JR West– category –
JR West, or West Japan Railway Company, operates train services in western part of Honshu, including the Sanyo and Hokuriku Shinkansen. TS Japan Rail
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The Sunrise Express – the only regular Night Train in Japan
A very popular train is The Sunrise Express Night Sleeper Train (寝台特急) that links Shikoku and San'in regions with Tokyo It is actually 2 trains The Sunrise Express is really 2 trains. The Sunrise Express Seto which runs between Tokyo... -
Get off the shinkansen -See & experience more of Japan!
The shinkansen provides a quick way to travel between the big cities, but there is a lot to see off the shinkansen. Here are some ideas for alternatives ways to travel between Nagoya and Osaka and what you can see. Here are three alterna... -
A Railway line that celebrates the creator of the “Kitaro” Manga.
JR West's Sakai Line decorated with characters from the "GeGeGe no Kitarō" manga The creator of the famous GeGeGe no Kitaro (more commonly known in English as "Kitaro") manga (comic), Shigeru Mizuki, spent his childhood in the city of Sa... -
Chugoku & Kitakyushu Rail Tour with Seishun 18 kippu
TS Japan Rail recently did a 6 day rail tour of Chugoku and Northern Kyushu. We used the JR Seishun 18 Kippu (Youth 18 ticket).
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