limited ...

Here’s how it works. Should you get your directions from Google Maps or Apple Maps? It's a decision all iPhone users have to make at some point — regardless of whether you're a long-time ...

He drinks a lot of coffee in Seattle. It's become so second nature for me to follow -- and occasionally defy -- the driving directions in Apple Maps on my iPhone that I forget everything else the ...

Google Maps has published updated imagery showing the location of unspecified Ukrainian military systems, with the technology giant "working to rectify the situation," a Kyiv official has said ...

TOKYO (Bernama-Kyodo): Heavy rain canceled a total of 88 Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train services on Saturday and delayed 229 by up to around six hours, affecting about 139,300 people, Kyodo News ...

Heavy rain in western and southwestern Japan continued to disrupt shinkansen bullet train services on Saturday, affecting travelers on the first day of a long weekend and prompting the weather agency ...

BOOK REVIEW: With an introduction by Prof Roderick Smith of Imperial College, London, If There Were No Shinkansen is the work of former East Japan Railway Chairman Shuichiro Yamanouchi, who died in ...

Google Maps is rolling out several new features to iOS and Android users this week, focusing on improved navigation and travel planning tools. A new prominent "Add stops" button is being added ...

When the first line of the Shinkansen opened on October 1, 1960, people working in the global rail industry raised a collective cry of surprise. The top speed of the fastest train on the rails of ...