Like Hogwart’s Express, a new Japanese train is now getting its very own mysterious in-between platform.
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Passengers on board this Tokyo train said they felt like they were in an aircraft when they heard the live English announcement.
Let the voice from Pregnancy Academy and Crime Breast Bounce guide you to the bullet train.
If the name is any indication, the Kobe Disco Train promises to be a more uptempo and commercially viable version of a soul train.
Peak-hour delays caused such overcrowding that some commuters were unable to enter stations in the nation’s capital.
Demi-glace soup is the fanciest-sounding, best-tasting machine-sold canned treat we’ve had in a long time.
One other Sega franchise will join Sonic on the special train, which will be in service in Tokyo for one month.
Reminds them that they’re not alone, and that even if things look bleak now, they might be just about to take a turn for the better.
Commuters can now feel like they’re setting off on a journey of epic proportions with these dramatic new train jingles blaring in their ears.
”Why fly when you can ride?” this crow in Sapporo seems to be asking.
The new ad campaign addresses a variety of behaviours that should be avoided while travelling on trains, but so far, this is the only act that they’re calling indecent.
Some of the video game franchise’s greatest heroes appear in promotion for its latest title.
Famed Japanese politeness wraps so far back around that it ends up being pretty rude on Osaka train.
CHIBA — JR East says it will re-educate its employees after its trains have been involved in a series of overruns at platforms.
Usually commuters get upset by train delays, but this time they were all smiles.
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