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Get Lunch at Train Station in Japan

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Foodshop at Nagoya Train Station Japanese Lunch If you need lunch while you are at the train station in Japan, it is not difficult because many shops sell food, including lunch. Of course food is Japanese food, lunch is usually rice and meat or fish or shrimp as well as Asian food. But sometimes there are also order of vegetables, but the noodle is a bit light. A litle Europe or American food may be rarely found, except in the big stations will be found, such as fast food or fried chicken or burger. However, the bread will be easy to find a fresh or and have a taste. Food in Japan is not too expensive for the size of Europe and the United States people, but for Asian may be a little expensive. If you have Japan money in 1000 yen, or approximately 9 US dollar you will get enough lunch. Inside the Shinkansen train you can also buy food, stewardess who usually have to sell food. Or you can also order lunch on the Shinkansen, but the price will be different. Softdrink will easily found in

Is Shinkansen always on time...?!

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Shinkansen waiting for Typhoon up to 12 hours in Hiroshima station Shinkansen not always on time, sometimes also experienced delays or delay departure. My husband had experienced a delay departure until 12 hours in Hiroshima station, this is caused by bad weather and typhoon. Thypoon in Japan ussualy occurs around July to November. Thypoon sometimes bring heavy rains and high wind velocity starting from 241 km/h and 67 m/s as superthypoon. Shinkansen, which is relatively lightweight aluminum body may have a sufficient risk of an accident with a high-speed wind. With passenger safety reasons then the departure delay is a wise choice. Unlike the subway train (Chikatetsu) that runs on tunnel (under the land), the subway is relatively safe to use by the passenger at the time of typhoon season. But subway usually use for short traveling. The passengers who have business dealings may have to choose other alternatives travel when Shinkansen having delays departure. Japan may need to think mor

Buying Shinkansen's Ticket

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Train Platform Billboard for Nagoya and Osaka ... it may be in Shizuoka or Mount Fuji You can buy a Shinkansen ticket at any JR ticket window or counter for JR Train and Shinkansen; that usually call Midori no Madoguchi (green ticket window). This counter or ticket window usually serves by manually although are completed with online mainframe. Please don't be confuse with local or subway (chikatetsu) ticket windows; that usualy serves by vending machine (computerized). If you want to know about the ticket price or time table, you can visit this site http://www.hyperdia.com/ then select English. Type your departure and your plan destination, then select Shinkansen. Now you will see the ticket price and the time table. It will be better if you print this before buy the ticket. Japan Shinkansen price from Nagoya to Tokyo is around 10,000 Yen up to 11,000 Yen and from Tokyo to Osaka is around 11,000 up to 13,000 Yen. If you already get your ticket then go to Shinkansen Train Gate; pu

Shinkansen, who was sleep in its Cabin..?

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If you travel with Shinkansen, you may feel like travelling with Jumbo Jet Airplane such as : Boeing 747, 767; or Airbus 300. The good suspension system; accurate flexibility body movement on bogey make all passengers are comfortable lying in theirs seat. All outside noises will absorb by the body wall that made by aluminum alloy at outer sides, soundproof materials at core, and polymers materials is inside. Most of passengers could sleep after ten minutes of theirs sitting. All of them will looks like a baby who swing by his mother; sometimes looks move swaying like a falling leaf. All of them looks don’t have any worry about theirs stop. What happen if some of them are get lost and passing away of theirs stop. Or maybe they dreams that they already at home. Sometimes the conductor girl checks the passenger by randomly; like remedial inspection, perhaps somebody needs her help. Sometimes they right the passengers sleep position. Why this do not happen in our home..?

Another types of Japan's Train

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If you go to Osaka you will find an unique type of Japan's Train that will take you to Universal Studio Japan. This trains is JR (Japan Railway) Train that painted wiith promoting Universal Studio Japan. Universal Studio has a movie maker studio in Japan, you will not lost to go to this studio if you get this unique train. This place to be one of favorites tourism place in Japan. Universal Studios Japan's Train in Osaka Another Japan's Transportation that you will found a contradiction with high speed Shinkansen is a Ricksaw. Ricksaw is kind of transportation or drawn cart that pull by a human. You may find out this drawn cart in Kyoto; use for getting interest of tourist who visit ancient temple in Kyoto. This traditional drawn cart maintain by Japan in order to express theirs previous age traditional culture. I may remember about Jet Lee's and Jacky Chan's movie regarding the Ricksaw. Ricksaw in Kyoto

Building of Shinkansen (Bullet Trains)

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The old Shinkansen Bullet Train monumented in a Rolling Stock Manufacture in Aichi Perfecture Japan's CO2 Robot Welding Machines CO2 Welding Procces In 1964 the first Shinkansen opened for serves fast traveling between Tokyo and Osaka, this line call the Tokaido Line, remembering Tokaido Road that had linked Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto in samurai times. Then followed by extending the line to Osaka, for creating new line to Hiroshima and Fukuoka in Kyushu. This line call Sanyo Line. Shinkansen Train made in Rolling Stock manufactures in Japan, the major fabrication process is Welding. There are many types of Welding process applied to fabricate Suinkansen Trains; such as : Electric Resistance Welding; Seam and Spot Welding, CO2 MAG Welding, SMAW Welding, Robots Welding, and Laser Welding. The train bogey (which hold wheels, suspension system, brake system, and some of electrics motors) made by CO2 MAG Robot Welding type. Train bogey needs high accurate in dimension and quality, becaus

Shinkansen Nozomi is the Favorites Class

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The Shinkansen Nozomi Train for Tokyo in Shin of Osaka. For the Shinkansen Trains, there are three types; but some people call about this types as "class" : Nozomi, Hikari, and Kodama. Nozomi The meaning is hope, the Nozomi trains are the fastest trains on these lines. It will takes about 2.5 hours between Tokyo and Osaka, and roughly 5 hours from Tokyo all the way to Hakata (Fukuoka-Kyushu). This trains make only major stops such as Nagoya, Kyoto, Okayama and Hiroshima. Hikari The meaning is light , it was the original Shinkansen trains on the Tokaido/Sanyo Line. Since the launch of the Nozomi trains, it now serves as the mid level and making a few more stops, but still very fast. Hikari trains traveling between Tokyo and Osaka in about three hours. The ticket price from Nagoya to Tokyo is about 10000 up to 12000 Japan Yen, it is around 100 US Dollar. Kodama Kodama is the local version of the Shinkansen, the trains makes all primary and secondary stops, more stop than Hik

JR Train vs Kimono

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JR Train vs Kimono....!! JR (Japan Railway) Train is trespassing a village station in Kawasaki area while one of its passenger is walking down the platform wearing Kimono. It is common looking in a Japan Village; Nihonjin (Japanese) look like have commitment to maintain theirs traditional culture. This condition could make Japan to be interesting place to visit. There is disturbance imagination in my mind that the trains expressing of speeds, strength, and modernity while Kimono expressing of softening, swaying and previous age. And now they are merges in our real life. .. in Japan.

Checking a Railway Sign by Train Machinist

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A Machinist or Train Driver in JR (Japan Railway)Train will hang up his hand and pointing to every railway sign in order to ensure that he has pass the true sign. While he has to check the traveling table paper in front of him. Most of Nihonjin (Japanese) have high discipline in theirs working job. We ever hear somebody to get harakiri (put of death) if he was done dishonor mistake. This could be that usually call Samurai (patriotic) mentality. Sometimes they would forgotten theirs physicaly hurt in order to avoid dishonor and hurt feelings.

Shinkansen Ambitious Japan

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Shinkansen Ambitious Japan N700 Series for Nozomi Class in Shin of Osaka Promoting Shinkansen at a Bilboard, in Osaka Shinkansen N700 Series Ambitious Japan, the first pre-production N700 series train was in July 2003 and completed for a public launch in March 2005. My husband has tried to travel with N700 Ambitious Japan in 2004. The maximum speed is around 300 km/h but they usually operate around 270 km/h. This train has ability to make 2,500m radius at 270 km/h. Operate by electric energy with 25 kV voltage of alternating current. There are some electric compensators installed along the railway in order to maintain electric power stability. Some Japanese people who live near the compensator said about feeling of little electric power instability when Shinkansen pass through. Japan very ambitious to make high speed trains; some Japanese always comparing the speeds with France TGV. The speed record for the TGV is currently 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph), set in April 2007. Sometimes Japanese