Nasuno

<h2 id="origin">Origin</h2>
<p>The name <i>Nasuno</i> is derived from the Nasu Highlands (那須高原) and Nasu Onsen (那須温泉) areas located alongside the Tōhoku Shinkansen between Utsunomiya and Kōriyama.
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<h2 id="operations">Operations</h2>
<p>There are approximately 16 return <i>Nasuno</i> trains daily, starting/terminating either at <a href="/facts/Oyama_Station/RhebyE1S">Oyama</a>, Nasushiobara, or Kōriyama. <i>Nasuno</i> services stop at all stations en route. 
Double-decker <i>Nasuno</i> services formed of <a href="/facts/E4_series/Y7SI2UYU">E4 series</a> sets also operated up until September 2012, named <i>Max Nasuno</i>.
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<h2 id="rolling-stock">Rolling stock</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/E2_Series_Shinkansen/shelxFQE">E2 series</a> (since March 1997)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/E3_Series_Shinkansen/rrRgUCm8">E3 series</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/E5_and_H5_Series_Shinkansen/1PsFECb6">E5 series</a> (since 17 March 2012)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/E6_Series_Shinkansen/6Y7Ag3Dy">E6 series</a> (since 16 March 2013)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/E5_and_H5_Series_Shinkansen/1PsFECb6">H5 series</a> (since 26 March 2016)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul>

<h3>Former rolling stock</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/200_Series_Shinkansen/ytA4axWy">200 series</a> (June 1982 – November 2011)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/E1_Series_Shinkansen/UAbXF7Vz">E1 series</a> (<i>Max Nasuno</i>) (July 1994 – December 1999)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/E4_Series_Shinkansen/Y7SI2UYU">E4 series</a> (<i>Max Nasuno</i>) (until 28 September 2012)</li></ul>

<h2 id="history">History</h2>

<p>The name <i>Nasuno</i> was first introduced on 22 September 1959 for semi-express (準急, <i>junkyū</i>) services operating between <a href="/facts/Ueno_Station/vvCRXxeg">Ueno</a> in Tokyo and <a href="/facts/Kuroiso_Station/jvpGNdAn">Kuroiso</a> on the <a href="/facts/T%C5%8Dhoku_Main_Line/g4pvvjE7">Tōhoku Main Line</a>. In 1966, this was upgraded to become an express (急行, <i>kyūkō</i>), and on 14 March 1985, it was upgraded to become a <a href="/facts/Limited_express/6UmDtq0X">Limited express</a> using <a href="/facts/185_series/pIxFIkzA">185 series</a> EMU rolling stock. From 10 March 1990, the train was rerouted to operate between <a href="/facts/Shinjuku_Station/lqa5H8UE">Shinjuku</a> in Tokyo and Kuroiso.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
</p><p>On 10 December 1995, the name was adopted for the new all-stations services on the <a href="/facts/T%C5%8Dhoku_Shinkansen/BrIjlylV">Tōhoku Shinkansen</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/T%C5%8Dhoku_Main_Line/g4pvvjE7">Tōhoku Main Line</a> services to and from Shinjuku were renamed <i>Ohayō Tochigi</i> and <i>Hometown Tochigi</i> from this date. Prior to 1995, <i><a href="/facts/Aoba_(train)/vK14IdfF">Aoba</a></i> services formed the all-stations services along the whole line. However, with the introduction of short-distance <i>Nasuno</i> services, <i>Aoba</i> services were reduced, and in 1997, discontinued altogether, with the local services covered by <i>Nasuno</i> as far as Kōriyama, and all further stations served by the <i><a href="/facts/Yamabiko/oPDS301u">Yamabiko</a></i>.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_named_passenger_trains_of_Japan/SuHqtKVe">List of named passenger trains of Japan</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nasuno (Shinkansen).

<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080123191453/http://www.jreast.co.jp/train/shinkan/e2_1000.html">E2 series <i>Hayate</i>/<i>Yamabiko</i>/<i>Nasuno</i></a> (in Japanese)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>JR新幹線＆特急列車ファイル [JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File]. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 2008. ISBN 978-4-330-00608-6. <a href="978-4-330-00608-6" target="_blank">978-4-330-00608-6</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>JR Timetable, December 2008 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>JR Timetable, March 2013 =
200 series (June 1982 – November 2011)
E1 series (Max Yamabiko) (July 1994 – December 1999)
E4 series (Max Yamabiko) (until 28 September 2012) issue
 <a href="/wiki/200_Series_Shinkansen" target="_blank">/wiki/200_Series_Shinkansen</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>JR時刻表 [JR Timetable] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 2016. p. 978. EAN 4910053110464. <a href="JR時刻表" target="_blank">JR時刻表</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>列車名鑑1995 [Train Name Directory 1995]. Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>JR新幹線＆特急列車ファイル [JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File]. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 2008. ISBN 978-4-330-00608-6. <a href="978-4-330-00608-6" target="_blank">978-4-330-00608-6</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Nasuno open-in-new

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