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The Japanese train station famous for mysterious dancing cats

Oona McGee
Jun 3, 2021
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Magical legend lives on at Odoriba Station.

Japan
(animals • bakeneko • cats • culture • history • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • legend • train stations • trains • yokai)

We take a ride on Seibu Railway’s futuristic luxury liner: the Limited Express Laview

Dale Roll
May 27, 2021

The recently added train feels like a blast into both the future and the past!

Japan
(comfortable • commuting • express train • futuristic • Laview • Limited Express Laview • Seibu Ikebukuro Line • Seibu railways • trains)

Strangers on a train – Random middle-aged guy gives Japanese high schooler great life advice

Casey Baseel
May 26, 2021

Tough-looking stranger has something to say about schoolboy’s studies.

Japan
(COK • education • high school students • kids • math • moving • teens • touching • trains • youth)

The Japanese train station with torii gates on its tracks

Oona McGee
May 24, 2021

Spirit yourself away to another world at this off-the-beaten track destination.

Japan
(Japanese train stations • Nagatoshi • off the beaten track • torii • tourism • tourist sites • train stations • trains • travel • weird • Yamaguchi • Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Shinkansen driver disciplined for taking poop break while train was going 150 kilometers an hour

Casey Baseel
May 22, 2021

Usually, when you gotta go, you gotta go, but maybe you can’t when you’re supposed to be driving the bullet train.

Japan
(bathroom • bullet train • crazy • Japan Railways • JR • shinkansen • trains)

This sandwich bento with 120-year history from Kamakura is a masterful example of how less is more

Dale Roll
May 21, 2021

Don’t be fooled by its simplicity, because that’s what makes it shine!

Japan
(bento • COK • Ekiben • ham • history • Kamakura • Kamakura Ham • Ofuna • sandwiches • Shinagawa Station • SNJO • trains)

Shinjuku Bento surprises us with historic ingredient from the samurai era

Oona McGee
May 19, 2021

Unusual ekiben takes us back in time with a hot ingredient.

Japan
(bento • boxed lunches • COK • cool • Edo • Ekiben • food • shinjuku • SNJO • station bento • stations • taste test • trains)

Giant cats taking naps on train tracks — only in Japan

Katie Pask
May 13, 2021

Leaked screenshots from the latest Godzilla movie? Nope, just a restaurant in Osaka!

Japan
(cats • cute • cute. cats • funny • kittens • Osaka • Restaurant • restaurants • technology • trains • twitter • udon)

Tokyo’s anti-crowding coronavirus countermeasures backfire, make trains needlessly dangerous

Casey Baseel
May 6, 2021

Ridiculous problem could have been avoided simply by looking at a calendar.

Japan
(COK • commuting • coroanvirus • crazy • Golden Week • JR • state of emergency • Tokyo • trains • Yamanote line)

What it’s like to buy a canned railway stone in Japan

Oona McGee
Apr 26, 2021

A can full of playfulness and surprises.

Japan
(canned products • cans • Chiba • COK • funny • Japanese trains • SNJO • souvenirs • stones • train stations • trains • weird)

Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains to remove all onboard payphones

Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2021

Before you hop on the Shinkansen, make sure you’ve got your ticket and a charged phone.

Japan
(bullet train • COK • Japan Railways • JR • payphones • phones • shinkansen • Smartphones • trains • travel)

This is the absolute worst train to fall asleep on in Tokyo…or wait, maybe it’s the best?【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Mar 2, 2021

Oversleep and miss your stop on this train and you’ll be stranded in the middle of nowhere, which might just be the start of a beautiful adventure.

Japan
(COK • cool • crazy • Kawaguchiko • Lake Kawaguchi • Mt. Fuji • sleep • sleeping on trains • SNJO • Tokyo • trains • travel)

Shinkansen ice cream sales suspended on board bullet train, sell out online

Oona McGee
Mar 2, 2021

These Shinkansen-exclusive ice creams are so famous they even have their own hashtag.

Japan
(bullet train • food • ice cream • Japanese trains • matcha • shinkansen • sweets • trains)

Sakura surprise! The coolest thing about this cherry blossom photo actually isn’t the flowers

Casey Baseel
Feb 26, 2021

Yes, the kawazu sakura are beautiful, but that’s not all there is to see here.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • cool • flowers • Kanagawa • Kawazu Sakura • Miura • moving • sakura • touching • trains)

Japan’s “unexplored station” hasn’t had train stop there in four years, is about to close forever

Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2021

The long goodbye has been a long time coming for Fukushima’s Akaiwa Station.

Japan
(Fukushima • Japan Railways • stations • trains)

Strong earthquake hits Japan as anniversary of Fukushima disaster approaches【Photos, Videos】

SoraNews24
Feb 15, 2021

Footage shows the strength of the tremor as it hit and the aftermath it left behind.

Japan
(2011 Tohoku Earthquake • earthquake • earthquakes • Great East Japan Earthquake • news • photos • trains • twitter • videos)

Japanese train driver falls asleep while operating train

Oona McGee
Feb 10, 2021

Approximately 700 passengers were on board at the time of the incident.

Japan
(Ikebukuro Station • news • Seibu Ikebukuro Line • Seibu Railway • Tokyo • train driver • trains • transport)

Mt Fuji railway project receives approval from Yamanashi officials

Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2021

A railway up the mountain aims to eliminate vehicles on the road to the fifth station but the round-trip fare for passengers won’t be cheap.

Japan
(COK • environment • Fuji • light rail • Mount fuji • Mt. Fuji • nature • news • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • trains • transport • travel • UNESCO • World Heritage site • Yamanashi Prefecture)

Japanese subway ad about depressed teens should probably be in a different place

Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2021

Cram school’s message would be ordinarily be inspiring, but takes on an inadvertently dark, potentially dangerous atmosphere.

Japan
(ads • cram schools • entrance exams • mental health • stations • subways • trains • youth)

All aboard Japan’s new Super Mario Nintendo World train!【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2021

A very special train to carry fans to Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World.

Japan
(awesome • cool • nintendo • Osaka • Super Mario • trains • travel • Universal Studios Japan • video games)

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