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| Above, a Keisei Line train stopped at a Chiba Prefecture station due to snow in 2014. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
One of the joys of visiting Japan is riding their trains (except during rush hour) .
Trains vary from high-speed bullet trains (shinkansen) to older steam locomotives. Japan Today has an article the clears up five misconceptions about Japan's trains.
It begins with:
TOKYO - Japan is a train lovers paradise, but some trains are a bit more difficult to love.
Japanese trains are famous all over the world for being high-tech, lightning fast, impossibly punctual and cramming passengers into the cars like Tetris blocks. But what if I told you this was only a half truth?
A capital city is never a reflection of the entire nation. My home country of England is so much more than just London and Japan is so much more than just Tokyo. The trains may be a nightmare scrum in the metropolis, but the majority of Japan has a much lower population and thus the trains — and the way people ride them — are different in a variety of ways.
To read more, go here.
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