“Odakyu” railways organized a contest to celebrate their 80th aniversary. The contest is about designing the external look for Express, Semiexpress and Local Odakyu trains; only kids from primary school can participate. It’s curious and makes me happy to see those colorful trains painted by kids traveling through the boring Tokyo gray houses and buildings. One of the winner designs is this one, and the rest you can seem them from this website.
A while ago I found a perfect place to take Shinkansen (Japanese bullet train) pictures. You take Tokyo’s Yamanote line until Hamamatsuchō station, go out using the south exit and walk until the end of the corridor. Cross the bridge and look for a nice window. Another good place to take Shinkansen pictures is Shibanshi station.
They are the group of workers who I see every month checking the railway in front of my home. They check every single centimeter and take care that every stone is in its place. The service is not stopped during the maintenance, they just work when there are no trains so they have to stop and move to one side every two or three minutes, hard work! They guy with the flag has to tell everyone when the train is coming.
Japanese railways is one of the things I would like to have everywhere in the world. It works so perfectly and there are trains almost from everywhere to everywhere.