Japan Shinkansen bullet train trip: Tokyo to Kyoto.

Japan Shinkansen bullet train trip: Tokyo to Kyoto.

Japan’s bullet train system, or Shinkansen, was the first high-speed rail system.

On a recent trip to Japan, I had the chance to travel from Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen.

Here’s what it was like.

While politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have recently made a push to build a network in the US, the most advanced plans hit a snag when California pulled the plug on a $77 billion project that would have connected Los Angeles and San Francisco.

I had heard about how awesome of an experience it was to ride Japan’s bullet train, and on a recent trip to the country decided to check it out.

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