Passengers will be able to travel 680 miles, from Tokyo and Sapporo, in less than four hours.
Jiji Press / AFP - Getty ImagesThe picture of a “bullet train” speeding past Mount Fuji is an iconic image of modern Japan.
At that speed, the 680-mile journey between Tokyo and Sapporo, the largest city in the northern Hokkaido region, will take less than four hours. That’s around half the time it takes today, thanks to a newthat is set to open between the two cities in 2030, when the Alfa-X trains will go into service.
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