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List of railway companies in Japan
 

Japan Railway

  • Central Japan Railway Company
  • East Japan Railway Company
  • Hokkaido Railway Company
  • Kyushu Railway Company
  • Shikoku Railway Company
  • West Japan Railway Company
  • Japan Freight Railway Company

Major private railways

  • Hankyu Railway
  • Hanshin Electric Railway
  • Keihan Electric Railway
  • Kinki Nippon Railway (Kintetsu)
  • Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
  • Nankai Electric Railway
  • Nishi-Nippon Railroad

Other private railways

  • Eizan Electric Railway
  • Kishu Railway
  • Kobe Electric Railway
  • Mizuma Railway
  • Nose Electric Railway
  • Ohmi Railway
  • Sanyo Electric Railway

Third-Sector railways

  • Asa Kaigan Railway
  • Chizu Express
  • Hojo Railway
  • Hokuetsu Express
  • Ihara Railway
  • Ise Railway
  • Kita Kinki Tango Railway
  • Kobe Rapid Railway
  • Kurihara Den'en Railway
  • Miki Railway
  • Nishikigawa Railway
  • Noto Railway
  • Shigaraki Kougen Railway
  • Tosa Kuroshio Railway
  • Wakasa Railway

Subways

  • Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau (Kobe Municipal Subway)
  • Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau (Kyoto Municipal Subway)
  • Nagoya City Transportation Bureau (Nagoya Subway)
  • Teito Rapid Transit Authority (Tokyo Metro)
  • Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (Osaka Municipal Subway)

Trams

  • Hankai Tramway
  • Hiroshima Electric Railway
  • Toyohashi Tramway

New transit systems

  • Hiroshima Kosoku Kotsu
  • Kobe New Transit (Portliner, Rokkoliner)
 
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Japan Public Commuter Train Thoughts
Commuter train platform. Tokyo, JapanI would like to explain how the train system is truly un-Japanese... In the 80's I remember looking at pictures of people in white gloves pushing commuters back into the car trying to push more and more people into the car. I sort of thought that it was something that was more fiction than reality...but the trains are a place where the rules of Japanese society are suspended and the real demons come out. (read more)
 
Akihabara - Electric Town
Akihabara shopping district and town. Perhaps the worlds best place to shop for electronics.

Akihabara is also known as Akihabara Electric Town (Akihabara Denki Gai). It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo station, Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes shortened to Akiba by locals. While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taito-ku, the area known as Akihabara (including the JR railway station of the same name) to most people is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku. (read more)

 
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