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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Dec-2025 12:13:36 JST Minoru Saba
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The red shinkansen is the Komachi which is linked to the Hayabusa on the Tokyo to Morioka stretch before being decoupled and heading on to Akita on rails modified from the existing narrow gauge.
It's the only shinkansen I've been on which passes through railroad crossings and a switchback (at Omagari).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komachi_(train)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa_(train)
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  Komachi (train)
  
  The Komachi (こまち) is a high-speed shinkansen service between Tokyo and Akita in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) since March 1997. It is the only shinkansen service that runs on the Akita Shinkansen, and uses E6 series trains. Between Tokyo Station and Morioka, it couples with Tōhoku Shinkansen E5 series Hayabusa and formerly E2 series for E3 series respectively. After Morioka, the Komachi service continues along standard gauge tracks that were converted from narrow gauge. Because it then runs on tracks that have grade crossings, its maximum speed from Morioka to Akita is 130 km/h (80 mph), compared to 320 km/h (200 mph) on the Tohoku Shinkansen. The Komachi service was named after a famous poet from the area, Ono no Komachi, whose name (小町) is also synonymous with "belle" or "beauty" in Japanese. Station stops Komachi services stop at the following stations on the Akita Shinkansen between Morioka and Akita. For details of station stops between Tokyo...
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  Hayabusa (train)
  
  The Hayabusa (はやぶさ, "Peregrine falcon") is a high-speed Shinkansen service operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) between Tokyo and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto in Japan since 26 March 2016. The name was formerly used for a limited express sleeping car service operated by JR Kyushu, which ran from Tokyo to Kumamoto, and was discontinued in March 2009. Service pattern Hayabusa trains stop at Tōkyō, Ueno*, Ōmiya, Sendai, Furukawa*, Kurikoma-Kōgen*, Ichinoseki*, Mizusawa-Esashi*, Kitakami*, Shin-Hanamaki*, Morioka, Iwate-Numakunai*, Ninohe*, Hachinohe*, Shichinohe-Towada*, Shin-Aomori, Okutsugaru-Imabetsu*, Kikonai*, and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto station. Additionally, some Hayabusa services begin or end at Shin-Aomori Station. (*) Not served by all trains Most Hayabusa trains are coupled to an Akita Shinkansen Komachi train between Tokyo and Morioka. The...
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  David B. :SetouchiExplorer: (david@setouchi.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Dec-2025 12:13:38 JST David B. :SetouchiExplorer:
  
  @gaijinmommy.bsky.social I love it when my son gets so excited that he starts jumping around.
  On a side note: wait, there's a red shinkansen?
  
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