These are “Pikachu Jumbo Jet” and “Ohana Jumbo Jet”. Pikachu one is painted with the character’s theme color, yellow, and the ohana one is designed the flower related…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “What’s the truth of this mystery?” Today’s story teller is an essayist, Yoko Hiramatsu. She talked about her strange experience when she was…

  These trains were introduced in the stationery king, Bungu-o’s blog.

  Do you have an expression for “full train” in your language? We call it “man-in-densha” in Japanese. “Man-in” means “full” but not “man in” in English.   Here in…

    As you may already know, we have “sushi go round restaurants” in Japan. (You can read about developed sushi go round HERE.) For those who want to enjoy…

There must be many people whose hobbies are railroad photograph. Today, I’d like to share the photos taken by one of the Japan’s representative railroad photographers. His name is Mr….

In Japanese trains, liquid crystal displays (LCD) are often found above doors. On the displays, they show the time tables, station information, advertisements, forecast and so on. The displays are…

Recently, advertisements are often seen on Japanese trains. Pictures and ads of a product are painted on an entire train. It’s an exceptionally effective advertisement because millions people see it…

“Economical depression”, the word repeats everyday everywhere. Cheap stand-and-drink bars (tachinomi izakaya) get crowded every night, and inexpensive fast fashion including UNIQLO are sold well.   Against those facts, I…

    Modern Tokyo and traditional Kyoto. Many foreign tourists want to enjoy both cities while they are in Japan. If you are one of them, take shinkansen!!

In shinkansen trains, there are usually payphones, restrooms and vending machines. A mobile cafeteria that sells bento boxes, drinks, snacks, specialties of the departure city is also available. Most shinkansen…