Buildings
Shinagawa InterCity
Shinagawa is one of the major stations on the Yamanote-sen. It also has platforms for the Shinkansen, Narita Express、Tokaido-honsen, Shonan-Liner and…
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Food & Drink
JR Train Tea Found!
A while ago I wrote about the great tea drink product in the shape of the Yamanote Line. A lot of people asked me where they could buy it. Well, here it…
Trains & Transport
Shinkansen Cleaning
The trains in Japan always look clean, particularly the Shinkansen. At Tokyo station, the cleaners quickly board the incoming trains, perform a quick…
Shibuya
Railway Construction
There has been a lot of railway construction going on recently around Shibuya station. The Fukutoshin （副都心線） line construction was completed between Wako…
Trains & Transport
Rail Fans
Trains are always popular in Japan and there are many books and magazines available for rail fans to enjoy. Just recently a number of new magazines have…
Shopping
Sushi Train at home
If you have eaten sushi you probably experienced the conveyor belt that carries the sushi plates around the counter at kaiten-sushi (回転寿司) chains. Then…
Trains & Transport
Elevator Manners
It is always good to see workers of large corporations taking the initiative themselves. It looks like at Shibuya station, they decided there was a need…
Trains & Transport
E5 Shinkansen + Quiz answers
The first media test run of the new E5 Shinkansen was on the 17th June, 2009. The Sankei Newspaper had some good photos you can see. Click on the arrow…
Food & Drink
Yamanote Train Green Tea
You don't normally associate the Yamanote train line with green tea, but from April 20th, this year, Mokku company have been selling their unique product…
Trains & Transport
Japan Railways
While out the other day at Ikspiari, Maihama, next to DisneyLand, I found a store that specialized in model railway parts, bus models and generally all…
Trains & Transport
Station Concert
Passing through Shinkiba station (新木場) I saw this classical music concert inside the station building. What a great idea. If you cant get the people to…
Outdoors & Sport
Golf Range, Marukobashi
I tried out a new golf driving range the other day on the banks of the Tamagawa River (多摩川) near Futagotamagawa. I normally visit the Kasai Lotte Range…
Trains & Transport
No more Smoking at stations
It's April 1st tomorrow, the start of the new financial year, and JR East are putting into practice their new policy of no smoking at stations in central…
Trains & Transport
JR keyrings
Found these great JR keyring chains with the station names on. The design is the same as the real display sign at the station. The product has been around…
Outdoors & Sport
When is Spring in Japan?
Whilst it sounds like an obvious question there is no real good answer for "When is Spring?". Traditionally we might look at crop cycles or blooming of…