Category: Trains

JR Central’s Home-Town Express 1988

The Central Japan Railway Company (東海旅客鉄道株式会社 Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai (JR東海).

Eri Fukatsu (深津 絵里 Fukatsu Eri, born 11 January 1973) is a Japanese actress. From 1988 to 1992, she starred in “Christmas Express” commercials for the Central Japan Railway Company.

Melodies is the studio album recorded by a Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in June 1983. The most well-known song appeared on Melodies is “Christmas Eve”. The song did not receive much attention when it was released on 12-inch single in December 1983, but it was widely recognized through a television advertisement by the Central Japan Railway Company aired during the late 1980s.

The moonwalk is a dance move in which the dancer moves backwards while seemingly walking forwards.

When Does The Shinkansen Service Start?

The Shinkansen (新幹線, new main line), also known as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. The popular English name bullet train is a literal translation of the Japanese term dangan ressha (弾丸列車), a nickname given to the project while it was initially being discussed in the 1930s.

The Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line, connecting Tokyo with Aomori in Aomori Prefecture for a total length of 674 km, Japan’s longest Shinkansen line. [On] December 4, 2010 the extension from Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori opens.

Aomori (青森市, Aomori-shi) is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. Aomori literally means blue forest. The name is generally considered to refer to a small forest on a hill which existed near the town.

Denentoshi Line Rush Hour Pushers

The TōkyÅ« Den-en-toshi Line (東急田園都市線, TōkyÅ« Den’entoshi-sen) is a major commuter line operated by Tokyu Corporation and connecting south-western suburbs of Tokyo and neighbouring Kanagawa, with its western terminus of Chūō-Rinkan, to a major railway junction of western downtown Tokyo, Shibuya.

The term oshiya (押し屋) [English: railway station attendant] is derived from the verb “osu” (押す), meaning “push”, and the suffix “-ya” (屋), indicating “line of work.”

A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.