A cheering crowd of local residents and railway buffs greeted the first Shinkansen from Hokkaido as it came gliding out of the early morning mist into Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station here on Dec. 7.A cheering crowd of local residents and railway buffs greeted the first Shinkansen from Hokkaido as it came gliding out of the early morning mist into Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station here on Dec. 7.
