Falling ridership is putting pressure on JR Hokkaido to close underutilized local lines even as it struggles to complete the ...

The Golden Route is the quintessential travel itinerary for first-time visitors to Japan. It traditionally includes Tokyo, ...

Japan’s Hokkaido Airports has secured several new international routes and is setting its sights on further expansion in ...

The opening of the extended section of the Hokkaido Shinkansen line between Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Sapporo stations will be delayed until the end of fiscal 2038, according to a report from an expert ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- With the extension of shinkansen bullet train service to Sapporo now delayed until the end of fiscal 2038, communities along the planned link in Hokkaido are fretting over the ...

The Japanese government announced on 8th March that it needs to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan’s northernmost bullet train route. The extension which would have ...

Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. (last order at 10:00 p.m.) View Map Nearest Station Tokyo Station （Tokaido Shinkansen Line / Hokkaido Shinkansen Line / Tohoku Shinkansen Line / Akita Shinkansen Line / ...

Dog-Friendly Premium Suite (East Building). A buffet with an array of delicious dishes. Served here is fresh seafood from around Hokkaido Prefecture, plus a wide variety of cuisine, including meat ...

Trench off Hokkaido contains energy that could trigger a 9.0 earthquake According to researchers from Japan's Tohoku and Hokkaido universities and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and ...

East Japan Railway says it will gradually resume operations of coupled Shinkansen bullet trains from Friday, before having them return to normal schedules on Saturday. The operator has suspended ...

With routes spanning the country, the Shinkansen’s top speed of 320kph is no longer the world’s fastest, having been outpaced by China. But the original high-speed locomotive’s streamlined ...

With an outbound flight time of 15 hours, and the return taking 15 hours and 50 minutes, comfort is essential on this route. According to aeroLOPA, China Southern configures its 777-300ERs in a ...