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- Each Shinkansen train has its own name. The
Hikari and the Kodama travel the route from Tokyo
to Hakata in the west, and the Yamabiko takes
people to the Tohoku region in the north. These
names, meaning "light," "echo in
the woods," and "mountain echo,"
bring to mind the speed of the trains; many names
are chosen because they are important words to
the areas where the trains run.
Question: The Shinkansen that travels between Tokyo and Nagano is called the Asama. What is the meaning of the word "Asama"?
- The name of the first governor of Nagano Prefecture
- A kind of bird that lives in Nagano
- The name of a volcano in Karuizawa, on the way from Tokyo to Nagano
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