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On the left is the space where the shinkansen rail will be installed by JR Kyushu at Shin-Yatsuhiro in the future - showing the difference in gauge between the conventional line and the shinkansen line

End of the line at Kagoshima-Chuo with Sakurajima in the distance

A viaduct - to be used by the Kyushu Shinkansen in the future - near Hakata-Minami station (shinkansen access to which is visible below the viaduct)

Model cranes on the conventional line platform at Izumi and origami-style cranes in the roof of the shinkansen station

On the right the conventional line curves away from Shin-Yatsushiro to go to join the original Kagoshima Line, on the left the route which shinkansen will take in the future when the Kyushu Shinkansen is completed

A 0-series-renewal waiting at the narrow Hakata-Minami station - the space to the left will become part of the Kyushu Shinkansen in the future

The sail-inspired design of Shin-Minamata station

Photos in my book Shinkansen - From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan


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