On Monday, I reported that celebrity cat Station Master was being promoted to an executive for the railway company. Well here’s the youtub....
8 Jan 6:40 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Around the first of the year the train lines are not so crowded, so I decided to visit my local station to snap up a photo or two.   ....
7 Jan 11:14 am  from  The Soul of Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Its been two years since popular feline Tama got appointed as station master of Kishi Station on the Kishikawa Line. After working hard for ....
4 Jan 10:52 pm  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Narita Sky Access photo from wikipedia Keisei Railway have announced the new name for their train running between Tokyo and Narita Airport. ....
16 Dec 8:35 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 

One additional year of study. Three months of intense revision. Countless early starts. Frantic days of worry. A miasma of guilty feelings.....
13 Dec 12:45 am  from  Caught Redhanded   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Its been quite some time since we heard any news about the highly popular Wakayama station master Tama the cat. Tama will be wearing its sp....
9 Dec 4:40 pm  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Japanese police never fail to amuse me week after week. Apolice officer who was patrolling Kirishima Limited Express on the JR Nippou line o....
7 Dec 10:08 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Christmas comes early as I get my camera returned safe and sound. Many of you following me on Twitter saw that I forgot my camera bag on the....
5 Dec 10:57 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 

My artist and product design friend Pierre Alex, whom I blogged about earlier, created this funny “anti-design” video about Tokyo’s mo....
3 Dec 9:12 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Travelling around in Japan can be expensive, and if you want to travel any distance, you would ordinarily need to throw down some serious ca....
1 Dec 6:57 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

I visited Odakyu’s Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae in Setagaya and was prepared to be charmed by a community vegetable farm bui....
22 Nov 10:54 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 

New Macross Frontier movie due out on 21 Nov, 2009. Getting a preview here on the Yamanote Line Looks like the train advertising is really c....
18 Nov 8:20 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 

The movie for Macross Frontier Itsuwari Utahime [虚空歌姫] is scheduled to open in Japan next Saturday 21 Nov 2009, and here’s some aw....
16 Nov 4:01 pm  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 

all the accessories ready for xmas Spotted this Christmas Bear on the train heading towards Makuhari the other day. I wonder if bears ride f....
13 Nov 10:32 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent]