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Japanese train operator scraps plan to identify past offenders with facial recognition camera

• Shannon
  Sep 25, 2021
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JR East representatives say change of plans is due to “lack of societal consent”.

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• (crime • facial recognition • Japan Railway • JR East • safety • society • stations • surveillance • trains • travel)

There’s a secret free souvenir hiding inside this Japanese train station

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2021

A limited-time memento that pays homage to a local folklore legend.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • folklore • goshuin • heartwarming • Japanese folklore • Japanese train stations • Kanagawa • SNJO • souvenirs • tradition • train stations • trains • unusual • Urashima Taro)

Tokyo farewells Japan’s only double-decker Shinkansen with a special escalator at the station

• Oona McGee
  Sep 13, 2021

An escalator ride like no other. 

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• Japan
• (bullet trains • COK • cool • escalators • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Joetsu Shinkansen • shinkansen • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • train stations • trains • unusual)

It’s about dam time! Japan’s Kurobe Dam to open to public in 2024, public to decide route’s name

• Katie Pask
  Sep 11, 2021

Considered one of the greatest feats in the history of construction in Japan, Kurobe Dam plans to open its floodgates to visitors.

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• Japan
• (dams • Kurobe Alpine Route • Kurobe Dam • Toyama • trains • travel)

Train etiquette poster features legendary Japanese folklore hero in an unusual plot twist

• Katie Pask
  Aug 31, 2021

As the old saying goes, yesterday’s enemy may be today’s friend.

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• Japan
• (etiquette • funny • manners • Momotaro • ogre • Peach Boy • poster • train etiquette • train manners • trains • travel • twitter)

There’s a shrine and strange scene waiting for you at the top of this Japanese train station

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2021

Before you hop on the train out of Fukuoka’s Hakata Station, visit the kids of good fortune in their shrine in the sky.

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• Japan
• (art • cool • Fukuoka • hakata station • Sento-kun • shrines • SNJO • stations • trains • travel • weird)

The blood-soaked meaning behind the mysterious marks on the floor at Tokyo Station【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2021

Almost nobody notices them, but they’re reminders of a violent era in Japan’s past.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • history • SNJO • stations • Tokyo Station • trains)

Furious train otaku in Japan confront foreign bicyclist after he gets in the way of their cameras

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 7, 2021

Encounter leaves rail fans shouting into the night in seaside town.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • Enoden • rail fans • tetsu ota • train otaku • trains)

Breaking: Passengers stabbed on Japanese train in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 6, 2021

Perpetrator on the loose, emergency services currently on the scene.

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• (accident • Japanese trains • news • Odakyu Line • police • stabbing • train stations • trains)

We visit Kyushu’s oldest wooden train station building, get hit with a nostalgia overload

• Katie Pask
  Aug 5, 2021

Take a trip back to 1895 with this quaint slice of Japanese history!

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• Japan
• (cool • Fukuoka • retro • train • train stations • trains • travel • wooden stations • yusubaru)

Tokyo train stations get new Olympic melodies and signage for the Games

• Oona McGee
  Jul 30, 2021

We check out the Tokyo 2020 official beat music being played at four special locations.

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• Japan
• (2020 Tokyo Olympics • characters • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Mascots • music • Olympics • Tokyo Olympics • train jingles • train stations • trains • videos)

Can you spot the hidden cats at this Tokyo train station?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 29, 2021

Only commuters with a sharp eye will be able to spot them all.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • characters • cute • cute cat • design • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Mascots • Nippori • train stations • trains • Yanaka Ginza)

What to do if your phone battery dies when using a mobile transit pass on a Japanese train

• Oona McGee
  Jul 14, 2021

Avoid getting stuck inside the train station forever with these handy solutions.

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• Japan
• (COK • iPhone • Japanese trains • Mobile Suica • Pasmo • phones • SNJO • stations • Subway • Suica • tickets • Tokyo • train stations • train tickets • trains • travel)

A visit to Japan’s train station that looks like a spaceport in the middle of nowhere【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Jul 9, 2021

Unusual station’s unique name also makes it a destination for those seeking good luck, but things might feel different in the near future.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • SNJO • stations • train stations • trains • travel • weird)

Tokyo starts massive renovation project for entrances to the world’s busiest train station

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 9, 2021

And don’t worry, the coronavirus travel ban will definitely be over in time for you to see it as soon as it’s done.

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• Japan
• (shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • stations • Tokyo • trains • travel)

Instant karma? Accused voyeur falls off bridge at Shibuya Staion, breaks several bones【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2021

Two accused perverts make a break for it by running along Tokyo train tracks on the same day.

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• Japan
• (chikan • crazy • crime • gropers • Shibuya Station • stations • trains • video)

We snag sleek T-shirts celebrating JR Higashi-Nakano Station’s 115th year in operation

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 15, 2021

Mr. Sato is never one to pass up a good T-shirt–especially one that salutes his home train line!

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• Japan
• (Chuo-Sobu Line • COK • fashion • Higashi-Nakano Station • JR East • Mr. Sato • Nakano • SNJO • t-shirts • Tokyo • trains)

Japan’s shortest train line may also be its creepiest, looks like something out of a horror film

• Katie Pask
  Jun 13, 2021

Need a place to shoot a budget apocalypse movie?

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• Japan
• (creepy • higashi-narita • Narita • Narita International Airport • Shibayama • SNJO • Tokyo • trains • travel • weird)

Stationmaster cat dies in Japan after being hit by car

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2021

Locals heartbroken after sudden death of Kyushu’s Stationmaster Nya.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • Kyushu • stations • trains)

Searching for Totoro at Totoro Station in Totoro, Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 11, 2021

Join us for a journey to the countryside to find the forest giant from Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Japan Rail • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • JR Kyushu • Kyushu • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • train stations • trains • travel)

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