Outdoors & Sport
Snow on Mt Fuji
Always nice to catch a glimpse of Mt. Fuji when traveling on the Shinkansen. Everyone on the left side of the train had their cameras and phones pointed…
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Living in Japan
Shinagawa Station - Morning Rush
My morning meeting gave me a birds eye view of the rush hour traffic at Shinagawa Station a few weeks back.
Trains & Transport
Tokyo Station Shinkansen
I have been traveling a bit for work recently. It is always nice to arrive at the station for your train and to have it leave exactly on time. It is even…
Trains & Transport
Mt Fuji from Shinaksen, Sony NEX-7 video
On my way from Kyoto to Tokyo the other day, I captured this HD video with the new Sony NEX-7. I am not sure how to edit or mix in some music, so here it…
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…
Shibuya
Shibuya Station
These HDR picture were taken over a year ago when I first bought my Nikon camera. I took the picture in RAW and remember being disappointed that the…
Trains & Transport
Japanese Railway Stations
I was out in Chiba today to play golf and passed this small railway station servicing a local line. There are many of these old wooden stations around…
Trains & Transport
Nagoya Station
I visited Nagoya a while ago and traveled to Ise Jingu on the train. My stay in Nagoya was short so I only managed to take a few photos around the Station…
Trains & Transport
Anpanman Train
Snapped this shot from the train window the other day, showing an Anpanman train.
Trains & Transport
Gachapin campaign for TWR
The TWR, Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Line , is celebrating its 500,000,000th passenger, which rates it right up there with Facebook ! Not sure…
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 .…
Trains & Transport
Yamanote Line Automatic gates
The Yamanote Line is going to have automatic gates installed on all its platforms over the next few years in an attempt to prevent passengers falling on…
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.
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…
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.…