Scenic route
Resort Shirakami
Akita → Aomori · Japan
Resort Shirakami in pictures
Photographs by their authors, hosted on Wikimedia Commons · tap through for the licence
- Distance
- 250 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 5 h
- Average speed
- 50 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- JR East
- Train
- HB-E300 “Buna” hybrid
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 1997
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
A rapid that idles on purpose: shamisen players aboard, the Sea of Japan breaking at Senjojiki, and UNESCO’s Shirakami beech forests behind the dunes.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR East — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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