Hokkaido Shinkansen inaugurated

High speed services reached Japan’s third main island on March 26, with the 
inauguration of the first phase of the Hokkaido Shinkansen. 
Connecting Shin-Aomori in Honshu with Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto in the south of Hokkaido, 
the 149 km line uses mixed-gauge tracks in the 54 km Seikan Tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait.