TOKYO -- Ultra-high-speed boats are opening up travel shortcuts all across the Japanese archipelago, giving domestic and foreign tourists fresh options when escaping Tokyo, Kyoto and other big cities teeming with visitors.
Transportation
Superfast ferry services edge into Japan
Hydrofoils promise shortcuts to certain destinations but prices are a drawback
Jetfoil ferries like this one, which operates between a port city in southwestern Japan and an island 120 kilometers away, are wedging into Japan's crowded passenger services market.
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