Japan’s fastest shinkansen bullet train service is the Nozomi. Now, the service will be doing away with non-reserved seats during major holidays.
Why’d they have to go and make things so complicated? A short history of how Shinjuku and Shibuya in Tokyo developed their bad reputations as Japan’s most confusing train stations.
The food cart service on the Tokaido Shinkansen, a decades-old staple of riding a bullet train in Japan, is coming to an end.
IC cards are now a must for using the Japanese public transport system. But the cards are more varied, and more interesting, than you’d expect.
The schedule on Japan’s famous “Enoden” train is changing for the first time in 71 years – and residents aren’t thrilled about it.
Tsunami recovery efforts in Sendai have unearthed a canal relay station and a point of local transit history.
Many people aren’t happy with the new Harajuku Station building. But why? For many, it seems, it was more than a mere station.
The first new stop on Tokyo’s famed Yamanote Line in 20 years, Takanawa Gateway sports a slick new style. But the station’s also stirred controversy.
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