To go with AFP story Japan-transport-anniversary,FEATURE by Shingo Ito
This picture taken on August 1, 2014 shows former train conductor and current deputy director of the railway museum Fumihiro Araki speaking in front of Japan's first bullet train at his museum in Omiya, Saitama prefecture. Fifty years ago, the first bullet train pulled out of Tokyo station and hurtled across the countryside, heralding Japan's arrival as a modern economic powerhouse with a transport system soon to become the envy of the world. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA
This picture taken on August 1, 2014 shows former train conductor and current deputy director of the railway museum Fumihiro Araki posing for a photograph inside the cab of of Japan's first bullet train at his museum in Omiya, Saitama prefecture. Fifty years ago, the first bullet train pulled out of Tokyo station and hurtled across the countryside, heralding Japan's arrival as a modern economic powerhouse with a transport system soon to become the envy of the world. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA