With the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen scheduled for spring 2024, tweets that people have finished riding the 「Thunderbird」 and 「Shirasagi」 limited express trains departing from Kanazawa Station on the Hokuriku Line have become prominent.
Express Thunderbird stopping at Kanazawa Station (image from 『Sun tanasun_kr』 Instagram)
Thunderbird, what exactly is going on?
JR West Japan will discontinue the conventional line (Hokuriku Line) between Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture and Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen, so the Limited Express Thunderbird will stop at Osaka Station to Tsuruga Station and the Limited Express Shirasagi will stop at Nagoya Station to Tsuruga Station.Since passengers will then not be able to get on and off at Kanazawa Station, the following tweets were already seen.
Love Live! Fans also interested in Thunderbirds
Speaking of Kanazawa, Love Live!The new series 『Ren-no-Ku Jogakuin School Idol Club』 has been attracting a lot of attention as the setting for the series. When it comes to Hokuriku, some people are interested in the limited express Thunderbird.
「I want to go to Ren-no-Sora, but I also want to take the Thunderbird to Kanazawa and Osaka」. The presence of the Thunderbird is amazing!
Some people use it for live performances.
Little Glee Monster aka “Litoguri” performed at 『GREEN FLASH Fes 2023』 held at Shibamasa World in Fukui Prefecture on May 13, and some “Gaolers” (a generic term for fans of Litoguri) took the Thunderbird to the event.
To summarize some of the tweets, 「a train-savvy gawker said, It’s cheaper to buy a ticket for the whole trip」 to the comment, 「Go to Fukui via Hokuriku, take Thunderbird to Osaka after the festival, and come back on Tokaido Shinkansen after the festival」. The Thunderbird from Kanazawa to Fukui is half the price of the limited express fare if you transfer to the Shinkansen.
In fact, information on discounts for Kanazawa-Shin-Osaka and Fukui-Shin-Osaka Shinkansen connections can be found on the Internet, so we recommend that those who are thinking of “finishing” their Thunderbird limited express rides should check them out.
Kanazawa Station Details
| Spot Name | Kanazawa Station |
| Address | 1-1, Kinoshinbocho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Related site | JR Odekake Net |
