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is a high-speed Shinkansen service operated on the Tohoku Shinkansen in Japan by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) since 2002. It operates as far as the northern terminus of , and it is the second-fastest service on the Tohoku Shinkansen, operating at a top speed of between Utsunomiya and Morioka. These services were inaugurated with the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen extension to Hachinohe on 1 December 2002. The name "Hayate" has not been used previously on any train service in Japan. The name was chosen with input from the public; roughly translated, it means a strong or violent wind; however, it carries positive connotations of speed and power. ==Service pattern== From its introduction in 2002, the ''Hayate'' service used 10-car E2 Series Shinkansen units. With the opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen extension to the new northern terminus of from 4 December 2010, 15 return trips a day operating between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori, with one return trip between Sendai and Shin-Aomori and one return trip between Morioka and Shin-Aomori. The fastest service from Tokyo to Shin-Aomori is 3 hours 20 minutes. From 19 November 2011, E5 series trainsets were also introduced on some ''Hayate'' services. These services are limited to the current maximum speed of 275 km/h. ''Hayate'' services are coupled with ''Komachi'' services as far as Morioka, where the ''Komachi'' cars are uncoupled and proceed to Akita Station via the Akita Shinkansen. Due to the popularity of the fast train service from Tokyo to the Tōhoku region, seat reservations are compulsory on both the ''Hayate'' and ''Komachi''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hayate (train)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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