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Hello Kitty Shinkansen bullet train to debut in Japan this summer
- Oona McGee
Mar 15, 2018 - Tweet
The world-famous Sanrio character wants to welcome you onboard her very own high-speed train.
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Enjoy hanami cherry blossom viewing on the Ginza Line Sakura Train in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 8, 2018
The special train will only be in operation for a limited time.
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- (Asahi • beer • cherry blossoms • cool • Japanese beer • Japanese trains • sakura • trains)
Tokyo train adding family-only cars to evening commuter express in March
- Casey Baseel
Feb 23, 2018
Test program reserves space for parents traveling with kids, would possibly mean fewer crying babies on adult-accessible carriages.
Japanese train station stirs up nostalgia with beautiful rural setting and one-carriage train
- Oona McGee
Feb 23, 2018
A stop-off here is like a scene from an anime movie.
- Japan
- (countryside • Japan Rail • Japanese train stations • JR • nature • Okayama • train stations • trains • transport)
Japanese senior stabs younger man multiple times after seeing him sit in train’s priority seat
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2018
Seats are generally reserved for elderly and disabled passengers.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • crime • Osaka • priority seats • scary • subways • trains • transportation)
Japan’s latest luxury train is a stylish cafe on rails with hundred-year-old craftsmanship
- Casey Baseel
Jan 30, 2018
Locally-sourced ingredients served in dining area decorated with woven bamboo, stonework made with samurai-era techniques.
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Social media users boast of plans to grope schoolgirls on day of Japan’s most important test
- Casey Baseel
Jan 27, 2018
While Japanese teens are on the train headed to the once-a-year Center Test, some predators see a rare opportunity.
Tokyo Metro to begin playing classical background music on Hibiya Line trains
- Oona McGee
Jan 26, 2018
This is the first Japanese railway company to broadcast music on their trains.
- Japan
- (classical music • Hibiya Line • Japanese trains • music • Tokyo Metro • trains)
Tokyo’s new Keio Liner train debuts next month with special features and reserved seating
- Oona McGee
Jan 25, 2018
New service guarantees you a seat on the ride home during peak rush hour periods.
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- (hachioji • Japanese trains • Keio • public transport • tourism • trains • travel)
Possibly Japan’s most convenient apartment building, thanks to train station on its first floor
- Casey Baseel
Jan 24, 2018
In Japan, it’s all about finding an apartment that’s close to the station, and they don’t get any closer than this one outside downtown Tokyo.
Tokyo snowfall, the heaviest in four years, causes chaos in the capital 【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Jan 23, 2018
The unusual weather conditions caused major disruptions around the metropolis.
- Japan
- (Japanese trains • public transport • Rainbow Bridge • snow • Tokyo • Tokyo snow • trains • transport • winter)
Woman delivers baby on passenger train just outside of Tokyo
- Meg Murphy
Jan 22, 2018
In the time it took the train to go from one station to the next, a new life had joined the world!
- Japan
- (babies • baby born on train • birth stories • East Japan Railway Company • strange news • trains)
Hilarious Japanese train-racing racing game at AGDQ has speedrunning fans in stitches【Video】
- Scott Wilson
Jan 13, 2018
The speedrunners train-ed hard, let’s hope they don’t run out of steam and go off the rails.
Here’s your chance to ride Japan’s maglev Shinkansen in spring, nine years before service starts
- Casey Baseel
Dec 27, 2017
Japan Railways is taking applications to experience the future of Japanese rail travel nearly a decade ahead of time.
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- (bullet trains • Japan Railways • JR • maglev • shinkansen • technology • trains • travel)
The five best bento boxed lunches sold at train stations in east Japan
- Casey Baseel
Dec 19, 2017
Short on time to pick which bento to buy before your train leaves? Let us help you choose.
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- (bento • boxed lunches • Ekiben • food • JR • JR East • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)
Tokyo train station’s free luggage storage terminals will keep your stuff safe as you take a dump
- Casey Baseel
Dec 19, 2017
System is quick and easy to use, requires no payment or registration.
- Japan
- (cool.Odakyu • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • suitcases • technology • trains • travel)
Bullet train makes departure, mistakenly leaves 200 passengers behind on platform
- Meg Murphy
Dec 18, 2017
Japan may have one of the most efficient rail systems in the world, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely free from mishap.
- Japan
- (bullet trains • shinkansen • trains • travel)
Japanese train stuck between stations following accident gets temporary in-carriage bathroom tent
- Casey Baseel
Dec 15, 2017
Because even if the train wasn’t moving, some passengers had to go.
- Japan
- (bathrooms • jinshin jiko • Toilets • trains)
Hypnotic moving map of Tokyo’s crazy rush hour trains almost makes them relaxing【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2017
There’s definitely a beauty to the controlled chaos of the morning commute in Japan’s capital.
Chinese guy discovers way to get a seat on a busy train – fake seizures【Video】
- Richard Simmonds
Dec 7, 2017
YouTube video shows man in China faking a fit just to get somewhere to sit, but at what cost?
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