Classic route
Limited Express Shiokaze
Okayama → Matsuyama · Japan
- Distance
- 214 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 35 min
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- JR Shikoku
- Train
- JR 8600 tilting EMU
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 1927
Page last updated 2026-07-20 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Along the Seto Inland Sea’s island-studded shore to Dōgo Onsen, Japan’s oldest hot spring — Shikoku’s busiest express, tilting the whole way.
Limited Express Shiokaze in pictures
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