The Japan Times Online
To give you an idea of how busy Tokyo station is (it is not the busiest station in the Tokyo area)... "instead of JR Tokyo Station, which currently sees some 200,000 shinkansen passengers per day" In other words, every day, the average population of a Canadian city takes the bullet train from Tokyo station. Imagine how many people are using the commuter trains. The good news about this article is that Shinagawa station is right near me! Ah, my area grows more convenient by the day! This year, three new train lines, occassional stops of the Narita Express (train to airport) and now the shinkansen. Life is good!