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Tokyo train little luxury showdown – Green Car vs. Kaiji, which is more comfortable?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2025
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The answer might depend on what kind of drink you reach for after a long day at the office.

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Tokyo trains now have new first-class Green Cars, but are they a sell-out hit?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2025

A new way to enjoy an air of luxury while escaping the rush-hour crowds.

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First-class section being added to Tokyo commuter trains this month with double-decker Green Cars

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2025

New option adds both comfort and cost to Tokyo commutes.

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Japan’s train travel soundscape faces sad change as JR East axes special station departure melodies

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2025

Operational shift means no more unique station melodies on one Tokyo line, and more could follow.

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New Shinkansen design unveiled, bullet train exterior includes cherry blossom Easter egg

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2025

JR East gives us our first glimpse at the upcoming cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen.

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Japan’s tap-to-pay Suica train card system aims to go tapless with walk-through gates, location data scans

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2024

JR East wants walk-through gates within the next 10 years.

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New Japan rail pass gives you a week of free rides in a huge space to chase the cherry blossoms

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2024

Go east, and north, Japan travelers!

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Tokyo’s busiest commuter line slowing things down with special one-lap Yamanote sightseeing train

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2024

Conductors share special views from the downtown loop line.

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JR East announces awesomely cheap one-day all-you can ride pass, Shinkansen included

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 8, 2023

Get ready to feel your travel-loving heart go “Kyun!” with the Kyun Pass.

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Japan Railway’s burger chain, Becker’s, is permanently closing, taking Japan’s poutine with it

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2023

After more than three decades, it’s the end of the line for the JR station burger chain.

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Tokyo train operator begins issuing body cameras, but it’s not employee conduct that worries them

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2022

JR East implements new policy in time for New Year’s.

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Hot coffee finally returns to Tohoku, Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet trains

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2022

Travelers can once again enjoy a fresh cup of coffee while zooming across northeastern Japan.

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150 Pokémon will be hiding in major Japanese train stations this fall, waiting for fans to find them

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 10, 2022

Gen-1 Pokémon help mark 150-year milestone for trains in Japan.

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All-you-can-ride Shinkansen deal coming to Japan for a limited time

• SoraNews24
  Sep 1, 2022

Unlimited travel pass comes with a slew of extra perks.

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Japanese trains now even more convenient as new service lets you pick up groceries at station

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2022

Allows commuters to skip supermarket detour and stay on the straight track to dinner.

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JR East to equip trains station staff with bodycams to protect them from attacks

• Master Blaster
  Jan 28, 2022

Violent drunks better smile for the camera from now on.

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Tokyo trains set to become less convenient with new last train schedule

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2020

The biggest pain in the butt about trains in Tokyo is going to get more painful.

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Japanese rail and Shinkansen bullet train announcers come together for series of cute videos

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2020

Get to know three of the people behind the “sexy” English-language voice announcements you’ll hear on public transport in Japan.

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Harajuku Station will be demolished after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics

• Oona McGee
  Nov 20, 2019

After three years of consultations, the fate of Tokyo’s oldest wooden station building has finally been revealed.

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Woman delivers baby on passenger train just outside of Tokyo

• Meg Murphy
  Jan 22, 2018

In the time it took the train to go from one station to the next, a new life had joined the world!

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• (babies • baby born on train • birth stories • East Japan Railway Company • strange news • trains)

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