Lonely Planet: Riding the 'New Golden Route' on the Shinkansen

I wrote a series of pieces for Lonely Planet detailing how to access the ‘New Golden Route’ via the Shinkansen (bullet train), along with itineraries for some of the most compelling destinations therein:

Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka

Gunma, Nagano, Gifu

Niigata, Shiga, Saitama

Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui