New posters are appearing for the new E5 series Hayabusa Shinakansen. This is the first - the shinkansen lined up from old series to new in the foreground. The background images are a progression of Japanese modernity from Fuji, to Tokyo Tower, Roppongi Hills and the getting closer to being finished Sky tree. The cranes busily at work seem to be aptly located in the 60s...... They are bit of a puzzle really as the hey day of Japanese construction was fifty years ago... they are reminiscent of Shanghai which is a sensitive point since the Chinese maglev is now faster than the Japanese shinkansen... (admittedly China has greater distances to get to high speeds). It is hoped that the Hayabusa return the mantle of 'fastest train in the world' to Japan....
The Hayabusa close up. Hayabusa means peregrine falcon & was also the name of the unmanned Japanese space craft that collected space rock. It's going to run from Tokyo to Shin Aomori (Aomori prefecture), starting 5 March.
The next picture is of a Japanese woman in kimono serving on the Hayabusa... I don't have a picture of it yet. To be posted later .
4 comments:
We saw the first poster as we headed for Karuizawa. Pretty cool! Ethan is beyond excited and can't wait to ride the new "shink".
Every time I saw this poster, I wanted to attack it with a red pen. Made in A dream! Where's the article?! It's such a pain to be a copy-editor. Sigh.
Nice train, though. ;)
PS: As you can see, the click click click is still happening.
Everytime I looked at it I wondered "Where is Dream?"
The My First Aomori bugged me.
But I don't expect a lot in regards to English from JR - it's just a decoration. The Starbucks sign "Lets Merry" on the other hand...
PS Copy editing is an enviable skill. It's a bad habit of mine with footnotes and punctuation to console myself with ... if it were being published the copy editor would fix it. :)
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