If you’re travelling around Japan this spring to see cherry blossoms, you’ll find that having a Japan Rail (JR) pass can save you a lot of money. But before you get yourself one, let’s answer some of ...

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The aroma of aged wood and the feel of burnished metal on some of the oldest trains to the modern shinkansen, or bullet trains, awaits visitors to a unique experience in Nagoya, Japan. The train ...

The Shinkansen, Japanese for "bullet train," forever changed transportation in Japan and in nearly two dozen countries around the world. Japan's high-speed rail journey began in 1964, just before the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Shibuya is famed for its Scramble Crossing, where crowds of people crisscross the intersection in a scene symbolizing urban Japan’s congestion and anonymity. It may have added ...

In Japan, it costs nearly $3,000 for one person to ride on a new luxury train that launched this week, and the highest price is nearly $10,000, for what resembles a cruise ship experience traveling ...

The devastating Earthquake damaged or destroyed 4,070km of the railways along the Pacific coastline of North Eastern Japan. See how the unique Bus Rapid Transit system helped to quickly restore vital ...