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Tobu Crayon Shinchan Train: Part 3
Crayon Shinchan Train, 51055F of the EMU Tobu 50050 series, travels on the Tokyu lineOne year has already passed since the Crayon Shinchan Train disappeared from the track. I still have their...
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Satoyama Torocco Train in Chiba Prefecture
Kominato Railway's Satoyama Torocco train"Satoyama" is a unique landscape in Japan. It is a mountain close to a living area. Local people gather firewood and edible wild plants in satoyama. It also...
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Streetcar Toei 8900 Series: Update
Car number 8903 of the Toei 8900 series (blue)Three years have passed since the streetcar 8900 series debuted on the Arakawa line. I recently visited the line for the first time in a long time to see...
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Access to the Scenic Spot in Kyoto Prefecture
Unit number 1 of the funicular Tango Land and Sea Transportation It is said that there are three scenic spots in Japan. They are Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture and...
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Hashidate: Limited Express to the Scenic Spot
DMU KTR8000 series, limited express "Hashidate" stands at Fukuchiyama stationI want to continue where I left off in my last post. To visit the Amanohashidate scenic spot, how should you go there from...
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Kabutoyama: Another Scenic Spot in Kyoto Prefecture
EMU JR West 287 series, limited express "Kinosaki", stands at Fukuchiyama stationSubsequent to Amanohashidate, I am going to show you another scenic spot in the northern part of Kyoto Prefecture...
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Ex-Keio Train: Time Stands Still
Set 3 (DeHa713 + KuHa723) of the EMU Jomo 700 series (ex-Keio 3000 series)Whenever I visit this small local railway, I feel that time stands still. A train from the old days is still operated as it was...
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Bernina II: Hakone-tozan's Special Colored Train
Set B2 (KuMoHa1003 + KuMoHa1004), Bernina II, of the EMU Hakone-tozan 1000 seriesAfter writing about Hakone-tozan's new model in my recent post, I found that I haven't shown you a train named Bernina...
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Sayonara to the Tokyo Metro 6000 Series
Set 30 of the EMU Tokyo Metro 6000 series stands at Yoyogi-Uehara station (June, 2014) One of the greatest trains in Tokyo will soon disappear from the track. On September 28th, Tokyo Metro made a...
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The Oldest Preserved Streetcar in Yokohama
Streetcar 523 of the 500 series is exhibited in Yokohama Tram MuseumSome time has passed since I reported about the Yokohama Tram Museum. Today, I am going to continue to show you the streetcar...
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The Last Chapter of the 115 Series in the Niigata Area
Set N35 of the EMU JR East 115 series before coloring change (June, 2018)The EMU 115 series is a standard local train launched in 1963. Nearly 2,000 units had been built for 20 years, but most of them...
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The Last Chapter of the 115 Series in Niigata: Part 2
"Shonan color" of the EMU 115 series in the Niigata area (June, 2014)Subsequent to my last post, I am going to continue to show you the other color designs of the EMU 115 series in the Niigata...
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EMU 209-1000 Series: Transfer to the Chuo Line
EMU JR East 209-1000 series arrives at Abiko station on the Joban lineOn September 1st, the Workers' Union of the JR East Hachioji Branch Office, whose members are mainly crew of the Chuo line trains,...
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Old Astronomical Observatory on the Chuo Line
EMU JR East E353 series, limited express Super-Azusa, passes through Mitaka stationIt is mid-Autumn in Japan. The maximum daytime temperature in Tokyo is around 20 degrees Celsius. It is the best...
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The Last Chapter of the EMU Sotetsu 7000 Series
EMU Sotetsu 7000 series arrives at Izumi-chuo Station on the Izumino lineSagami Railway (Sotetsu) is known as a Yokohama-based private railway company. Starting from Yokohama, the main city in Kanagawa...
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Classic Train and Pirate Ship on Hakone Mountain
Unit 109 of the Hakone-tozan MoHa2 series and the other two units of classic electric carsFollowing the debut of the new Romance Car, EMU 70000 series (GSE), Odakyu Electric Railway group has...
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Natural Springs on the Fujikyu Line
EMU Fujikyu 1200 series, Fuji-tozan-densha, passes through Tsuru Bunka Daigaku stationFujikyu is a local private railway company in Yamanashi Prefecture. It is known as the railway to the foot of...
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A Shift of Business: Fujikyu Railway
EMU Fujikyu 6000 series arrives at Tsuru-shi stationSubsequent to my last post, I am going to continue to show you the recent topic of Fujikyu Railway.When I took Fujikyu last month, I found many...
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2018 Kantetsu Rail Yard Tour in Mitsukaido
Kantetsu KiHa 5010 series (left), KiHa 310 series (center) and KiHa 2100 series (right)Autumn is the season of railways in Japan. It originated from the inauguration of Japan's first railway that was...
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2018 Tsukuba Express Festival
EMU TX-2000 and TX-1000 series are exhibited in TX Sogo Rail YardAfter visiting Kantetsu's Mitsukaido Rail Yard, I headed to another rail yard nearby. It was Sogo Rail Yard of Metropolitan Intercity...
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