Bullet Trains / High Speed Trains / Shinkansen [013] Hikari Train, Japan (009)

Title Bullet Trains / High Speed Trains / Shinkansen [013] Hikari Train, Japan (009)
Photo Number Box 39, Japan, Trains, 10
Description Photo shows a group of Buddhist pilgrims riding the Hikari high-speed train in Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1988
Subject High speed trains--Japan--Photographs; Passenger trains--Japan--Photographs; Railroads--Japan--Photographs; Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Tōkaidō Shinkansen; High speed trains
Keywords Trains; Hikari
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Japan
Caption on Slide Buddhist pilgrims, Hikari train, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Hikari ... is the name of a high-speed train service running on the Tōkaidō and Sanyō Shinkansen bullet train lines in Japan. Slower than the Nozomi but faster than the Kodama, the Hikari is the fastest train service on the Tōkaidō and Sanyō Shinkansen that is covered in the Japan Rail Pass.--Wikipedia.
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6bg3587
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 334239
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bg3587
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