What is the northern passenger terminus of the Hokkaido Shinkansen section opened in 2016?

The northern passenger terminus of the Hokkaido Shinkansen section opened in 2016 is Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto.

The station is in Hokuto, Hokkaido, just north of Hakodate. It became the northern end of Hokkaido Shinkansen services when the line opened from Shin-Aomori on March 26, 2016. The station was extensively rebuilt for high-speed service on the site of the former Oshima-Ōno station.

A common mix-up is answering Hakodate, the better-known nearby city. Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto is the actual Shinkansen station; passengers transfer there to the Hakodate Liner for central Hakodate. Shin-Aomori, meanwhile, is the southern terminus of the Hokkaido Shinkansen’s operating section, across the Seikan Tunnel in Aomori Prefecture.

The line is planned to extend northward to Sapporo, but that extension is not yet open. Until then, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto remains the northernmost Shinkansen station in Japan.