Join me at Koriyama Station for a first-hand look at Japan’s newest bullet train: the E8 Series Tsubasa Shinkansen. This sleek, modern high-speed train just entered service, and today we’ll be riding ...

Yotsugi is just a five-minute ride on the Keisei Line from Oshiage Station (the station for Tokyo Skytree), but step off the train here and you are in another world: the world of Captain Tsubasa, the ...

Things international travelers should know before going from Tokyo to Yamagata"If I'm going to Yamagata, I should just take the Shinkansen, right?"Yes.Basically, that is correct.However, there are som ...

Japan Railway companies nationwide released their updated train schedules that will start on March 16, with new railway sections and new trains debuting. The timetables unveiled on Dec. 15 state the ...

YAMAGATA -- A test ride of the new E8 Series Tsubasa bullet train for East Japan Railway Co. (JR East)'s Yamagata Shinkansen Line was held on March 6, prior to commencing operation on March 16. A new ...

The "Captain Tsubasa Liner" featuring characters from the manga series on the front of the train is seen in the city of Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 18, 2024. (Mainichi/Tadakazu Nakamura) ...

When Yoichi Takahashi first started drawing the "Captain Tsubasa" manga, the idea of Japan being a serious contender in international soccer must have felt like an innocent, but arguably childish, ...