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Shinkansen 300 Series passing through Maibara Station, April 2002
Hikari is one of the train services running on the Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen. It runs slower than the Nozomi but faster than the Kodama.
Most Hikari services use 300 Series Shinkansen trains, although the new Hikari Rail Star service uses the 700 Series Shinkansen.
The word hikari (光) in Japanese means "light".
