Looks like a platypus

Spent a bit of time on the trains, this month. This is one of the Shinkansen, or 'bullet-trains' and unless you stand next to one on the platform, it's hard to understand quite how long that nose is. They're all different from each other, I think because Japan's railway system isn't owned by one company, so the rolling stock differs from line-to-line. One cautionary note about this: there are oddities such as two different lines at Tokyo Narita airport, both going into the Tokyo city, each with their own 'Platform 1'. Make sure you get the right one.