All Tohoku Shinkansen Lines to Open
Hayate" is ready for service.
November 5, 2010, Aomori, Japan - Tohoku Shinkansen, Japan's world-famous "bullet train" makes a test run on the extended Beginning on December 4, 2010, the line opens to Shin-Aomori, a new train hub in Japan's northernmost Aomori prefecture, in just three hours and 20 minutes from Tokyo. (Photo by Masaaki Tanaka/AFLO) [2010] -mis-