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Navigate your way through Japan’s busiest train stations with Google Street View
Come with us as we take you through some of the interesting things you can discover inside one of the country’s most historic stations and the busiest train station in the world. Whether it’s smiling...
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Believe it or not, this isn’t a train – It’s a crazy Japanese rail fan’s...
Usually, when someone says they have a train room in their home, it’s filled with models, but this guy decided to rebuild an actual train carriage inside his house! Japanese Twitter user...
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Commotion at Akihabara Station as bomb squad called in to remove suspicious...
Dramatic scenes were captured on film today as specialist teams and truckloads of equipment were sent to the busy station in Tokyo. At 11:00 a.m. this morning, a busy station entrance at JR Akihabara...
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Shitty Shibuya – Dozens of human turds discovered on Tokyo train platform
Shibuya may not be the cleanest neighborhood in Tokyo, but even for this part of town, this is shocking. Last Sunday, my wife and I went out for dinner in Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s most popular...
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Three reasons you should go to Kyoto right now
There’s never a bad time to visit Japan’s former capital, but May is an especially good time. Kyoto is one of the most popular travel destinations in Japan, and with good reason, The former capital of...
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Japan’s new Pikachu train ready to take Poké-passengers on a trip they won’t...
Adorably awesome Pokémon train is part of disaster relief project for tsunami-damaged region. In Japan, taking the train often means being squeezed in with other commuters heading to or from the...
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Mysterious yellow liquid sent to Nagoya officials with message to “end...
Smelly attempt at terrorism only seems to have galvanized the need for women-exclusive sections on trains. On 26 May, all five groups of the Nagoya City Council received a package from an anonymous...
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Awesome videos show Final Fantasy theme music sending trains on the their way...
Makes train ride feel like an adventure, passengers feel like victorious heroes. Every August, the town of Yokohama, 20 minutes south of Tokyo, is overrun by Pokémon as part of the Pikachu Outbreak...
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Anime-style art encourages young women to report Japanese train gropers in...
Posters encourage women to “be high-rank girls by immediately reporting gropers.” While Japan’s public transportation network is famously clean and punctual, there’s also an infamous aspect to Japanese...
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A heartwarming tale of mistaken Japanese train groping
Unsolicited touching on a train involves cars, disarmingly innocent desire. Most of the victims of chikan, as the people who grope train passengers in Japan are called, are women. However, on occasion...
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What should Tokyo’s newest rail station be called? Poll asks high school...
It’s for trains, but “Space Station” did surprisingly well in the survey. Out of the many rail lines in Tokyo, the single most useful, by far, is the Yamanote Line. Circling the downtown area, the...
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Majority of Japanese women in poll support idea of men-only train cars
Concept receives stronger support from female commuters in the Tokyo area than males, with those in favor giving two primary reasons. Japanese trains are internationally famous for three things: being...
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Japan Railways wants to build a team of robots to help travelers, catch...
JR East sets up new company to help make its robot-filled vision of the future a reality. On July 5 East Japan Railways announced the formation of JRE Robotics Station. While that may sound like a...
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Japanese train-themed karaoke lets you belt out announcements without being a...
Here’s a chance to fulfill your dreams of becoming a Japanese train driver. Japan is always breaking new ground with karaoke, from one-person booths to a karaoke Ferris wheel. Just when you think they...
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Spate of violence targets people walking while looking at their phones in...
Japanese train stations get the self-proclaimed “vigilante” heroes they neither need, nor want. While most SoraNews24 readers will obviously be getting their daily fix of the weird and wonderful from...
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River of salarymen appears on totally normal, completely crazy day in Tokyo...
Oddly beautiful to watch, yet hellish to be in. Sitting at the southeast corner of downtown Tokyo, the Shinagawa neighborhood gets its name from shina, meaning “merchandise,” and kawa, or “river.” The...
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Japan’s first cat cafe train announced, receives overwhelming response from...
Could this be the future of rail travel? When cat cafes started showing up in Japan, no one was really sure how long they’d last. Sure, the idea of sipping on drinks and munching on light fare while...
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Shinkansen travel tip: A clever way to keep your suitcase from rolling around...
Quick and clever maneuver eliminates one of the few hassles about high-speed rail travel in Japan. Japan has an extremely efficient public transportation system, with the Shinkansen high-speed rail...
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Tokyo Metro’s official mascot stirs up debate with eye-catching appearance
The city’s subway operator can’t decide whether their mascot should look like a muppet or a sexy service manager. Once you’ve been in Japan for a while, it doesn’t take long to realise that anything...
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Petition gathers support for men-only train carriages in Japan
Man (and woman) is born free and everywhere is in trains. To continue the French Enlightenment motif: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Two of these look to be served with the news in Japan that...
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