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Japanese train conductor flips off rail fan photographer, prompts apology from JR

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 26, 2021
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Conductor flips the bird on snowy night in Tokyo.

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• (COK • crazy • customer service • flip off • Japan Railways • JR • trains • transportation • weird)

Japan’s Moonlight Nagara train service ends, leaving a hole in overnight rail travel

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2021

A sad day for travellers, especially Seishun 18 ticket holders.

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• (COK • East Japan Railway • Japan Railway • Japanese trains • JR Central • JR East • Moonlight Nagara • Seishun 18 • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)

Tokyo airport’s new train line to make getting into, out of the city easier for JR pass holders

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 22, 2021

East Japan Railway wants to cut travel time to Tokyo Station in half.

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• (airports • COK • East Japan Railway • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Japan Railway • JR • JR East • JR rail pass • Rail Pass • shinkansen • Tokyo • Tokyo Staation • trains)

Welcome to Inami Station, where these adorable frogs keep you company as you wait for your train

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 7, 2021

Once again, the reason for cute and quirky stuff in Japan is a pun.

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• (art • cool • cute • frogs • stations • trains • travel • Wakayama • weird)

All aboard the “Merry Christmask” train in Mie Prefecture

• Master Blaster
  Dec 17, 2020

Look up “bittersweet” in the dictionary and you might just see the Merry Christmask train.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas Train • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • Mie • Sangi Railway • Santa Train • trains)

Mask vending machines pop up at train stations around Taiwan to help commuters avoid fines

• Oona McGee
  Dec 11, 2020

Because you’ll be slapped with a hefty fine for not wearing a mask on the subway.

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• Taiwan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • masks • news • SNJO • Taiwan • train stations • trains)

Train otaku say this is the narrowest train station platform in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 2, 2020

Where commuters have less than 40 centimetres (16 inches) of foot-space between safety lines.

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• (COK • cool • Hankyu • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Osaka • SNJO • stations • train stations • trains • travel • unusual • weird)

The strange seasonal surprise hanging from the ceiling of this station in rural Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2020

Nakanojo welcomes you to Gunma with a beautiful local tradition you won’t find at any other station in Japan.

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• (autumn • beautiful • cool • culture • Gunma • hoshigaki • persimmons • stations • trains • travel • weird)

Drinking wine made from the only train station platform vineyard in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2020

This Shiojiri Station Merlot has a terroir as unique as its taste. 

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• Japan
• (farming • grapes • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Japanese wine • Merlot • Nagano • red wine • Shinshu • Shiojiri • SNO • tourism • train stations • trains • vineyard • wine)

JR West comes up with brilliant plan to save turtles and prevent train delays, touches netizens

• Dale Roll
  Nov 18, 2020

Good for the humans, and good for the turtles, too!

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• (animals • Japan Railways • JR • JR West • moving • public transportation • touching • trains • turtles)

Studio Ghibli’s Totoro and the Catbus forever preserved together in new statue 【Pics & Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 6, 2020

Monument unveiled by children yelling “Totoro!” plays out like a scene from a Ghibli anime film. 

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• (anime • Catbus • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • statue • Tokorozawa • Totoro • train stations • trains • travel)

Tokyo train passengers team up to take down thief who stole sleeping man’s wallet【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 4, 2020

Quick thinking leads to swift justice on the last train of the night.

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• (awseome • crazy • crime • pickpocket • theft • thief • Tokyo • trains • video)

My Neighbour Totoro train jingles now playing at Tokorozawa Station【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 4, 2020

Have a listen to the five new Ghibli departure melodies delighting passengers in Japan right now.

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• (Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • music • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Tokorozawa • Totoro • train jingles • train stations • trains • travel)

Japan’s “new normal” train manners poster: 7 steps for safe travel during the pandemic

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2020

Beloved character Doraemon fronts new manners campaign for trains in and around the Kyoto region.

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• (ads • anime • art • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Doraemon • JR West • manga • posters • stations • trains • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

Japanese theatres welcome Thomas the Tank Engine’s newest train, a Japanese shinkansen, in 2021

• Katy Kelly
  Oct 21, 2020

Spring 2021 heralds the Japanese theatrical release of a Thomas movie starring a Japanese bullet train!

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• (bullet train • shinkansen • theatrical release • Thomas and Friends • Thomas the Tank Engine • trains • video)

Student gets locked inside Japanese station after the last train

• Oona McGee
  Oct 21, 2020

Trapped student sends out an SOS on Twitter when staff close the shutters on him during a toilet emergency.

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• (Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Kumamoto • news • train stations • trains)

Faster! Japan’s Shinkansen to get speed boost along Tohoku route

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2020

Good news if you want to get there even faster than a speeding bullet train can right now.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • East Japan Railways • Japan Railways • JR East • shinkansen • Tohoku • Tohoku Shinkansen • trains • travel)

Mysterious Spirit Boat Procession in Nagasaki and the sandbox tram that follows it【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 8, 2020

A night when mystery hangs thick in the air. 

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• (beautiful • bon • culture • festivals • Japanese festivals • Matsuri • Nagasaki • tourism • trains • trams • travel)

New Japan Rail Pass for non-Japanese passport holders coming soon

• Oona McGee
  Oct 7, 2020

Limited-time pass offers huge discounts on train travel in and around Tokyo.

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• (COK • deals • discounts • East Japan Railway • foreigners in Japan • Japan Railways • JR • JR East • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)

Tokyo train stations to host Super Mario box/character art displays to celebrate 35th anniversary

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2020

Nintendo’s flagship franchise reaches a milestone.

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• Japan
• (art • cool • Japan Railways • JR • nintendo • Shinjuku Station • stations • Super Mario • Tokyo Station • trains • video games)

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