The JR Tokaido Shinkansen line connects Osaka and Tokyo. The fastest of the shinkansen trains, the nozomi, take 155 minutes to reach Shin-Osaka Station from Tokyo. With hikari trains the journey takes 20 minutes more, and the kodama trains take about four hours. The shinkansen trains stop at Shin-Osaka Station, which is located one station north of Osaka Station on the JR line. West Japan Railway Company (tel: (06) 375 8981; website: www.westjr.co.jp/english) runs the shinkansen services as well as local trains between Osaka and Kobe, Kyoto, Nara and Kansai Airport. For more information in English, see www.japanrail.com
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