Japan’s maglev is a train to nowhere that continues to wow the crowds

The world’s fastest train, a maglev that has reached speeds of 600 kilometers an hour, regularly travels 42.8 kilometers from a patch of unremarkable farmland in Yamanashi Prefecture to a point farther into the middle of nowhere.

Spectators along the way get to see it whoosh by now and then, and a lucky few get a chance to take a ride.

For now, that’s just about it.