The price for a Japan Rail Pass, which provides foreign tourists with unlimited access to almost all JR trains, has risen by around 70 percent this month.
TSURUGA, Fukui Prefecture Local residents and railway enthusiasts were excited to see the first bullet train travel through the prefecture in a test run on the newly extended Hokuriku Shinkansen Line.
FUKUI The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line’s extension between Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture and Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture will open on March 16, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) and East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) announced.
Safety concerns have arisen since Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) withdrew personnel from most of the station platforms for Shinkansen bullet trains to improve business efficiency and profitability.