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[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is February 27th?

The day the Hakkoda Tunnel, a railway tunnel exclusively for the Shinkansen, was completed (Aomori Prefecture)

Image of the Hakkoda Tunnel, exclusively for the Shinkansen
Image of the Hakkoda Tunnel, exclusively for the Shinkansen

The Hakkoda Tunnel , a tunnel exclusively for Shinkansen trains located between Shichinohe-Towada Station and Shin-Aomori Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) , was completed on February 27, 2005

With a total length of 26,455m, it is the longest land railway tunnel in Japan, surpassing the Iwate Ichinohe Tunnel (total length 25,808m)

The Oshima Tunnel (total length 32,675m) between Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station and Shin-Yakumo Station (provisional name), which is currently being excavated for the extension of the Hokkaido Shinkansen scheduled for 2031, is expected to break this record

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