Bullet Train



Japan Rail announced that they'll be shooting a commercial from their soon to be opened bullet train line and thousands of people showed up to celebrate. People are very excited about this new line, it connects southwest Japan to the rest of their extensive train system. Now people living in Kagoshima Chuou can get to Osaka in just under 4 hours.

29 comments:

  1. SGTSAM101STApril 26, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    how come we dont have cool comercials like this in the U.S.!? and when ever people are watching TV and a 3 minute comercial comes on... its for some crapy music like justin bieber!!!

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  2. UnknownApril 26, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    so I figured why there is a low birth rate going on right now in Japan . . . everyone is gay.

    Otherwise "cute" commercial . ==

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  3. AnonymousApril 26, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    ahaha even the power rangers were there to celebrate!

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  4. Dr. DaManApril 27, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    under 4 hours...
    is that suppose to be a major improvement?

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  5. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 5:47 AM

    @Dr. DaMan, it currently takes ~11 hours... so yea... rather major improvement...

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  6. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 6:26 AM

    If only our ICEs in Germany were half as reliable as the Shinkansen...

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  7. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    If only our intercities in the Netherlands were half as reliable as the ICE...

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  8. UnknownApril 27, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Is that Company of thieves playing?

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  9. AnonymousApril 27, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Hooray, gay pride. <3

    XD

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  10. AnonymousApril 28, 2011 at 12:35 AM

    Full of win!!!

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  11. AnonymousApril 28, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    if only our Metro in D.C. was half as reliable as intercities...

    i'm enjoying this, keep it rolling.

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  12. TrustApril 28, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    if only our ICEs were as half as reliable als D.C. Metro... wait what? o.O

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  13. YashichuApril 29, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    Whats the song to this D: I must know!

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  14. AnonymousApril 30, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    Good for you Japan!

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  15. AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Shit. It's so touching seeing almost the whole nation celebrate with such joy. I wish it was like that in my country. The things we celebrate here are petty stuff.

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  16. AnonymousMay 5, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    If only we had more than one high-speed rail line in the U.S.

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  17. AnonymousMay 6, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    If only Amtrak was half as reliable as the Shinkansen......

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  18. HannahMay 9, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    I wish here in the UK we were as accepting of new rail plans as Japan. We were supposed to have lots of new high speed rail lines connecting up our cities but it's been met with nothing but protest and I don't understand why - it should be as happy and positive as the Japanese find it!

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  19. AnonymousMay 31, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    it's swedish/japanese singer Maia Hirasawa

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58j899VUYpQ

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  20. AnonymousJune 4, 2011 at 6:03 AM

    THIS IS SUPER CUTE! ID WISH TO BE IN JAPAN!!

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  21. AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    You know nothing, that's just a regular day in japan

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  22. AnonymousJune 25, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    For some reason this made me feel very happy...

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  23. AnonymousJuly 1, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    too bad part of its gone

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  24. AnonymousJuly 31, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    There's nothing WTF about this.

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  25. AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    the wtf here is it made me cry from joy...WTF - I'm gay?

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  26. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2011 at 10:21 PM

    I wish our country showed that much love and pride and respect towards new things as much as Japan!! other then that this was a sweet commercial! =]

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  27. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    Here(NW coast of USA)they put in overpriced, trolly-slow rails that run only six blocks, in the middle the busiest streets. Or they run poorly scheduled overpriced trains on freight rails a total of 40 miles with no bicycle train-cars, no parking or reliable buses at either terminal, and think they just made such a huge advancement. For longer trips, Amtrak tickets cost more than airplane tickets and have to yield to every frieght train as the tracks are owned and maintained by the freight companies.

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  28. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    Here(NW coast of USA)they put in overpriced, trolly-slow rails that run only six blocks, in the middle the busiest streets. Or they run poorly scheduled overpriced trains on freight rails a total of 40 miles with no bicycle train-cars, no parking or reliable buses at either terminal, and think they just made such a huge advancement. For longer trips, Amtrak tickets cost more than airplane tickets and have to yield to every frieght train as the tracks are owned and maintained by the freight companies.

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  29. zJorizApril 13, 2014 at 7:55 AM

    For the cities now connected by this line it may be a blessing, but the huge stretches of land where it doesn't stop... well, the old people seem to remain in those parts, otherwise they're pretty much deserted

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