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The Vending Train: World’s only vending machine made from a retired Japanese train【Video】
- Oona McGee
Mar 4, 2019 - Tweet
Complete with hilariously modified rail announcements.
We take a trip to the adorable Doraemon station and soak up the adorable kitty robot anime decor
- Katy Kelly
Mar 2, 2019
Noborito Station on the Odakyu Line got a Fujiko F. Fujio facelift! We take a trip through the Anywhere Door to check it out.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cute • Doraemon • Fujiko F. Fujio • manga • Noborito • SNOJ • stations • trains • travel)
Kyoto train station thanks commuters for saving life of passenger who fell on the train tracks
- Dale Roll
Mar 1, 2019
Japanese commuters stepped up to help when a fellow passenger faced considerable danger.
Japanese train announcement fail makes Tokyo commuters laugh out loud【Video】
- Oona McGee
Feb 26, 2019
Broken onboard announcement goes viral online.
- Japan
- (East Japan Railway • funny • ghost train • Japan Rail • Japanese trains • LOL • train announcements • trains • videos)
You can go surprisingly far on a single train leaving from Tokyo Station
- Master Blaster
Feb 20, 2019
If you don’t like changing trains, Tokyo Station is probably your best bet for a starting point.
- Japan
- (direct trip • Nagoya • Osaka • prefectures • shinjuku • shinkansen • Takasaki • Tokyo Station • trains • transfer • travel)
Beautiful Japanese sightseeing train will be unforgettable way to travel country’s north island
- Casey Baseel
Feb 17, 2019
The Royal Express is coming to Hokkaido, but if you can’t wait, it’s already running in the Tokyo area.
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • coo • Hokkaido • luxury trains • sightseeing trains • Tokyu • trains • travel • Yokohama)
Photo of manspreading on Japanese train stirs up heated debate and interesting solutions
- Oona McGee
Jan 25, 2019
Some of these ideas might actually work if they were put into action.
- Japan
- (Japanese trains • manspreading • trains • transport • twitter)
JR West teams up with Hello Kitty to clad its Kansai Special Rapid train in kawaii decals
- Katy Kelly
Jan 24, 2019
Ride from Kansai Airport to Kyoto in a colorful Kitty train cabin!
- Japan
- (cute • Haruka • Hello Kitty • Japan Rail • Kansai International Airport • Kawaii • trains)
Tokyo subway bribes people with free noodles to get them to take earlier, non-rush hour trains
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2019
Reward tiers promise better toppings if more people take the off-peak trains.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crowded • food • free • funny • Noodles • rush hour • soba • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro • trains • weird)
Japanese subway conductor sues city for legal right for his beard to exist, monetary compensation
- Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2019
Verdict handed down in multi-year fight between facial hair and Municipal Transportation Bureau.
Man with death wish and/or nerves of steel waits for passing train INSIDE crossing gates
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2019
Frightening video shows eerily calm able-bodied bicyclist.
Japan goes from capsule hotels to capsule offices with free Wi-Fi, device charging in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Jan 9, 2019
Three of Tokyo’s most useful stations offer individual-size offices free of charge.
- Japan
- (capsule hotels • COK • cool • free • Shinagawa Station • Shinjuku Station • SNOJ • technology • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • trains • travel • weird)
Shinkansen breaks down, causes all-day commuter chaos at Tokyo Station
- Oona McGee
Dec 31, 2018
Thousands stranded for hours during Japan’s peak holiday travel period.
- Japan
- (bullet trains • crowded • East Japan Railway • Japanese trains • JR East • news • shinkansen • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)
New Welcome to Kanto Pasmo IC Card is the most kawaii way to ride trains on a trip to Japan
- Oona McGee
Dec 21, 2018
Only a limited quantity of these cute Mt Fuji sakura cards will be available.
- Japan
- (cute • Japanese trains • Kanto • Kawaii • Mt. Fuji • Pasmo • public transport • sakura • tourism • tourists • trains • transport • travel)
Crabs take over electric signboard at Japanese train station
- Oona McGee
Dec 19, 2018
The mystery of the train-riding crabs sparks interest around the country.
- Japan
- (crabs • cute • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Kawaii • train stations • trains)
And now, the story of a smelly fart on a crowded Japanese commuter train
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2018
Poor triangulation skills lead to a heated argument with a surprising solution to the mystery.
Commuter chaos at Shibuya Station after glass window breaks on door of crowded Japanese train
- Oona McGee
Dec 12, 2018
Crowds came to a standstill at rush hour as staff inspected the damage.
- Japan
- (accidents • crowds • Denentoshi • Japanese subway • Japanese trains • news • rush hour • Shibuya • Tokyo Metro • Tokyu Corporation • trains)
The all-new Kyotrain, maybe Japan’s most Japanese train ever, will take you to Kyoto this spring
- Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2018
Beautiful, quick, and inexpensive, there’s no cooler way to get to Kyoto than this.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • Hankyu Railway • Kyoto • luxury trains • Osaka • trains • travel)
Downtown Tokyo set to open its most important train station in 50 years, and now it has a name
- Casey Baseel
Dec 5, 2018
Did the planners take our readers’ suggestion for the new Yamanote Line stop?
- Japan
- (COK • stations • Takanawa Gateway Station • Tokyo • trains • Yamanote line)
Autonomous AI security robot spotted patrolling Tokyo train station【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2018
Self-controlled robo guard scans for dangerous individuals and suspicious packages, would probably look adorable with a police officer’s uniform.
- Japan
- (AI • awesome • COK • cool • crime • robots • Seibu Railway • shinjuku • SNOJ • technology • trains)
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- Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
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Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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