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Welcome to our May 2025 Japan Rail Enthusiast Updates Summer is already here with temperatures reaching over 30C and humidity at 60% plus on some days. When I first arrived in Japan more than 30 years ago many trains did not have air con...

Spring is here? Welcome to the March 2025 Japan Rail Enthusiast updates. Here in Tokyo we have alternated between days that are as warm as April or even early May to other days that are cold as February or even January. Amongst locals th...

Shikoku is Japan's 4th largest island, and it has a lot for rail enthusiasts to see. Trams, Rail & DMV As is often the case, Shikoku being an island has done things a little differently from the main island of Honshu. Until 1988 the ...

Asa Kaigan Tetsudo (Asa Coastal Railway or "Asatetsu") in Shikoku's Tokushima Prefecture is the first railway in Japan to use Dual Mode Vehicles (DMV) to operate all its services on a regular basis. TSJR visited the railway in January (2...