Last month, I wrote about how complicated Tokyo’s subway lines are.  In Tokyo actually, not only subway lines but also underground pedestrian promenades are well developed. Today, let me introduce…

  This is continued from the part1. I talked about that I lost my iPhone and luckily found it. Although it was undamaged, I thought about the bitter experience and…

Just as the title says, I lost my iPhone 3GS last week. To be precise, I left it on a seat of a subway train, which I took on my…

  [W:Aomori Prefecture] is the northernmost prefecture in the main island of Japan. It is famous for is apple orchards and traditional festivals.   The following picture shows local people…

  It is said that the metro system in Tokyo is the most complicated in the world. Many cities around the world have intricate metro systems, but they pale in…

  I have written about “train freak” girls called tetsuko before.  It seems there are more than twenty categories of train freaks (tetsudo otaku) nowadays! Each one has his or…

  Most people may have heard how terrible the commuter rush-hours are in Tokyo. Transit workers have specific jobs to push and shove as many people as possible into packed…

A creepy monster train, called “yokai densha,” has been running in Kyoto since last week. “Densha” means train, and “yokai” are monsters in Japanese folk tales. In the black lighted…

  The other day, I introduce Toy Train in [W:Wakayama Prefecture]. Here is another fun train runs in [W:Okayama Prefecture]. This train (it is a type of streetcar) has furin…

  July 2007, a unique train started running on Kishigawa line in Wakayama city. It is named OMODEN, which is short for Omocha Densha (Toy Train). In the train there…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “A Grotesque Event Happened on the Train” Today’s story-teller is Japanese novelist Shusuke Michio, 36 years old, introduced once before. The story is…