Shinkansen Shinkansen The , meaning "new trunkline," but colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. Initially, it was built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, in order to aid economic growth and development. Beyond long-distance travel, some sections around the largest metropolitan areas are used as a commuter rail network. It is operated by five Japan Railways Group companies. Starting with the Tōkaidō Shinkansen () in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of of lines with maximum speeds of , of Mini-Shinkansen lines with a maximum
What Is Life the Harrison YouTube channel and other media platforms. A live version of the song, recorded with Eric Clapton and his band in December 1991, is available on Harrison's 1992 album "Live in Japan" album. The performance was recorded at Tokyo Dome on 17 December, during the final show of the tour. Part of a concert performance of "What Is Life" from Harrison's 1974 North American tour with Shankar is included in Scorsese's "George Harrison: Living in the Material World". While challenging the commonly held view that this controversial 1974 tour was a "disaster", Simon Leng writes of a Fort Worth