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Shin-Kobe station entrance

What does the “shin” in train station names mean? (and the Osaka mix-up)

Several train stations around Japan start with the word “shin”. Hubby told me that shin means new. I thought about my experiences riding the shinkansen (bullet train) and realized that these fastest of trains tend to stop at stations that start with “shin”. This now made sense to be because the shinkansen often run on their own tracks…

April 26, 2014 in Japan Travel Tips.

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