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Rest in peace, Tama – Japan’s stationmaster cat passes away at 16, company...
It wasn’t long ago that we were wishing a happy birthday to Tama, the adorable feline that was given the title of Ultra Stationmaster by Wakayama Electric Railway. Having just turned 16 in April,...
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Studio Ghibli animators’ West Japan Railway ad has us ready for summer! 【Video】
The hot summer months of July and August are almost upon us, and for families with young children, you know what that means…SUMMER VACATION! That’s right, like in many other parts of the world,...
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Japan’s Top 10 Scenic Train Trips–according to two “densha otaku” train guides
Greg Cope and Ken Mitchell have been riding Japan’s railways for over 30 years. “When I first started to travel around Japan,” recalls Greg, “I was struck by the fact that Japan not only has one of...
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All aboard Japan’s crazy pro wrestling and electronic dance music trains!...
By many criteria, Japan’s trains are just about perfect. They’re clean, safe, reasonably priced, and almost always on time down to the exact minute. It’s hard to find a better way to get from Point A...
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Leiji Matsumoto begins project to build real Galaxy Express 999
It’s been nearly 40 years since the Galaxy Express 999 first departed for the Planet Prometheum and all of the emotional existential adventures in between. It became a manga and anime series that...
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10 train faux-pas in Japan that some men are willing to let slide, from...
Taking the train is by far the most common way to get around urban and suburban Japan. By its very nature, though, using public transportation means being out in public, which in Japan means following...
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Short clip shows us what it’s like to ride the train or subway in Japan in a...
As our winner of the Japan Wish contest is currently living her dream in Japan, we continue to believe that everyone should visit at least once. It’s such an interesting and unique country that people...
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Sakuragicho Station celebrates the coming of 1,000 dancing Pikachus with...
If you love Pikachu, you’ll want to head down to the city of Yokohama this summer because that’s where you’ll get the chance to meet not one, not two, but a thousand Pikachus. And to add to the...
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The Evangelion Shinkansen will let you ride the rails like a cool angel this...
Over the past few years, we’ve seen Japan Railways, Japan’s largest rail operator, embark on a spurt of posh train building, with coaches that feature gold leaf accents, split-level suites, and...
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10 truly terrifying Japanese train stories as told to us by foreigners
We’ve all heard stories about Japanese trains, such as about the white-gloved attendants who push passengers into crowded rush-hour trains in Tokyo, tales of lost property returned, or even the...
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Faster than a speeding bullet! Ride the Tokyo to Kyoto “Nozomi” Shinkansen...
Even if you’re not exactly a trainspotting otaku, chances are you still find the idea of riding a Japanese bullet train seriously appealing. After all, those things get up to some crazy speeds, and...
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10 incredible tales of kindness on Japanese trains, as told by foreigners
We recently regaled you with Truly Terrifying Japanese Train Stories told to us by foreigners, which included everything from runaway trains to perverts and nuns. Today, we’re going to relate to you...
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Ads for JR’s “Seishun 18″ rail pass celebrate the isolated beauty of Japan’s...
It seems so easy to plan an entire Japan vacation around a single tour of the Tokyo metropolitan area. The mega city has just about everything a tourist could possibly want to see, from Akihabara’s...
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Did a Japanese high school student stop 350,000 people from getting home by...
Imagine you’re taking the train home from work at 7 p.m., finally getting to leave after being there for almost twelve hours. You can’t wait to just eat some dinner, relax, and then get some...
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Taiwan pulls ahead of Japan in moe race, plasters subway cars with doe-eyed...
You wouldn’t be alone in thinking that the whole “moe” phenomenon – you know, that chibi, super cute anime girl style of animation and illustration that’s all over Tokyo’s infamous Akihabara district...
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Japan gets a new stationmaster cat as Nitama is officially named successor to...
It was a sad day for cat lovers and train fans alike when Tama, the cute calico that had served as stationmaster of Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture since 2007, recently passed away. Heartbroken...
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Taiwan’s moe train mascot’s new image song somehow reminds Japanese netizens...
The “K.R.T. Girls”, moe mascots fronting the line for Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Rapid Transit (KRT), are no stranger on our humble website. Just recently, we saw them taking over their trains with...
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Tokyo train station and convenience store roll out otaku welcome for Comiket...
Just how big is Comiket, the dojinshi (independently produced comics) event held twice a year in Tokyo? Over the three days of the event, some 35,000 creative groups and roughly 600,000 fans are...
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This 360-degree video of a model train ride is way more fun than it has any...
The arrival of virtual reality could best be described as imminent. With the increasing number of VR headsets coming to market soon and smartphones that are basically VR devices in our pockets, we’re...
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Get your day started right! A brilliant new idea for automated ticket gates
For people who live in big cities in Japan, it’s no surprise that a fair portion of their mornings and evenings are spent commuting to and from work. They slog through the station following the...
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