The main character of Japanese railways today can be said to be "trains." Furthermore, on routes where electricity cannot be supplied for trains (non-electrified routes), "dietic cars" that use diesel fuel as fuel are used...
There is a railway that runs along the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture. It is called the Rias Line from the Sanriku Railway. The Sanriku Railway, which was the last railway to run along the Sanriku Coast, opened, was affected by the major disaster...
In railways, the process of allowing the vehicle to be powered by placing overhead wires (electric wires) above the tracks is called "electrification." Generally, vehicles running along the tracks are often called "trains"...
There is a railway line that is said to have been told when the construction was planned, "Are you planning on carrying a monkey?" This is the JR Yamada Line that runs through Iwate Prefecture. What kind of route is the Yamada Line, its history and...
The Ginza Subway Line, which runs through Tokyo, is famous as Japan's first "subway" (it is sometimes referred to as the first in Asia). The Ginza Line is Japan's first route to full-scale underground routes...
Many trains operate circularly on lines such as the Yamanote Line in Tokyo, the Osaka Loop Line in Osaka Prefecture, and the Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijo Line in Aichi Prefecture. Therefore, when you take a train at a certain station, the train...
National highways are a general term for roads designated by Japan by Cabinet Order. Since roads form a nationwide network of main roads, they are generally wide and have a structure that makes it easy for vehicles to produce speeds, and...
If you are traveling by train from Ueno Station in Tokyo to Akita Station in Akita Prefecture, most people will probably take the "Komachi" on the Akita Shinkansen. In an era when there were no Shinkansen trains, there are express trains on traditional lines...
Did you know that there is a facility called Yuyuyu Park where you can sleep in your car and bathe in a hot spring in a camper van? This is different from auto camping...
In Aomori Prefecture, there is one road station with hotel-like accommodations, but there are three road stations adjacent to the campsite and you can stay at auto camping and cottages. These...
