Shinkansen to Osaka is leaving the main station in Tokyo

A 10 hour layover while flying back to the states following a deployment in Southeast Asia provided me with a chance to check off a major item on any railfan's bucket list; ride Japan's Shinkansen... (more)

A 10 hour layover while flying back to the states following a deployment in Southeast Asia provided me with a chance to check off a major item on any railfan's bucket list; ride Japan's Shinkansen... (more)

KIHA 283 Limited Express "Super Hokuto" from Hakodate to Sapporo.

Limited Express Suisei from Shin-Osaka to Miyazaki.

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 24-105L IS f/4

A passenger with the JR-cap in the driver's cab at the rear of the shinkansen. The speed is about 180 km per hour, you see the tachometer on the right side

Near the station Yurakucho: The Shinkansen left is leaving, the right one is arriving at Tokyo. Good visible are the roofs from the cars from a localtrain. Under the tracks is the pedestrain-zone.... (more)

Tokyo Main Station: 1 Shinkansen is arriving, 6 others in the station. Left the tracks for the localtrains. The photo is taken from a restaurant on the 14th floor

Left the Shinkansen, right a train from the Yurikamome-Line from the 'Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Corporation' (Hamamatsucho - Toyosu), these trains are leaded by the rail in the middle. The whee... (more)

Trainmeeting in the afternoonsun: left a localtrain from the Uchibo-Line from Soga to Tateyama (East Japan Railway Company), right a commutertrain to Tokyo (Express train 'Sazanami')

Left a train not in service, right localtrain arriving at Nara

Localtrain at Nara to Kyoto

Grass, track, train: Expresstrain from Kumamoto to Beppu is arriving at the station Aso

The localtrain right is arriving at Nara, the train left is leaving. Right: EMU series 221 built since 1989 for regional express trains for Kyoto - Osaka - Kobe and Nara - Osaka. Now it is seen ev... (more)