Category : Trains
Anpanman Train
Snapped this shot from the train window the other day, showing an Anpanman train....
Gachapin campaign for TWR
The TWR, Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Line, is celebrating its 500,000,000th passenger, which rates it right up there with Facebook ! Not sure whether...
Yamanote Line automatic doors
The Yamanote Line auto doors are due to start operation soon. I wrote a few weeks ago about the electronic doors being installed at Ebisu...
Yamanote Line Automatic gates
The Yamanote Line is going to have automatic gates installed on all its platforms over the next few years in an attempt to prevent passengers...
Akita Shinkansen
From my recent trip to Yokote in Akita ken, I took some photos of the Akita Shinkansen leaving from Tokyo Station and arriving in at...
Japan Sunset
On the way back from IKEA to buy a bookcase for my room, I took these photos from the window of the JR Keiyo Line...
JR Suica Ticket Machine
JR are changing over some of their ticket machines to this new version. At Shinagawa Station, the staff were putting up posters and showing people...
Narita Sky Access
Keisei Railway have announced the new name for their train running between Tokyo and Narita Airport. They are calling it “Narita Sky Access”, similar to...
Yamanote Line Zero Post
Down on the platform at Shinagawa Station you can find some interesting items to commemorate the zero kilomoter marker which shows the start of the...
Narita Express E259
The new Narita Express train, NEX E259, is due to start service on Oct 1, 2009. When I got off the Yamanote train at Shinagawa...
Galaxy Express 999
A steam train replicating the Ginga Tetsudo 999 (Galaxy Express 999) made a special run today in Shizuoka. With today being 2009/09/09, a once in...
Yamanote 100 Years
The Yamanote Line is currently celebrating 100 years since its naming. The original portion of the Yamanote Line was built in 1885 between Shinagawa and...
Shinkansen Cigarettes
Cigarette advertising around the world used to be more prominent. In Japan, cigarettes had an interesting tie-up with JR for Shinkansens and travel around Japan....
Shinkansen Hotels
Summer time means holidays and with that comes Pokemon Shinkansens, Pokemon Yamanote Trains and plenty of rail travel for families. DIME Magazine this month, as...
JR Train Tea Found!
A while ago I wrote about the great tea drink product in the shape of the Yamanote Line. A lot of people asked me where...
Pokemon Yamanote Train
Each year at summer, Nintendo and JR hold a stamp rally for the kids. The stamp rally requires the children to collect rubber stamp imprints...
Shinkansen Cleaning
The trains in Japan always look clean, particularly the Shinkansen. At Tokyo station, the cleaners quickly board the incoming trains, perform a quick clean and...
Chiba Monorail
I visited a friend in Chiba and got the chance to ride the Chiba monorail recently. There are a few monorails in Japan, some that...
Pokemon Shinkansen
The Pokemon decorated Shinkansen series was started last year during the summer holiday season and became a popular success with families. I went down to...
Elevator Manners
It is always good to see workers of large corporations taking the initiative themselves. It looks like at Shibuya station, they decided there was a...
E5 Shinkansen + Quiz answers
The first media test run of the new E5 Shinkansen was on the 17th June, 2009. The Sankei Newspaper had some good photos you can...
Ikoma Cable Car
Only a few years after trains first starting running in Japan back in the late 1800’s, and when it still took about 12 hours to...
Yamanote Train Green Tea
You don’t normally associate the Yamanote train line with green tea, but from April 20th, this year, Mokku company have been selling their unique product...
Japan Railways
While out the other day at Ikspiari, Maihama, next to DisneyLand, I found a store that specialized in model railway parts, bus models and generally...