Shinkansen Trains Featuring Disney Characters Begin Operating; Will Run on Tohoku-Hokkaido Line until June Next Year
13:28 JST, October 10, 2024
East Japan Railway Co. has begun running shinkansen trains advertising Fantasy Springs, a new area of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park.
The special trains, dubbed Magical Journey Shinkansen, started operating on Thursday and will run about three times a day on the Tohoku-Hokkaido line, connecting Tokyo with Shin-Hakodatehokuto stations, until about early June next year. They are adorned with images of characters from Frozen, Tangled, Peter Pan and other Disney properties.
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