Scenarios about 'shinkansen'
The Shinkansen is Japan's high-speed railway system first opened in 1964, connecting Tokyo and Osaka in time for the Tokyo Olympics. Nicknamed the "bullet train," it revolutionized rail transportation with speeds exceeding 200 km/h, demonstrating Japan's post-war technological and economic resurgence. In alternate history scenarios, different development timelines of the Shinkansen often reflect alternate technological paths, geopolitical circumstances, or Japanese economic trajectories.
What If Japan's Bullet Train Network Expanded Differently?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Japan's shinkansen system followed a different expansion path, fundamentally altering the nation's economic geography, urban development, and transportation culture.