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Japan’s newest hot spring springs forth…from the center of Kobe!
In movies, there’s never anything good hidden in the earth under a structure. It’s all Native American burial grounds, Egyptian mummies, and other assorted other corpses of non-specific ethnicities....
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Japanese security company claims it’s discovered a new kind of train pervert:...
One of the most infamous aspects of Japanese society are chikan, the men who surreptitiously grope women on crowded trains. One Japanese security company, though, has tweeted about what it says is a...
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Now bullet train geeks can ride the rare, top-secret “Doctor Yellow” train
It’s apparently a pretty rare sight, not unlike the majestic (read: ugly as sin) Northern Bald Ibis, the probably made-up Sasquatch, or the sober RocketNews24 writer, but on certain lengths of...
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Crazy crooner crashes Tokyo typhoon report with his passionate ballad and...
Japan has spent just about all week getting drenched by a pair of typhoons that have decided to leisurely make their way across the country’s skies. Thankfully, there hasn’t been any significant...
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Attack on Toilets now going on inside Osaka train station bathrooms
Now that the Attack on Titan exhibit has wrapped up in Kyushu, it’s moved on to its next stop, Osaka. Somewhere along the way, however, the titans and military decided to stage a battle in the middle...
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How honest is Japanese society? So honest this train station is fine with a...
A while back, we talked about how it’s common in Japan for people to place dropped property in a place where it’ll be easy to spot when the owner retraces his steps looking for it. There’s hardly any...
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Tokyo trains to ease cellphone restrictions near priority seats — but not...
If you’ve been on the train in Japan, you’ve likely seen the stickers and signs plastered everywhere around the priority seats asking people to make room for those who need and to turn off cell...
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Thomas the Tank Engine’s video visit to Japan is more Japanese than life in...
Being that he’s a train on an island, you wouldn’t expect Thomas the Tank Engine to do much international traveling. However, thanks to a bit of clever storytelling (and Thomas’ absolute lack of...
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Evangelion Shinkansen service takes off on November 7 with life-sized Eva...
As far as joint collaborations go, the Shinkansen Evangelion Project is set to go down in the annals of history, with Japan Rail West joining up with the hit anime franchise to make our wildest dreams...
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“Miyako”– one of the most beautiful, feels-inducing Japan videos you’ll ever...
If you’ve ever visited Japan, chances are your first stop in the country has been a big, bustling metropolis like Osaka or Tokyo. While the enormous flat screens, heaving intersections and impressive...
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Here’s what happens when the trains shut down in Tokyo during rush hour:...
Compared to some of the cooler or more elegant-sounding parts of Tokyo, like Jiyugaoka (“Freedom Hill”) or Akihabara (“Field of Autumn Leaves”), the Shinagawa neighborhood has a pretty dull name,...
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Japan’s newest Shinkansen is world’s fastest gallery, packed with...
From an engineering standpoint, Japan’s famed Shinkansen is already a work of art. Recently, though, the country’s bullet trains have been putting a renewed effort into their appearance, taking...
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Get ready for the weekend by reading Japanese Twitter users’ funniest train...
For most people in the country, the trains in Japan are relatively pleasant outside of rush hour, though they’re generally not exactly entertaining. Which is probably a good thing, because an...
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Why deer are drawn to train tracks, and how Japan is solving the problem with...
Recently Nippon Steel & Sumikin Metal Products unveiled a new type of deer bait that is not only highly effective, but also works exclusively on deer. It’s called a Yukuru and as you can see in...
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Get in the bullet train, Shinji! The Evangelion Shinkansen is here 【Videos】
Fans of hit anime Evangelion are used to having their patience tested. Almost three years after the Japanese theatrical release of the Evangelion 3.0 feature film, the movie still isn’t available on...
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Japanese boxed lunches pulling into France at authentic bento stand opening...
In just about every major train station in Japan, you’ll find a stand selling boxed lunches called ekiben. A combination of the words eki (“station”) and bento (“boxed lunch”), ekiben serve as a...
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Travel from Kansai Airport to Osaka aboard the Star Wars: The Force Awakens...
The Limited Express Rapi:t that shuttles passengers back and forth between Kansai Airport and Namba Station in Osaka has been offering some fun rides lately. The train’s distinctive deep blue exterior...
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Pigeon cuts in line, casually boards train in Japan【Video】
A lot has been written about Japan’s incredible train culture. From carriages dressed up as anime characters to people who band together to rescue a fellow commuter, you don’t even have to get on a...
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Man flips out on train after being confronted for his rude behavior【Video】
Public transportation can be a cheap and convenient way to get around, but sometimes that means having to occasionally deal with rude strangers. For minor offenses, usually the best thing to do is...
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See a whole other side of Kyoto in this beautiful, quintessentially Japanese...
With all the sights, sounds, and history Kyoto City has to offer, from the Golden Pavilion to the thousands of torii shrine gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine, most people forget that there is much more to...
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