Yamanote Line automatic doors
Looks like the advertising is going to get hidden out by the new doors. Wont be long before that advert might have to be attached to the new....
24 Mar 6:45 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Will Miss #143 – making up on trains
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23 Mar 4:15 pm  from  1000 things about Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Won’t Miss #140 – gropers
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16 Mar 4:15 pm  from  1000 things about Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Train coming out of Uguisudani station, Tokyo (Japan)
The station was opened on July 11, 1912. Uguisudani station is noted for its proximity to a large number of love hotels. The name relates....
16 Mar 11:03 am  from  Alexandregervais   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yamanote Line Automatic gates
Looking back at the Yamanote Line train as it approaches the platform and the test gate section. The Yamanote Line is going to have automati....
9 Mar 5:51 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo’s rail network grows like slime mold
This Science magazine article explains us a very interesting new discovery by a team of researchers at Hokkaido University. The researchers ....
9 Mar 2:21 pm  from  Kirainet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
800 hours training to become a train driver
Japanese trains are the most punctual in the world and they are also the most safe. One of the reasons why they are so punctual is that the ....
3 Mar 7:58 am  from  Kirainet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Odakyu line near Shimokitazawa, Tokyo (Japan)
The entire stretch of the line was opened at once on April 1, 1927 by Odakyū Electric Railway. In 1942, Odakyū was forcibly merged by t....
24 Feb 1:02 pm  from  Alexandregervais   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Akita Shinkansen
Sleek lines and cool colors on this Hayate Shinkansen at Tokyo Station. I wonder who gets to choose the paint colors? Ticket gate at Tokyo S....
21 Feb 6:18 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Metro: Do it at Home, Biyatch!
I know, I know… the Tokyo Metro ‘Do... Visit TokyoFilter.com to check out this video.....
12 Feb 7:44 pm  from  Tokyo Filter   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Trams in Japan
My long post the other day on the history of department stores in Kyoto naturally included a lot of discussion on the relationship between ....
10 Feb 6:25 pm  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Sunset
The ferris wheel at Kasai Rinkai Koen makes a nice backdrop for this photo As the sun sets you get a nice shadow cast across the ground and ....
7 Feb 2:54 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan Public Sleeping
Just a typical train ride on the Keiyo Line. How many people can you spot asleep here? Japanese train travelers often find themselves with a....
5 Feb 8:02 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The history of department stores in Kyoto, and Kyoto in the history of the department store
It was announced on January 28th that the downtown Kyoto location of the Hankyu department store will be closing in autumn. Sales at the sto....
4 Feb 4:55 pm  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
JR Suica Ticket Machine
The look of the new machine split into 4 quadrants - tickets, season passes, charging your Suica card and getting a new Suica card. JR are c....
31 Jan 11:24 pm  from  Shibuya246   [Profile]  [Recent] 
What to do with an obsolete airport
The media is reporting that Osaka governor Toru Hashimoto is thinking of demolishing Itami Airport and building an international academic....
25 Jan 10:14 pm  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Part IV: Shinjuku, Kabukicho, and the train home
Janice and I are off to Tokyo again for New Year's Eve. We've spent the last week and a half living in Iwaki enjoying work and Christmas. Th....
31 Dec 9:10 am  from  Bryce words from Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The only rule of commuting that matters – just blend in
Reuters has a list of Japanese commuters’ common pet peeves: 1. Noisy conversation, horsing around 2. Music from headphones 3. The ....
28 Dec 11:21 pm  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mind your train manners
Taking the train in Japan and want to avoid irking fellow passengers? Keep conversation to a whisper, turn down your iPod and put your cell....
28 Dec 7:41 pm  from  Reuters Blog Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Okayama – Tsuyama – Himeji Pt. 2
A Okaden car advertising the 100 year anniversary coming up in 2010.On my whirlwind trip through Okayama - Tsuyama - Himeji I took a break f....
28 Dec 7:27 pm  from  Sleepytako   [Profile]  [Recent] 
“JR East to install surveillance cameras on trains from Dec 28″
Again, from Japan Today, 12/22/09...I know some of these articles seem redundant, but I post them here with the whole text as a sort of repo....
22 Dec 9:00 pm  from  Visual Anthropology of Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Narita Sky Access
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] 
“Security cameras to be installed in commuter trains to prevent groping”
From today's Japan Today:East Japan Railway Co plans to install security cameras in trains on the Saikyo Line linking Tokyo and Saitama Pref....
13 Dec 11:12 pm  from  Visual Anthropology of Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
77 Train Station's Stamp Rally
One of the things one should do when vacationing in Japan is to collect stamps at tourists attractions. The idea is to go to each attraction....
12 Dec 1:01 am  from  Urutoranohihi   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Pokemon Shikansen in Kyushu
The shinkansen, or Bullet Train, is a major part of Japan's transportation infrastructure to say the least. While the Shinkansen has been de....
22 Nov 2:20 pm  from  Sleepytako   [Profile]  [Recent] 
2 minutes in the train
The two girls in the left are chatting, the foreigner in the center talks on the phone (Don’t do it! It is considered bad manners), the ....
19 Nov 12:31 pm  from  Kirainet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
US infrastructure is pathetic
As a simple reminder, look at the plans for the rail line being built to Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport (former Chiang Kai Shek Ai....
18 Nov 12:36 pm  from  Mutant Frog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Enjoyable Time At The Tetsudō Hakubutsukan (Railway Museum)
The Tetsudō Hakubutsukan or the Railway Museum is an interactive museum. There are plenty of exhibits that can teach us about all things ra....
14 Nov 1:07 am  from  Urutoranohihi   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ex-Meitetsu Mino Station
I took the family in the car for a short drive north through Gifu prefecture to Mino, a beautiful city, known as the home of Japanese paper....
21 Sep 12:38 am  from  Longcountdown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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