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Shirayuki Express, which took 12 hours to connect Kanazawa and Aomori

From now on (2025) to about 40 years ago, express trains ranging from Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture to Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture over 12 hours. It's a train called "Shirayuki". ...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2025.02.27

This is how Fukushima Transportation was born and descendants of Fukushima Transportation founder took the Iizaka Line.

The Iizaka Line, a railway line by Fukushima Kotsu Co., Ltd., runs through Fukushima city, Fukushima Prefecture, connects Fukushima Station and Iizaka Onsen Station. How was Fukushima Kotsu and the Iizaka Line born?

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.08.28

A moving restaurant! ? Travelling on the Hachinohe Line with TOHOKU EMOTION [Aomori Prefecture and Iwate Prefecture]

Dining cars where you can eat on trains were once connected to many long-distance express trains and bullet trains, but have disappeared over time. However, even today, food is served in the car...

Yuto OnoYuto Ono2024.07.26

Storefront of a candy shop from the Taisho era

Time trip to the Taisho era!? ~Taito City Shitamachi Museum~

Do you know the "Shitamachi Adult Entertainment Museum"? Here you can see the scenery of Tokyo's downtown area during the Taisho period in real-size reproductions. By coming here, you can experience the old life that you can't imagine now...

Jun NambaraJun Nambara2018.09.21

Incorporating spring water from the plateau into the pond

Higo Hosokawa Garden is a daimyo garden that you can enjoy for free!

Do you know about Higo Hosokawa Garden on Mejirodai? This is the place where the mansion of the Hosokawa family, a daimyo family in Kumamoto since the end of the Edo period, is open to the free garden that retains the image of the time. The quiet in the city center...

Jun NambaraJun Nambara2018.09.20

South Exit Hall from the 3rd floor of the South Exit Cathedral

Fun lunch tour! Tokyo Station Hotel

Tokyo Station Hotel is a historic hotel that has been open since the year after the opening of Tokyo Station, united with the red brick station building at Tokyo Station. And now, the Tokyo Station is secretly popular...

Jun NambaraJun Nambara2018.09.19

Kiyosumi Garden

Stroll through Fukagawa's famous Kiyosumi Garden and enjoy Fukagawa gourmet food

Kiyosumi Garden in Fukagawa started with Fukagawa's "Fukagawa Shinguen," which was built by Iwasaki Yataro, the founder of the Mitsubishi Group, to comfort employees and to accommodate guests. Even today, we are strolling around famous Meiji gardens that retain their reminiscent of the time...

Jun NambaraJun Nambara2018.09.18

If you don't like crowds and want to enjoy Sensoji Temple, go see it lit up at night!

When it comes to sightseeing in Asakusa, Tokyo, Sensoji Temple is a must-have. There are many highlights, such as the giant Kaminarimon Gate, the heavy tower, and Nakamise Shopping Street. Recently, the best point of viewing the Skytree from below...

Chimon2018.09.18

Bashoan Historic Site Observation Garden

Let's meet Matsuo Basho in Fukagawa!

A bronze statue of Matsuo Basho is enshrined on the shore where the Sumida River and the Onagi River cross. Basho once lived on the shore near the Mannen Bridge in Fukagawa. Basho once lived there...

Jun NambaraJun Nambara2018.09.17

300 year old pine

Let's soak up the sea breeze at the Tokugawa Shogun's Hama Palace ~ Hamarikyu Gardens

Hama Rikyu Garden is the Hama Goten, which is associated with the Tokugawa Shogun family. It is now a metropolitan garden, but in the Meiji period it was used as an Imperial palace and was also used for diplomacy. This time, we will be introducing the Hama Goten of the Tokugawa Shogunate...

Jun NambaraJun Nambara2018.09.16

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