In the upgraded cars, the seats are a deep forest-green reminiscent of the mountains located at the heart of Yamagata Prefecture, Also, in response to recent usage trends, each car now has ...

For the first time in eight days, coupled runs on the Tohoku, Akita and Yamagata Shinkansen lines resumed on the morning of ...

Coupled shinkansen bullet trains returned to full service in northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, the operator said, ...

All trains will have seven cars and open seating. The Akita Shinkansen currently runs between Akita and Morioka, and the Yamagata Shinkansen operates between Shinjo and Fukushima stations and ...

Yamagata Prefecture, some 300 kilometers north of Tokyo, is a mountainous region. Around 70% of its land covered by forests and to this day it boasts a long tradition of using that wood in its ...