There aren't a lot of maps which cover all of Japan's railways, fewer still which are up to date...this is a fairly recent one, but doesn't have the Hokuriku or Hokkaido Shinkansen, or any non-JR lines:pic.twitter.com/wGKx5jIHP3
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The effect is more striking the more you zoom in--remember in the first tweet in this thread, how most of Japan appeared crisscrossed with railways? Well, that's certainly true, but what a different kind of coverage it is in the countryside! Tokyo vs part of Hokkaido, same scale:pic.twitter.com/fgpxuVwcmk
This is why, while I still support the idea of a *national* rail network for USA, I have to emphasize that it is secondary to the importance of strong *metropolitan* rail networks within USA (this is also why arguments about "USA too big!" are irrelevant) Osaka vs. Ibusuki areapic.twitter.com/kCvJyP5y20
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