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Japanese railway line closes, company keeps trains running for residents
- Oona McGee
Apr 5, 2025 - Tweet
Castle and onsen towns affected as the Apple Orchard Railroad nears the end of the line.
- Japan
- (Aomori • Apple Orchard Railway • COK • Hirosaki • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • SNJO • tourism • train station closure • train stations • trains • travel)
Kanagawa man arrested for pouring instant noodles into train ticket machine
- Master Blaster
Apr 1, 2025
We can only hope he didn’t also put money down his throat.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • crime • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • stations • trains • vandalism • weird)
What are you supposed to do with your backpack on a crowded train in Japan?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 29, 2025
“People wearing their backpacks on their backs” and “people holding their backpacks in front of them” both rank high on list of train riders’ annoyances.
Changes to Japan rail pass make it fall out of favour with travellers
- Oona McGee
Mar 28, 2025
Unlimited ride ticket has lost all the charm that made it so great.
- Japan
- (budget travel • COK • Japan Rail Company • JR • Rail Pass • rail passes • Seishun 18 Kippu • Seishun 18 Ticket • tourism • train travel • trains • travel)
Tokyo trains now have new first-class Green Cars, but are they a sell-out hit?
- Oona McGee
Mar 27, 2025
A new way to enjoy an air of luxury while escaping the rush-hour crowds.
- Japan
- (Chuo Line • COK • East Japan Railway Company • Green Car • Japan Railway Company • Japanese trains • JR • JR East • Ome Line • SNJO • tourism • trains • travel)
Shinkansen bullet trains adding semi-private booths on most popular travel route【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 20, 2025
New class of seats positioned above Green Car in luxury.
- Japan
- (bullet train • Central Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR Central • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)
Case Closed: Detective Conan passenger trains in Tottori are about to get a fresh new look
- Krista Rogers
Mar 12, 2025
There’s only one truth here and it’s that fans will be excited to ride in these stylishly updated train cars!
- Japan
- (anime • Detective Conan • JR West • manga • new • San'in Main Line • themed train • Tottori • Tottori Station • trains • Yonago Station)
First-class section being added to Tokyo commuter trains this month with double-decker Green Cars
- Casey Baseel
Mar 11, 2025
New option adds both comfort and cost to Tokyo commutes.
- Japan
- (Chuo Line • COK • East Japan Railway Company • Green Car • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR East • Ome Line • tourism • trains • travel)
Japan’s train travel soundscape faces sad change as JR East axes special station departure melodies
- Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2025
Operational shift means no more unique station melodies on one Tokyo line, and more could follow.
- Japan
- (East Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR East • music • Nambu Line • tourism • trains • travel)
Japanese celebrity (sort of) apologizes for swapping seats with foreign traveler on Shinkansen
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2025
Promises to hold on to her kindhearted sentiment while fine-tuning how she acts on it.
- Japan
- (COK • etiquette • manners • moving • Satoko Ito • shinkansen • touching • tourism • trains • travel)
Shinkansen Explosion from Netflix may look like Speed rip-off, but its roots go farther back【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2025
New movie from Shin Godzilla director stars former boy band star on bullet train that can’t slow down.
- Internet, Japan
- (bullet train • movies • Netflix • Netflix Japan • Shinju Higuchi • shinkansen • SMAP • speed • trains • Tsuyoshi Kusanagi • video)
New Shinkansen design unveiled, bullet train exterior includes cherry blossom Easter egg
- Casey Baseel
Mar 4, 2025
JR East gives us our first glimpse at the upcoming cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen.
- Japan
- (bullet train • East Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR East • shinkansen • Tohoku Shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)
Japan’s ultra-convenient unregistered prepaid train cards return after nearly two-year absence
- Casey Baseel
Feb 19, 2025
Suica and Pasmo cards that you can buy anywhere without registering personal data will be back in time for the spring travel season.
- Japan
- (COK • East Japan Railway • JR • JR East • Pasmo • prepaid cards • subways • Suica • tourism • trains • travel)
Japanese Railway Lost Property Market: A treasure trove of lost items from trains
- Oona McGee
Jan 22, 2025
We pick up a surprise find at this special market in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (COK • Japanese trains • lost and found • markets • Mr. Sato • shopping • SNJO • trains • travel)
The top 10 annoying foreign tourist behaviors on trains, as chosen by Japanese people【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2024
Survey finds 10 things to avoid as Japan experiences record-breaking, sometimes patience-testing levels of inbound international tourism.
- Japan
- (etiquette • manners • overtourism • stations • subways • tourism • trains • transportation • travel)
Japanese train station vending machine has the best souvenirs for rail otaku
- Oona McGee
Dec 22, 2024
A chance encounter leads to a deeper love for Japanese trains.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Japanese train stations • Japanese vending machines • Kansai • Kintetsu • Kintetsu Railway • Osaka • SNJO • train stations • trains • vending machines)
Station of despair: What to do if you get stuck at the end of Tokyo’s Chuo Rapid Line
- Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2024
More people spend the night in Otsuki than want to spend the night there.
- Japan
- (Chuo Line • COK • Otsuki • Otsuki Station • SNJO • station of despair • tourism • train stations • trains • travel • weird)
Japan’s tap-to-pay Suica train card system aims to go tapless with walk-through gates, location data scans
- Casey Baseel
Dec 12, 2024
JR East wants walk-through gates within the next 10 years.
- Japan
- (COK • East Japan Railway Company • JR • JR East • Suica • tourism • trains • transportation • travel)
This is Japan’s only shrine with a Shinkansen tunnel underneath it
- Casey Baseel
Dec 10, 2024
It’s a distinction Akabane Hachiman Shrine didn’t want, but has come to embrace.
- Japan
- (bullet train • COK • cool • history • shinkansen • shrines • SNJO • tourism • trains • travel)
Drink hot sake at Tokyo train station’s “phantom platform”
- Oona McGee
Dec 9, 2024
A special winter drinking event you won’t want to miss.
- Japan
- (atsukan • COK • cool • events • food • hot sake • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese sake • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • oden • restaurants • Ryogoku • Ryogoku Station • sake • Tokyo • train stations • trains • unique • unusual • winter)
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