Scenic route
Resort Shirakami
Akita → Aomori · Japan
- Distance
- 250 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 5 h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- JR East
- Train
- HB-E300 “Buna” hybrid
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 1997
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.
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