A small follow-up to the Tohoku region, I go over the Mini-Shinkansen, Japan's unique form of high-speed rail, and its two routes - Yamagata and Akita. As always, I also give some recommended locations you can visit by taking the Mini-Shinkansen!

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Train-ing In Japan artwork done by Simon Brigham