Inside Train Car

Here is an empty train car. It is rarely empty, but this was a private, local (kind of slow) line on a random afternoon.

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A Word About Transportation

September 12th 2005
Transportation here is way different than in the United States and the infrastructure that has been built to support all of the systems is so incredible! In some ways I don't think the Japanese really planned out all of the systems, often it looks like things were just built weaving up and around and over and through what was existing. It's all very incredible and it all works very well. There ... read more

Asia » Japan » Chiba

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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