Trains & Transport
Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku Station is said to be the busiest train station in the world with close to 4 million passengers a day passing through. I was one of those…
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Kyushu Shinkansen CM
This CM came out a while ago, but its really nice to see this compilation showing names of places in Tohoku, as a genki call to them to recover from a…
Marketing
Suica Penguin Store
The Suica Penguin store at Tokyo Station opened recently. I decided to follow up on my article the other day and take a visit to Minami guchi at Tokyo…
Tech
Penguin Stadium
The Suica Penguin character has a new store opened at Tokyo Station, inside the ticket gates at Yaesu Minami exit. It is called Penguin Stadium or Pensta.…
Trains & Transport
Yamanote Line automatic doors
The Yamanote Line auto doors are due to start operation soon. I wrote a few weeks ago about the electronic doors being installed at Ebisu and Meguro .…
Photos
Japan Trains
Japan has some great trains. Living in Tokyo and traveling on the Yamanote Line everyday it is easy to forgot how good they are. When on the train today I heard some people from out of town talking about how beautiful the trains in Tokyo were and decided to take some photos to remind myself.
Trains & Transport
Akita Shinkansen
From my recent trip to Yokote in Akita ken, I took some photos of the Akita Shinkansen leaving from Tokyo Station and arriving in at Yokote. The change over time at Oomagari was only 5 minutes and I boarded the train just as the door shut behind me. I did however manage to capture some photos along the way.
Culture
Doll Festival
I was at Ryogoku Station, where the Sumo is held in Tokyo, to visit the offices of a friendly bear company yesterday, and on the way back spotted this…
Travel
Japan Snow Train
Just got back from my one night trip to Yokote where they were holding the annual Kamakura and Bonden festival. The weather was sunny and warm, although…
Trains & Transport
Japan Sunset
On the way back from IKEA to buy a bookcase for my room, I took these photos from the window of the JR Keiyo Line as it sped its way towards Tokyo back…
Trains & Transport
JR Suica Ticket Machine
JR are changing over some of their ticket machines to this new version. At Shinagawa Station, the staff were putting up posters and showing people how to…
Shibuya
Shibuya Streets Vol8
After the weather changing from very cold, to pleasantly warm (at least when not in the shade), I took a quick walk in Shibuya to see what was happening.…
Shopping
JR Convenience Stores
Looks like 7-Eleven have realized that NEWDAYS, the Japan Railway in-station convenience stores that grew out of small kiosk shops, have been gaining…
Marketing
JR Suica Adverts
SUICA, Super Urban Intelligent Card, was introduced in 2001 and has steadily increased in its functionality and user base. Now most Japanese commuters in…
Trains & Transport
Yamanote 100 Years
The Yamanote Line is currently celebrating 100 years since its naming. The original portion of the Yamanote Line was built in 1885 between Shinagawa and…
Trains & Transport
Shinkansen Cigarettes
Cigarette advertising around the world used to be more prominent. In Japan, cigarettes had an interesting tie-up with JR for Shinkansens and travel around…
Shopping
Shinkansen iPhone case
Great idea here for a novel product. A Shinkansen Zero case for the iPhone or iTouch. They also had some versions of this for Chuo Line and I think Keihin…