Classic route
Limited Express Azusa
Tokyo (Shinjuku) → Matsumoto · Japan
- Distance
- 225 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 23 min
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- JR East
- Train
- E353 EMU
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 1966
The alpinists’ express — E353s bank through Katsunuma’s vineyards and the Suwa lake basin to Matsumoto’s black castle, gateway to the Japan Alps.
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