There are 6 trains that travel from osaka -> tokyo
resources: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2018.html https://www.learn-japanese-adventure.com/japanese-trains.html
- Nozomi - not valid
- Hikari
- Kodama
- Sakura
- Mizuho - not valid
- Tsubame
only 2 are available in the JR rail pass
- Hikari
- Kodama
they run from 6-22
Hikari (ひかり) - means "light".
Kodama (こだま) means "Echo"
Hikari stops at:
- Tokyo
- Shingawa
- Shin-yokohama
- Nagoya
- Kyoto
- Shin-osaka
Sometimes:
- Osawara
- Atami
- Mishima
- Shizouka
- Hamamatsu
- Maibar
Kodama stops at:
- Tokyo
- Shingawa
- Shin-yokohama
- Osawara
- Atami
- Mishima
- Shin-fuji
- Shizouka
- Kakegawa
- Hamamatsu
- Toyohashi
- Mikawa-Anjo
- Nagoya
- Gifu-hashima
- Maibara
- Kyoto
- Shin-Osaka
Kodama stop all stops
both run an average of 175mph or 285 kmh.
Obvisouly Kodama is slower because it has to stop at all stops.
Distance Between stops
| Name | Name | distance |
|---|---|---|
| 東京 | Tokyo: | 0 |
| 品川 | Shinagawa: | 6.8 |
| 新横浜 | Shin-Yokohama: | 25.5 |
| 小田原 | Odawara: | 76.7 |
| 熱海 | Atami: | 95.4 |
| 三島 | Mishima: | 111.3 |
| 新富士 | Shin-Fuji: | 135.0 |
| 静岡 | Shizuoka: | 167.4 |
| 掛川 | Kakegawa: | 211.3 |
| 浜松 | Hamamatsu: | 238.9 |
| 豊橋 | Toyohashi: | 274.2 |
| 三河安城 | Mikawa-Anjō: | 312.8 |
| 名古屋 | Nagoya: | 342.0 |
| 岐阜羽島 | Gifu-Hashima: | 367.1 |
| 米原 | Maibara: | 408.2 |
| 京都 | Kyoto: | 476.3 |
| 新大阪 | Shin-Ōsaka: | 515.4 |
train starts at mishima 111.3m from tokyo headed east to osaka = 515.4m - 113m