Shinkansen & Tokyo: How this 50-year-relationship shaped Tokyo

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A very informative Guardian article about Tokyo’s urban development and its relationship with Shinkansen bullet trains:

How the Shinkansen bullet train made Tokyo into the monster it is today

A passenger in traditional dress on board a Japanese hikari shinkansen bullet train in 1965.

(Photo credit: Three Lions/Getty Images)

 

 

 

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