{"id":140503,"date":"2021-05-11T11:47:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T02:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=140503&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-05-11T11:47:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T02:47:32","slug":"kyushus-next-shinkansen-route-name-announced","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushus-next-shinkansen-route-name-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu\u2019s Next Shinkansen Route Name Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name of the new <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shinkansen <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">route between Takeo-onsen and Nagasaki was officially announced recently as \u2018Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen\u2019 (West Kyushu Shinkansen.) According to the press conference on Apr. 28, JR Kyushu aims to increase awareness of western Kyushu with this name. The route will use <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shinkansen <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">train cars named Kamome. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrkyushu.co.jp\/news\/__icsFiles\/afieldfile\/2021\/04\/28\/210428_rosenmeisyou_1.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JR Kyushu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-140504\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shinkasen-ureshino-station-WEB-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shinkasen-ureshino-station-WEB-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shinkasen-ureshino-station-WEB-001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shinkasen-ureshino-station-WEB-001.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shinkasen-ureshino-station-WEB-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo: By Fukuoka Now, New Ureshino Station<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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