Today it was cold and wet, so I couldn't take my eldest son out to a park to let him get some exercise, so I decided to take him for a train trip instead.Nothing exciting, he just doesn't get to ride on the train unless I take him. So I took him to the... ...full story at Mottekaero
from Mottekaero on Fri, Oct 02 2009
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| 02 Jan 09 |
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himeji castle: mother of all japanese castles »
YouTube video antonette and i skipped town and decided to spend a few days in the kansai region. it's pretty far away, but if you take the shinkansen (the bullet train) it's only a 50 min. train ride from nagoya. more footage of that later.
we spent our first day... |
| 24 Jan 09 |
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eco-train » Adventures In Japan The train system in our area run by Hankyu, has come out with an eco-train. I think the figuration is similar to the Toyota Prius (Toyota's hybrid)--whenever the train conductor presses the brakes, the train generates electricity to be used by other... |
| 05 May 09 |
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Politics › U.S. transportation secretary eager to test ride Japan's bullet train » Japan Today U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood expressed his desire Monday to visit Japan later this year and test ride a shinkansen bullet train as part of… |
| 25 Jul 08 |
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Billiken » Loulogue Today we really wanted to go to a water park in Kobe, to cool down in a pool (hopefully filled with cold water), but the weather report informed us that there was an 80% chance of rain in Kobe today, so we decided to stay in Osaka. So instead we did some... |
| 11 Apr 09 |
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Slow train coming in Shizuoka »
Japan Times  Standing on the platform at Kanaya Station in Shizuoka Prefecture, the enthusiastic crowd — myself included — watches with fascination as the train pulls in. Because this train is different. It's not a sleek, aerodynamic bullet train; nor is it one of... |
| 06 Apr 08 |
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Thieving train spotters are a major pain in the caboose »
Japan Times  In the weeks before the historic Miki Railway shut down forever, about 1,000 train spotters and other rail enthusiasts showed up each day to take a final ride along the line. Read the full story . . . |
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