Photo Special: Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line opens for business

Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Stationmaster Tadashi Narumi signals for the departure of the bullet train "Hayabusa No. 10," the first regular service train on the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, as it heads for Tokyo Station, in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on March 26. 2016. (Pool photo)

Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Stationmaster Tadashi Narumi sees off the departure of the bullet train "Hayabusa No. 10," the first regular service train on the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, as it heads for Tokyo Station, in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on March 26. 2016. (Pool photo)

Seen off by a crowd, the bullet train "Hayabusa No. 10" heads for Tokyo Station, in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on March 26, 2016. (Pool photo)

Participants at a tape-cutting ceremony for the start of regular service on the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line are seen at Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on March 26, 2016. (Pool photo)

The bullet train "Hayabusa No. 10" heads for Tokyo Station, in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on March 26. 2016. (Pool photo)

Local children wave flags and celebrate the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on March 26, 2016. (Mainichi)

The first train on the newly-opened Hokkaido Shinkansen Line is seen leaving Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on March 26, 2016. (Mainichi)

The first train on the newly-opened Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, "Hayabusa No. 10," heads for Tokyo after leaving Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, on March 26, 2016. Mount Hakodate can be seen in the background. (Mainichi)

The first train on the newly-opened Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, "Hayabusa No. 10," is seen in Shiriuchi, Hokkaido, as it heads towards Honshu, the Japanese main island, after leaving JR Kikonai Station on March 26, 2016. (Pool photo)

People wave fishing boat flags as the first train from Tokyo on the newly-opened Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, the "Hayabusa No. 1" bound for Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, passes by, in Kikonai, Hokkaido, on March 26, 2016. (Mainichi)

The first train on the newly-opened Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, "Hayabusa No. 10," left, is seen after arriving at Tokyo Station, on March 26, 2016. (Mainichi)