The Shinkansen

Show Grimm is licensing our Bullet Train designs!

Our bullet train origami hit the stores as the first in a series of "Transportation Origami" put out by Showa Grimm, Co.

We've obsessed over the details and even consulted with the kind people of Japan Railroad to make this a true replica of the 300 series. Each pack comes with a display platform so you can display your origami after your done folding.

Each pack contains 16 sheets of origami, so theoretically, you can create a true 300 series bullet train with a 16-car formation! The instructions include ways to connect the cars.

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Did you know?

"Shinkansen" is the Japanese name for the bullet train. The 16-car 300 series was introduced by Japan Rail West and Central in 1992 and runs at a top speed of 270 kmph. Here are some amazing facts about the Japanese bullet train:

• The Shinkansen experiences less than 10 seconds of delay a year including all natural and human accidents.
• Shinkansen runs at an average speed of 261kmph or 163 mph
• Trains leave at 4 minute intervals which is the frequency equivalent to the densest inner city transit train
• All the lines combined carry 755,000 passengers a day
• Since the Shinkansen was inaugurated 40 years ago, there have been no derailments or collision accidents or passenger fatalities except one due to a door closing on a little child.