Hikari

The Hikari (ひかり, "Light") is a Shinkansen rail service operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It runs on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka, and on the Sanyō Shinkansen between Shin-Osaka and Hakata. It is slower than the Nozomi and Mizuho, almost as fast as the Sakura, and faster than the all-stations Kodama. It is the first and oldest high-speed rail service in Japan and the world.

Service patterns
Hikari trains have varying stopping patterns. However, all Hikari trains stop at the same stations as all Nozomi services (Tokyo, Shinagawa, Shin-Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Shin-Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima, Kokura, and Hakata), as well as Himeji and Fukuyama. All trains skip Shin-Fuji, Kakegawa, Mikawa-Anjo, and Asa, which are only served by Kodama trains.

Some trains run on both lines. However, no Hikari trains run directly between Tokyo and Hakata.