In our first installment of Travel Japan Local News, we discuss the design details of Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen. The high-speed train is coming online in 2022.

Music used

Scott Buckley – Life in Silico (https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/life-in-silico/), used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
OtoLogic – Menso-re1 (https://otologic.jp/sounds/jing/mp3-zip/menso-re-mp3.zip), used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Photos used

JR Central N700S Front Kyoto 20170727.jpg by Hahifuheho is used under CC0 1.0 license.
JR Central N700S logo Kyoto 20170727.jpg by Hahifuheho is used under CC0 1.0 license.
Kamome logo on a JR Kyushu 885 series EMU by Hisagiis used under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license.
Kyushu Railway – Series 800-1000 – 01.JPG by JKT-c, shared under CC BY 3.0 license via Wikimedia Commons.
Kyushu Shinkansen map Kagoshima route and Nagasaki route.png by Hisagi is used under CC BY-SA 3.0 license via Wikimedia Commons.