Like this post? Help us by sharing it! One of the perks of the tour leader job is the opportunity to scout out places in preparation for an incoming group tour. Although not my first visit to the area during my 15 years here in Japan, it had been a while since I had visited […]
Transport & Travelling
Getting around Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! So you’re going on holiday to Japan. One of the first questions you’ll probably ask yourself is: how are you going to get around? Japan has one of the safest, cleanest, fastest, most efficient, punctual and convenient public transportation networks in the world, comprising city subways, cross-country […]
Making Sense Of The Tokyo Metro
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Tokyo at Night
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You see that spaghetti dinner up there? That’s the map for Tokyo’s subway system, Tokyo Metro. Although it may look daunting at first glance, with a little explanation (and a lot of pictures) you’ll be riding the underground like a true Tokyoite in no time! First off, […]
Better than the orient express? The 7 Stars
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The 7 Stars or Nanatsuboshi (ななつ星) cruise train started operating in October 2013 and has proved a huge hit, both with the domestic market and international travellers alike. The concept, design and course have been very carefully thought out to provide a wonderful and relaxing experience of […]
All Aboard Japan’s New Maglev Train!
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Two icons of modern Japan: the bullet train and Mount Fuji
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! It’s here: Japan’s first magnetic levitating bullet train, and it has just whisked its first ever passengers on a 500 kph (311 mph) journey between the towns of Uenohara and Fuefuki – a distance of 27 miles. And that’s not even as fast as it can go – in […]
50 years of Shinkansen, the Japanese bullet trains
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! They’ve been clocked at up to 200 miles per hour, their tracks cover about 1,500 miles of the country and they safely and reliably transport hundreds of millions of passengers each year around Japan. The Shinkansen is better known simply as the ‘bullet train’, (a nickname it […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! They’ve been clocked at up to 200 miles per hour, their tracks cover about 1,500 miles of the country and they safely and reliably transport hundreds of millions of passengers each year around Japan. The Shinkansen is better known simply as the ‘bullet train’, (a nickname it […]