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Tokyo subway bribes people with free noodles to get them to take earlier, non-rush hour trains

Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2019
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Reward tiers promise better toppings if more people take the off-peak trains.

Japan
(COK • cool • crowded • food • free • funny • Noodles • rush hour • soba • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • trains • weird)

Commuter chaos at Shibuya Station after glass window breaks on door of crowded Japanese train

Oona McGee
Dec 12, 2018

Crowds came to a standstill at rush hour as staff inspected the damage.

Japan
(accidents • crowds • Denentoshi • Japanese subway • Japanese trains • news • rush hour • Shibuya • Tokyo Metro • Tokyu Corporation • trains)

Awesomely adorable Pokémon subway trains start service in downtown Tokyo【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2018

Pikavee Special Trains let you ride the rails with Pikachu, Eevee, and their pals, and can even take you to the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo superstore.

Japan
(anime • cool • cute • Eevee • Pikachu • Pokemon • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • trains • travel • video games)

Tokyo Metro to begin playing classical background music on Hibiya Line trains

Oona McGee
Jan 26, 2018

This is the first Japanese railway company to broadcast music on their trains.

Japan
(classical music • Hibiya Line • Japanese trains • music • Tokyo Metro • trains)

Messaging app LINE experiments with service to help pregnant women find seats on trains

Koh Ruide
Dec 2, 2017

The app connects expectant mothers looking for empty seats with passengers wanting to relinquish theirs.

Japan
(line • pregnant mothers • priority seats • Tokyo Metro • train)

Smartphone app finds empty restroom stalls in Tokyo subway station, makes pooing easier than ever

Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2017

Because the last thing you want to do is wander through one of Tokyo’s massive stations while trying to hold in a dump.

Japan
(bathrooms • COK • Ikebukuro • restrooms • subways • Toilets • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • travel)

Tokyo subway ”phantom station” reveals itself to passengers for first time in nearly 90 years

Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2017

Akihabara-area Ginza Line station hasn’t been used since before World War II.

Japan
(Akihabara • Ginza Line • history • stations • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro)

Tokyo Metro puzzle game is back for 2017

Jessica
Oct 25, 2017

Can you solve the mystery lurking in the tunnels under Tokyo?

Japan
(fun • game • puzzle • Tokyo Metro)

Tokyo Metro’s official mascot stirs up debate with eye-catching appearance

Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2017

The city’s subway operator can’t decide whether their mascot should look like a muppet or a sexy service manager.

Japan
(characters • Mascots • Michika Ekino • Tetsudo Musume • Tokyo Metro • trains)

Heartwarming video captures the emotion of last day at work for a Japanese rail station employee

Oona McGee
Mar 31, 2017

The story of the Akihabara stationmaster is bringing tears to the eyes of commuters around the country.

Japan
(Akihabara • Boss coffee • heartwarming • moving • retirement • subways • Tokyo Metro • touching • trains • videos)

Tokyo Metro employs megaphone translation tech at station near Harajuku

Mike
Jan 5, 2017

The underground train operator has commissioned several real-time translation megaphones to facilitate communication with foreign customers.

Japan
(Harajuku • technology • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro)

Venture through the Tokyo Metro Network to complete the Ghibli Quiz Rally!

Shannon McNaught
Jul 20, 2016

Would you like to go on a scavenger hunt through Tokyo Metro’s maze of subways with Studio Ghibli? Well, if you’re in Tokyo between July and September, you’re in luck!

Japan
(Ghibli Expo • quiz rally • Roppongi • scavenger hunt • Studio Ghibli • Studio Ghibli Exhibition • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro)

Tokyo Metro has a new request, “Eat our vegetables!”

KK Miller
Apr 9, 2015

“Buying local” is about to have a whole new meaning in the Tokyo area soon since the Tokyo Metro is going to start selling vegetables that have been grown really locally. Called Tokyo Salad, these special veggies are being marketed as some of the freshest vegetables that are grown close to home.

But if you look around Tokyo, you’ll be really hard pressed to find much farming land. So where exactly are they growing these local foods?

Japan
(agricuture • food • hydroponics • locally grown • subways • Tokyo Metro • vegetables)

Give a stranger a flower: Art exhibit & a Parisienne in Tokyo leads to smile seen round the world

Megumi Matsuki
Dec 29, 2014

If you’re sad that December is coming to a close and aren’t quite ready to stop basking in the holiday spirit, here’s a story (albeit a non-Christmas one) from the heart of Tokyo that’s sure to give you the warm fuzzies. Originally made popular in English on the image-hosting site Imgur, this tale of a stranger’s unexpected act of kindness traveled back to Japan where it happened, thanks to the Internet, and subsequently brought smiles to scads of Japanese netizens’ faces.

Read their reactions at the end of the article, after learning about how Lee Mingwei’s participatory art installation and 22-year-old Alice’s seemingly small yet impactful act of courage brightened the day of a metro worker named Daisuke and reddened his ears. As one online commenter put it, “I bet this guy never imagined that his smile would spread joy all around the world!”

Europe, Internet, Japan
(contemporary art • human interest • Lee Mingwei • Mori Art Museum • random act of kindness • Tokyo Metro)

Dedicated railroad otaku creates the digital swiss army knife of Tokyo Metro maps

Scott Wilson
Dec 24, 2014

This past year the Tokyo Metro has been brought to life in many different ways, ranging from a spaghetti-alien map to, well, a 3-D spaghetti-alien map. But it’s the latest re-imagining of the Tokyo Metro in the highly versatile SVG format that’s currently causing a lot of commotion online.

Japan
(maps • public transport • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • trains • transport)

Behold: Tokyo’s labrynthine subway map in 3-D form!

Philip Kendall
Nov 6, 2013

If you’ve ever used the Tokyo Metro, or even browsed maps of the rail network online, you’ll know that it is a positive maze of lines, colours, numbers and names that even locals sometimes have trouble navigating. Compared to the London Underground or even New York’s massive subway system, the Tokyo Metro is absolute chaos on paper, making us wonder how it could possibly all run so smoothly on a daily basis.

Thanks to one Tokyo University graduate’s efforts, however, we now know exactly what is going on beneath our feet, with this three-dimensional model filled with coloured liquids representing every twist, turn, climb and dip the Metro’s tunnels make in real life.

Japan
(art • cool • design • Tokyo Metro • transport • video)

Woman falls onto Subway line, mistaken for hand luggage by station employee

Andrew Miller
Jun 12, 2013

On June 10, Japanese underground railway network Tokyo Metro made an official statement about an incident in which a woman, who fell onto the Hibiya subway line at Roppongi station, was mistaken for hand luggage by the employee on duty at the time. Not realizing the full seriousness of the matter, the station employee then gave the go ahead for the train, which was stationary at the platform at the time, to continue forward on to its next destination.

Japan
(news • Tokyo Metro)

Put the Tokyo Subway in Your Mouth!

Jessica
Mar 29, 2012

Among both train nerds and the general public, the bright red 300-series cars that originally ran on the Marunouchi subway line in Tokyo are much beloved. This year, that line celebrates the 50th anniversary of the completion of its full length, and someone has fittingly made it a cake. Literally.

The cakes, called Marunouchi Line 300-Series 3D Cake, are being sold for a limited time at the price of 7980 yen (about $97).
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