Visited my brother there in 2006 and we took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Hiroshima. And you're right, they're a lot of fun. Just super cool. Definitely a different type of experience than say, this -- although sticking your head out a window and getting coal embers in your eye has its own charm.

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A few years ago the family went to Japan for a couple of weeks and we bought a Japan rail pass. The Shinkansen are just an amazingly fun experience. Especially when you can just hop on or off with a pass. If you have kids - I highly recommend the experience.

We also learned that with the old-school toilets, you have to grab 5 feet of toilet paper, cram your hand up your butt, desperately try to wash off the poo, and... take the shinkansen in Japan?
I think this was imported from the land of crazy fetishes and panty vending - the woman definitely seems dubbed.