Shibuya’s Green Frog Train (青ガエル) – A Farewell
You were more than just a green Tokyu 5000 museum train opposite Hachikō. A piece of Tokyo’s past left Shibuya after 14 years.
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Turning NEX train seats
One of the great features of many Japanese trains is that the seats always face the driving direction. Personally I’m fine sitting in the opposite direction because I’m usually sleeping anyway. Some trains turn the seats automatically after they’ve reached their final stop, in others it’s done manually. I recorded this video of the NEX, JR East’s airport train.
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From Hakodate to Sendai by train – going underground
The Shinkansen bullet-train is one of the trademarks of Japan, yet, there’s no Shinkansen on Hokkaido. Routes have been proposed
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PET flower pots at Yeongdeungpo-gu Office station
Something I saw at Yeongdeungpo-gu Office station (line 2+5) when I was waiting for the train. I always like it when people create different things out of PET bottles.
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Toy camera impressions: Train to to Hameln
Impressions of Germany, covered in snow during a train trip to Hameln (Hamelin)
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The Korean Maglev
I know I shouldn’t write this as a German, since politics and industry are so incompetent when it comes to
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