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End-of-the-line exploring in Japan: Visiting Hashimoto Station

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2023
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A Tokyo subway commute daydream turns into a ride to the end of the line.

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• Japan
• (COK • end of the line • Hashimoto • Keio Sagamihara Line • SNJO • stations • subways • Toei Shinjuku Line • trains • travel)

Ride bikes on an abandoned railway line at this hidden tourist spot in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2023

Old railway tracks get a new lease on life in the mountains.

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• Japan
• (attractions • bicycles • bikes • COK • cool • countryside • fun • Japanese countryside • Japanese scenery • Japanese train stations • Mountains • Mr. Sato • railway • scenic • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • train lines • train stations • trains • travel • Yoshio)

Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train will start offering wider seats, but will charge more for them too

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 7, 2023

50-percent-wider seats are aimed at business travelers on the Tokyo-Osaka route.

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• (bullet train • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • trains • travel)

Famous train station bento boxed lunches, but in a can? Taste-testing canned ekiben【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2023

There’s only one station in Japan where you can find these canned versions of famous boxed lunches.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • canned food • COK • Ekiben • food • kochin • SNJO • stations • Tajima beef • taste test • trains)

Doai Station: The deepest station in Japan is also one of the scariest, like a video game dungeon

• Oona McGee
  Oct 4, 2023

This underground fortress isn’t dubbed “Japan’s No. 1 Mole Station” for nothing.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • countryside • Doai Station • Gunma • Japanese countryside • Japanese train stations • Minakami • Rural Japan • rural life • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • train station • train stations • trains • travel)

Giant 100-meter-long Super Mario mural is coming to Kyoto

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2023

Hometown hero will appear in downtown Kyoto’s Shijo-dori Underpass.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • cool • Kyoto • nintendo • stations • subways • Super Mario • Super Mario Bros. • trains • video games)

Fujisan View Express: A train journey to Mt Fuji so stylish you’ll never want it to end

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2023

There’s one carriage that requires a special fare to ride in, but it’s worth it. 

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• (COK • Fuji • fuji-q • fuji-q highland • Fujisan • Fujisan View Express • Japanese trains • luxury trains • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mt. Fuji • SNJO • tourist sites • trains • travel)

Cute ekiben station bento looks like it’s from Japan but it’s from a different place entirely

• Oona McGee
  Sep 19, 2023

Similar in so many ways, except one which sets them apart.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (bento • boxed lunch • bullet trains • COK • cute • drinks • Ekiben • food • kanahei • lunch box • lunch box foods • shinkansen • SNJO • Taiwan • tourism • trains • travel • Yui Imai)

Stay in a Japanese hotel room…with a train inside it!

• Oona McGee
  Sep 15, 2023

Train, uniform and a glorious view of Mt Fuji make this a very Japanese place to stay.

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• (accommodation • COK • cool • Fuji • fuji-q • fuji-q highland • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Japanese trains • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mt. Fuji • SNJO • themed hotel • trains • travel • weird • wow • Yamanashi Prefecture)

Nozomi Shinkansen bullet train abolishes low-priced unreserved tickets during peak travel seasons

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2023

New policy affects popular Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka route of high-speed rail network.

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• (bullet train • COK • Japan Railway • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • Nozomi Shinkansen • shinkansen • trains • travel)

Japanese pizza chain opens stand at Tokyo station platform

• Oona McGee
  Aug 23, 2023

Never-before-seen branch makes it easier than ever to eat pizza, but is it any good?

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• Japan
• (COK • Japanese pizza • Japanese train stations • Mr. Sato • Ogikubo • pizza • Pizza-la • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo Metro • train platform • train stations • trains • weird)

Japan’s favorite pork cutlet sandwich maker also has awesome katsudon restaurant in Tokyo Station

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2023

Maisen Shokudo will make sure you get on the train with a full and happy stomach.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • katsu • katsudon • Maisen • pork • pork cutlet • restaurants • SNJO • stations • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)

The phantom juice only available from vending machines at JR East train stations

• Oona McGee
  Aug 10, 2023

Only on sale for a limited time, and in a very limited area.

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• Japan
• (acure • COK • cool • drinks • Japanese train stations • Japanese vending machines • JR East • juice • Peach • peaches • SNJO • taste test • train stations • trains • vending machine drinks • vending machines • weird)

Tokaido Shinkansen ending in-train food/drink sales for all non-first-class-passenger cars

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2023

Better plan ahead if you’re planning to eat on the bullet train.

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• Japan
• (bullet trains • Central Japan Railway Company • COK • drinks • food • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)

Fossil of an extinct crab discovered in a pillar at Tokyo Station

• Oona McGee
  Aug 5, 2023

A fascinating link to the city’s ancient past…if you know where to find it.

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• Japan
• (architecture • COK • cool • crabs • design • fossils • history • Japanese train stations • secret Japan • secrets • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • tourist sites • train stations • trains • travel)

Japan’s new Spacia X train is like travelling in a luxury aircraft

• Oona McGee
  Aug 5, 2023

And no, this doesn’t have anything to do with Elon Musk.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • cool • culture • design • Japanese trains • Masanuki Sunakoma • Nikko • SNJO • Tobu • Tobu Railway • Tochigi Prefecture • trains • travel • twitter)

Japan’s new random-destination die-roll train tickets — Amazing bargain for just 36 bucks

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2023

If luck’s on your side, you can save 83 percent off normal train fare, and even if it’s not, you’ll still save at least 34.

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• Japan
• (cool • crazy • deals • Fukuoka • JR • JR West • Kanazawa • Kinosaki Onsen • Kure • Osaka • random • Saikoro Ticket • tourism • trains • travel • West Japan Railway)

Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2023

Suica and Pasmo have become an ubiquitous part of life and travel in Japan, but you can’t get a new card for either.

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• Japan
• (COK • East Japan Railway • JR • JR East • Pasmo • prepaid cards • subways • Suica • tourism • trains • travel)

Tokyo Station’s second-most popular bento is great because of what it isn’t【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2023

Unassuming inarizushi just might be the best bento to grab at Tokyo Station.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • food • inarizushi • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)

Japanese train goes viral for Nara deer decorations

• Oona McGee
  Jul 24, 2023

Rub shoulders with Japan’s sacred deer on this very special mode of transport.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • culture • deer • design • Japanese trains • Kintetsu • Kintetsu Railway • Nara • Nara deer • trains • travel • twitter)

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