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Japanese woman finds a depressing way to prevent train gropers from targeting her

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 26, 2019
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Less groping is always good, but the flip side to this countermeasure is what has people upset.

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• (chikan • crime • gropers • school uniforms.COK • schoolgirls • trains • uniforms)

Japan is getting a Disney Mickey Mouse Shinkansen bullet train this spring!

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 25, 2019

All aboard the fastest Disney train ride ever.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • cool • cute • Disney • Japan Railways • JR • Kyushu • Mickey Mouse • shinkansen • trains • travel)

Sakura train ride plays out like a magical scene from a Japanese anime movie

• Oona McGee
  Apr 18, 2019

A secret hanami cherry-blossom viewing experience you won’t read about in travel guides.

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• (cherry blossoms • hanami • Japanese trains • sakura • trains • travel • twitter • videos)

Man jumps out of car and saws off gate at railway crossing in Japan 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2019

The whole thing was captured on video by a bystander.

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• (arrests • Chiba • Japanese trains • news • police • train crossing • trains • videos)

Mom asks mecha anime staff to add scenes of kid going to the bathroom for her son’s sake

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2019

Transforming robot series has plenty of action and excitement, but lack of toilet content is making mom’s life hard these days.

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• (anime • bullet train • cute • funny • kids • parents • Shinkalion • shinkansen • Toilets • trains)

Japanese man arrested for opening door and jumping off bullet train while it was still running

• Dale Roll
  Apr 16, 2019

The man was responsible for causing delays for dozens of trains and thousands of people.

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• (bullet train • crazy • dangerous • Japanese Police • man arrested • shinkansen • trains • wtf)

The time someone pooped next to us on the train during Tokyo rush hour, and we tried to be nice

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 15, 2019

Rush hour is a pretty unpleasant time to be on the train in Japan under any circumstances, but this was a whole new set of problems.

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• (COK • crazy • funny • gross • poo • rush hour • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • trains)

Man stops train from leaving station in Japan, video goes viral online

• Oona McGee
  Apr 12, 2019

Elderly passenger purposely halts train and causes delay, ignoring rail staff who try to control the situation. 

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• (Aichi • elderly • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • metro • Nagoya • news • rogai • seniors • Subway • train stations • trains • transportation • videos)

Tokyo train company makes sweet addition to stations so that birds can keep their nests in them

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2019

Keio cares about feathered life and its customers, and has a way to keep them both happy.

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• Japan
• (animals • birds • COK • Keio • moving • nests • stations • swallows • touching • trains)

Australian arrested at Narita Airport for graffiti on Japanese train in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2019

The suspect claims he’s innocent, despite being in possession of spray cans and bolt cutters.

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• (arrests • graffiti • Japanese trains • news • police • Tokyo • trains)

Shockingly dirty restroom in Tokyo train station has no poo, plenty of mysterious garbage

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 3, 2019

Neatly sorted litter is all from one specific thing.

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• (bathrooms • crazy • dirty • Kichijoji • medicine • restrooms • Tokyo • trains • weird)

How to travel from Tokyo to Hiroshima by train for 500 yen

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2019

This secret Japan travel hack lets you travel huge distances for next to nothing. 
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• (Japanese trains • Seishun 18 • Seishun 18 Ticket • shinkansen • trains • travel • travel hack)

Japanese Twitter community shocked to learn that train timetables are made with Microsoft Excel

• Dale Roll
  Mar 20, 2019

When they could have been made with anything, it is kind of surprising to know they’ve been made with plain ol’ Excel.

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• Japan
• (computer porgrams • funny • Japanese Twitter • Microsoft Excel • Microsoft Office • Software • timetable • trains)

Is overtime work in Tokyo going to get worse thanks to the Olympics’ new last train schedules?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 20, 2019

Tokyo’s last trains are too early for many travelers and partiers, but they’re a God-send for overworked office employees.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • COK • last train • Olympics • overtime • society • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Olympics • trains • travel)

New Japanese train station has no entrance or exit, only used to admire the scenery

• Oona McGee
  Mar 19, 2019

One of the most unusual stations in the whole country is now open and ready for business.

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• (Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • SL • steam locomotive • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • train stations • trains • travel)

Anime star Captain Tsubasa takes over Tokyo train station, turns ticket gate into soccer field

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2019

Beloved anime about the beautiful game inspires awesome station.

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• (anime • awesome • Captain Tsubasa • COK • cool • manga • Oshiage • SNOJ • soccer • sports • stations • Tokyo • trains)

Tokyo party problem: Last train on most important line will soon leave almost 30 minutes earlier

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2019

Keep an eye on the clock unless you want to stay out all night.

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• Japan
• (COK • Japan Railway • JR • last train • Tokyo • trains • Yamanote line)

A friendly reminder from Japan Rail to please refrain from spitting in the face of staff

• Master Blaster
  Mar 7, 2019

Apparently this is a thing that happens enough that JR East decided to print up posters about it.

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• (assault • crime • JR East • poster • rude behavior • spitting • train stations • trains • transportation)

Taste the floor of a Japanese train station with new limited-edition chocolates from Tokyo Metro

• Oona McGee
  Mar 6, 2019

Eat the walls, ceilings, floors and stairs of a dozen different stations!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • chocolates • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • souvenirs • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • trains)

Genius Japanese dad designs T-shirt that tricks your kids into giving you a massage as they play

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2019

Is your child going through a train phase? Then it’s time for you to get aboard the free massage express just by putting on this shirt.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • cute • funny • kids • massage • parents • t-shirts • trains • video)

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