Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...

The Setouchi region of Japan is an underrated delight beyond the Golden Route.

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Welcome onboard one of the World’s Greatest Rail Journeys! This First Class Train across Japan travels nearly 550 miles over almost 31 hours, starting in Tokyo at 9:15 and returning the next evening ...

It's usually a serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan's famously efficient bullet train. But the journey quickly descended into a zombie apocalypse, with passengers ...

I've traveled on trains in the US, Europe, and Australia, but Japan's bullet trains exceeded my wildest dreams. Here's what they're like. I've traveled on trains all around the world, but Japan's ...

As much as we love Japanese trains, we also love the stations they pull into, with all their unique sounds and cleverly designed features that give them so much character. At stations operated by East ...

The clock features unique alarms that play two real train departure bell sounds, created by Eiraku Electric ...