Komachi at Omagari station.

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Komachi trains couple with Hayate (or sometimes Yamabiko) trains on the Tōhoku Shinkansen for the portion of the journey between Tokyo and Morioka. is the sole service running on the Akita Shinkansen, using only E3 Series trains is the fastest service on the Tōhoku Shinkansen, and is the only Shinkansen service which goes as far as the current terminus of Hachinohe Between Morioka and Akita, the Komachi runs as a six-car independent train. It uses E3 series rolling stock.

Between Tokyo and Morioka, the stations are the same as those on the Tōhoku Shinkansen. From there on, the stations are as follows: