asama from Sanskrit meaning unequaled, unsurpassed, unparallel, weird/sinner
Asama Maru | Asama (train) | Asama |
The trains will first enter regular passenger service from the start of the revised JR East timetable on 15 March 2014, with three trainsets introduced on Asama services on the Nagano Shinkansen between Tokyo and Nagano.
The following year, the Asama made a shorter cruise to Acapulco, Balboa, San Francisco, and Vancouver.