Bullet Train (しんかんせん)

The bullet train, called shinkansen (しんかんせん) in Japanese, is one of the fastest mode of transportation in Japan. The earliest shinkansens were in use by the early 1870s and play a huge role in daily travel. These trains aren't called bullet trains for no reason. The some of the lastest models have a clocked speed of 300 km/hr or roughl 180 mph. Not only are these trains fast, but also very punctul. A shinkansen is considered to have arrived late if it arrives even 1 second after it was scheduled to be at a destination. According to amphi.com, the average lateness of a shinkansen is about 24 seconds. For most of us, we would consider that to be on time.