Tsurugi

Tsurugi may refer to:

Places

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Tsurugi (sword)

A tsurugi (剣) is a Japanese sword, akin to the jian Chinese sword. The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity.

Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi

The current name for the sword which is one of the Three Imperial Regalia of Japan is "Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi".

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Tsurugi (train)

The Tsurugi (つるぎ) is a high-speed shinkansen train service operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) between Toyama and Kanazawa on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line in Japan. The shinkansen service was introduced on 14 March 2015, but the name was first used for a limited express overnight "Blue Train" sleeping car train service operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by JR West from 1961 until 1994. It was named after Mount Tsurugi.

Service outline

As of 15 March 2015, 18 return Tsurugi services operate daily as a shuttle between Toyama and Kanazawa, calling at Shin-Takaoka en route, typically taking 23 minutes. Trains operate at a maximum speed of 260 km/h (160 mph).

Rolling stock

Tsurugi services are operated using JR East E7 series and JR West W7 series 12-car train sets based at Nagano and Hakusan depots respectively.

A JR East E7 series train on the Hokuriku Shinkansen