The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line began service in 1997 between Tokyo and Nagano, before extending service to Kanazawa in 2015. The latest extension means Tsuruga can be reached from Tokyo in as little ...

More than 350 passengers on a Hokuriku bullet train ... were fully booked at a bus terminal in Tokyo's Shinjuku area. One man traveling to Nagano by Shinkansen tried but failed to buy a bus ...