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Your short and sweet guide to Osaka, Kyoto, and the Kansai region
A two-and-a-half-hour Shinkansen ride from Tokyo’s glittering skyline lies Osaka. Japan’s second-largest city boasts a ...
Japanese manga icons like Sailor Moon teach train etiquette to foreign tourists
The campaign follows a survey indicating that over 60 per cent of Japanese train users have been ‘annoyed’ by the behaviour ...
The ‘Shinkansen kiss’: Japan’s little-known rail spectacle that attracts trainspotters from around the world
The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it’s known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight into the ...
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Snake causes power outage, Tokyo-Osaka shinkansen services disrupted
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Services were temporarily disrupted Wednesday on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line connecting Tokyo and Osaka after a snake tangled in overhead wires and caused a power ...
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The ‘Shinkansen kiss’: Japan’s little-known rail spectacle that attracts trainspotters from around the world
The Shinkansen network connects the Tokyo metropolitan ... “Most people travel towards Kyoto and Osaka,” said the East Japan Rail Company. “(But) there are many interesting locations north ...
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Snake causes power outage, disrupting Tokyo-Osaka shinkansen services
Services were temporarily disrupted Wednesday on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line connecting Tokyo and Osaka after a snake tangled in overhead wires and caused a power outage, the operator ...