Since I booked my return trip to Tokyo two days early instead of one, I was able to grab the last available window seat
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I was skeptical of the economic justification of the Hokkaido Shinkansen but if this keeps up it'll be a HUGE boost for JR Hokkaido
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The driving force behind the high ridership is tourism, not local travel (I'm assuming)--the same happened in Aomori when Shin-Aomori opened
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It turns out that Tokyo's tourist market is so huge that even a fraction of it is much higher than ALL local travel demand up here
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Still too soon to say if it's a trend that will continue but if so, maybe Shikoku and other boonies will get Shinkansen after all someday
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