Super Komachi

With the flight shame movement gathering force, this is an increasingly common choice for international travelers and one the rail companies are eager to exploit. From the planets point of view this is great, but theres still a way to go on making long-distan…

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Stepping off the Eurostar train at Londons glorious St. Pancras station is always a thrill, but on a recent Sunday evening it felt downright radical. Unusually, Id started my journey more than 10 hours earlier and 600 miles (966 kilomet…

TOKYO: Tokyoites have started the one-year countdown to hosting the Summer 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games.  Enthusiasm has conquered initial scepticism. By January 2019, 205,000 people had registered as volunteers, exceeding the organising committees goal…

Known as the gateway to Hakone, Hakone-Yumoto is home to many shops, hot spring ryokans, restaurants, and Hakone-Yumoto Station. This scenic location is easily accessible from Tokyo and the start of your memorable journey to Hakone. Hakone is a beautiful res…

The Hokuriku Shinkansen resumed services on its entire route connecting Tokyo Station and Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture on Friday after a suspension forced by Typhoon Hagibis. It was the first time in 13 days that a direct service connected the two…

Construction of a new maglev line connecting Tokyo and Nagoya has come to a standstill, with Shizuoka Prefecture refusing to give the green light to the full-scale drilling of a tunnel under the Oi River, claiming the project could decrease the amount of wate…

Around the world, billions of people use public transportation to commute between their workplaces, schools and homes each day. Some do so for convenience, while others do so for environmental reasons. Still others use public trains and buses because they wou…

As early as 1946, Japan began looking at ways to build a fixed connection between the main island of Honshu and the nations second largest island to the north, Hokkaido. After decades of surveying and construction, the Seikan Tunnel was finally completed in 1…

East Japan Railway Co. has said that direct services between Tokyo and Kanazawa stations on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line will resume on Oct. 25, after a partial suspension forced by powerful Typhoon Hagibis. The total number of trains running on the line wil…

Discounted Shinkansen bullet trains for Ozbargain's favourite holiday destination Japan. Seems better than buying 7 day JR pass which costs around 400 AUD as we are only doing tokyo to kyoto roundtrip and spending most of the time in tokyo but YMMV. Please co…