TRAINS

Looking for a steamy train experience? Head up to Aomori for a stove train that's heated to 50°C in the middle of summer!

There are a number of passes you can buy to get unlimited transit in popular tourist areas. Here are seven great picks, with a focus on the Tokyo and Kyoto areas!

This illustrator creates astounding renderings of Tokyo’s major train stations by hand!

Tokyo's elevated train spaces might be shaded from the sun, dreary and have most often been turned into bicycle and car parking, but surprisingly, where the sun doesn’t shine turns out to be an ideal setting for a garden.

Love beer? Love trains? Here’s your chance to combine the two for four special nights!

Discover the many groundbreaking locomotive images by Japanese illustrator Koyata Yasui.

While the Ise-Shima area is best known for Ise Jingu, the area also offers picturesque scenery and gourmet food. And you can access this resort region easily from Osaka using the KINTETSU RAIL PASS!

Tokyo’s great, but it’s nice to get away from time to time. Fortunately, from the capital, the short-trip traveler has access to some great weekend-away spots. We've selected some of the classics, and assess their travel budgets.