The Hokkaido Shinkansen, which provides a direct rail link between Tokyo and the northernmost of Japan's four main islands via the undersea Seikan Tunnel, opened on March 26, 2016.

It relocated to Hokkaido’s Niseko from Tokyo’s posh Daikanyama district in 2020. The company’s factory, restaurant and resort facility for employees has been already located in Niseko.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to ...