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Akita Shinkansen Guide: The Komachi to Lake Tazawa & Akita
Shinkansen Line Guide · Akita Shinkansen Akita Shinkansen Guide: The Komachi to Akita —A Deep Blue Lake, Samurai…
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Yamagata Shinkansen Guide: The Tsubasa to Yamagata & Shinjo
Shinkansen Line Guide · Yamagata Shinkansen Yamagata Shinkansen Guide: The Tsubasa to Yamagata & Shinjo —Beef, Cherries, Onsen…
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Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Guide: The Kamome to Nagasaki
Shinkansen Line Guide · Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Guide: The Kamome to Nagasaki —Onsen, Tea & a Historic…
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Kyushu Shinkansen Guide: Hakata to Kumamoto & Kagoshima
Shinkansen Line Guide · Kyushu Shinkansen Kyushu Shinkansen Guide: Hakata to Kagoshima —Kumamoto, Volcanoes & the Deep South…
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Sanyo Shinkansen Guide: Osaka to Hiroshima, Fukuoka & Hakata
Shinkansen Line Guide · Sanyo Shinkansen Sanyo Shinkansen Guide: Osaka to Fukuoka Along the Inland Sea —Kobe, Himeji,…
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Hokuriku Shinkansen Guide: Tokyo to Kanazawa, Fukui & Tsuruga
Shinkansen Line Guide · Hokuriku Shinkansen Hokuriku Shinkansen Guide: Tokyo to the Sea of Japan —Karuizawa, Nagano, Kanazawa…
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