Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan by Christopher Hood

Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan

Routledge Contemporary Japan

Christopher Hood

266 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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The image of the shinkansen - or 'bullet train' - passing Mount Fuji is one of the most renowned images of modern Japan. Yet, despite its international reputation for speed and punctuality, little is understood about what makes it work so well and...

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