Shinkansen

Map of the Shinkansen Network in January 2020 made by JR

The Shinkansen (Jap.: 新幹線, "Bullet Train") is an underground ice-highway network on the island of Japan. It currently is one of the largest and best developed highway system on the server by connecting around 30 towns in Japan and spanning over 5000 blocks in total lenght

History

In early 2019 Jaxosm, a Japanese player came up with the idea of an ice-road-network to coneect the town in Japan. He and FenZenyatta made a plan in February 2019 and soon started building. Their tunnels mostly were 2 blocks wide, used normal ice and redstone torches. Many of the original tunnels still exist today and were renovated.

Design

A Renovated Line

Today nearly all of the tunnels are 3 blocks wide and built on Y-level 45. Around 80% of the network uses blue ice.

JR

JR (Japan Rails) is a company found by Yllalen and Taima_ in late 2020.