Goods
Brio, Shinkansen
Are you a fan of the Brio trains and track? I always associated Brio with the Thomas Tank Engine trains. But was most interested to find out that you can…
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#train
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Trains & Transport
Narita Sky Access
Keisei Railway have announced the new name for their train running between Tokyo and Narita Airport. They are calling it "Narita Sky Access", similar to…
Living in Japan
Japan Lost Luggage
Many of you following me on Twitter saw that I forgot my camera bag on the train today with my Nikon D700 and lenses inside. When I got on the train I was…
Culture
Macross Frontier Movie
Looks like the train advertising is really catching on with many companies. Here is some colorful advertising for the new macross movie featured on the…
Culture
Japan Christmas Bear
Spotted this Christmas Bear on the train heading towards Makuhari the other day. I wonder if bears ride for free? I saw this about the same time I posted…
Food & Drink
Suica x Matsuya
Suica , JR's electronic payment card, and Matsuya, a popular teishoku eating place , have a promotion for customers who use their Suica card to pay for a…
Food & Drink
Express Roll Cake
I am in Australia this week to promote a golf training club that Advance Partners has been involved with. I was in rush to get to the airport yesterday…
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…
Culture
Pokemon Yamanote Train
Each year at summer, Nintendo and JR hold a stamp rally for the kids. The stamp rally requires the children to collect rubber stamp imprints for each…
Trains & Transport
Chiba Monorail
I visited a friend in Chiba and got the chance to ride the Chiba monorail recently. There are a few monorails in Japan, some that run above the tracks and…
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…
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
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
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…
