The Japanese railways were privatized in 1987, and it wasn't scattered companies that bought the right to handle different regions of the country as the system is in the UK even today. No, a lion's share of all railway traffic in the country is the responsibility of JR Group, an assembl...
You'll also get a free Japan rail map and a Japan railways timetable booklet. You need to buy the pass before you leave home, you can't buy a Japan Rail Pass in Japan. When you get to Japan, exchange the voucher for the pass When you arrive in Japan, you exchange this voucher ...
Amid temporary halts in Shinkansen bullet train operations in the Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku regions, the Japan Railways (JR) Group reported disruptions, affecting thousands of passengers during the country's New Year holiday travel rush. Meanwhile, a total of 122 trains were delayed Monday after...
The only train we used where a supplement is required is the Mie train to Ise. We wouldn’t recommend first-time visitors to visit the Shrine in Ise. The Shrine is beautiful but it is a bit remote and you can better spend your time on other sights when you’re in Japan for the fir...
Timetable If you are looking for more information about Furano Biei Norokko train, please see the post,Furano Biei Norokko train. JR East (Tohoku and Kanto area) Toreiyu Tsubasa The first ever Shinkansen cruise train, Toreiyu Tsubsa. (C) James Chuang ...
In December, the Chiba city office of East Japan Railways (JR East) announced a change in the timetable for the Keiyo Line that would start in March. The Keiyo runs from Tokyo Station parallel to the Tokyo Bay shoreline south to Soga Station in Chiba city. It is the train line that se...
But the companies had said the main purpose for the coming spring schedule adjustments is to secure time necessary for maintenance checks between the last train at night and the first train in the morning. That said, the companies are not simply moving up their spring timetable revisions with ...
If you're visiting the places related to Osamu Dazai in Tsugaru, you shouldn't miss theTsugaru Railways. It is the private railway that operates in the northernmost point of Honshu Island. At the time of its founding, the chief of the railway company was none other than Dazai's older bro...
Address, timetable & access Okochi Sanso Villa Address 8 Tabuchiyama-cho Saga Ogurayama Ukyo-ku 616-8394 Japan Phone +81 (0)75 872 2233 Timetable 9 a.m - 5 p.m. Price Adults: 1,000 yen / Elementary School Students: 500 yen Access From Kyoto Station, take the Japan Railways (JR)...
More hacking, more offense, not better defense, was our answer to an increasingly virtual world order, even as we made ourselves more vulnerable, hooking up water treatment facilities, railways, thermostats and insulin pumps to the web, at a rate of 127 new devices per second. […] America...