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Now you can drink strawberry shortcake from a can — and even shake it to the consistency of your choice!
Hundreds of steps below the surface, and if you miss your train, you could be waiting on the dank, dungeon-like platform alone for four hours.
One of Japan’s comfort foods will be available as a hot dessert drink straight from a vending machine!
Having a face like the back-end of a bus is less than desirable, but how about a face like the front of a train?
Japanese train stations get the self-proclaimed “vigilante” heroes they neither need, nor want.
Planning to spend much, but not all, of your Japan trip in Tokyo? Then this could be an unbeatable deal.
Let the voice from Pregnancy Academy and Crime Breast Bounce guide you to the bullet train.
CHIBA — JR East says it will re-educate its employees after its trains have been involved in a series of overruns at platforms.
You can only trust half of what this Japan Railways display board is telling you.
The priceless expression on one dog’s face as he was carried off a train platform in Japan has us in stitches.
East Japan Railway Co (JR East) will introduce a numbering system for all its stations in Tokyo starting in October, in a bid to to facilitate navigation for foreigners traveling within the capital ahead of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
After these passengers got stranded, they walked the rest of the way in such a precise line they practically became a train themselves.
Earlier this year, nearly 1,200 rail stations in Japan chose to ban the use of selfie sticks in reaction to the dangers of users not paying attention to their surroundings and the general nuisance caused by the photo-snapping peripherals in crowded areas. Now, East Japan Railways, Japan’s largest train operator, is taking aim at another problem: people walking through the station while staring at their smartphones instead of watching where they’re going.
But while you can ban selfie sticks and only ruffle the feathers of tourists and other leisure-oriented train passengers, millions of people rely on their smartphones during their daily commute to keep in touch with family, coworkers, and clients. So instead of prohibiting them, East Japan Railways has started a campaign to remind people not to use their smartphones while walking, and the reminder is so gentle that you can put it in your butt.
Japanese often say that a good view makes a meal taste better, so it goes without saying that a cute-looking lunchbox would also enhance the contents inside. From meals served in Shinkansen-shaped containers or rabbit-faced boxes that can be reused as coin banks, to lunch boxes that play music or have collector’s items hidden inside, Japan’s ekiben take Japanese food to a whole new level.
Today we’d like to tell you about “Ekiben”, a little book by Aki Tomura which introduces the best and most unique train station lunch boxes in Japan. We’ve chosen just a few to highlight from this gorgeously photographed, pocket-size book. The word Ekiben is a combination of two Japanese words: eki (station) and bento (lunchbox), so make your next train trip a gourmet ride with these bento available at various JR stations—just waiting for you to buy, smile, and devour.
Let the fun begin!
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