Number One with a Bullet: A Ticket To Ride Map Collection Volume 7 (Italy and Japan) Review

Bullet Trains have always been kind of mythical to me. Despite growing up in a town in the U.S. named Pacific (who changed it's name from Franklin to Pacific to kiss Union/Pacific Railroad ass back in the day) and watching at least a dozen fright trains trundle through town on a daily basis, the closest thing to a bullet train I experienced was the occasional Amtrak trundling through town at a slightly faster clip. Sure, the Amtrak was almost always greeted with a sense of joy...but only because it was only four or five cars long and you knew you weren't going to be stuck waiting at the crossing for ten minutes. But, mass transit moving at 150mph? That was a mythical beast from the east. So, the bullet trains included for the Japan map in the TTR Map Collection Volume 7 is what made me want this release.