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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#yamanote
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Living in Japan
Hama-san
A friend shared these 2 photos with me from their outing to Hamamatsu-cho (浜松町). Hamamatsu-cho Station on the Yamanote Line is undergoing redevelopment at…
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.
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.…
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…
Food & Drink
Akita Komachi, 25 years
The Akita Komachi brand of rice is 25 years old. Although its sometimes hard to distinguish between the different brands of rice, the Akita Komachi and…
Trains & Transport
Yamanote Line Zero Post
Down on the platform at Shinagawa Station you can find some interesting items to commemorate the zero kilomoter marker which shows the start of the…
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…
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…
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
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…