Differing Languages on the Railways – Tohoku Shinkansen (Photo in “Japan: The Basics” (2nd Edition))

Japan: The Basics contains many photographs (all taken by me) to help with the discussions in the book. I have previously done individual posts on each of the photos that were in the first edition that are not in the second edition (a list of all the photographs in the first edition can be found…

Hello Kitty Shinkansen Seats (Photo in “Japan: The Basics” (2nd Edition))

Japan: The Basics contains many photographs (all taken by me) to help with the discussions in the book. I have previously done individual posts on each of the photos that were in the first edition that are not in the second edition (a list of all the photographs in the first edition can be found…

Differing Languages on the Railways – Tokaido Shinkansen (Photo in “Japan: The Basics” (2nd Edition))

Japan: The Basics contains many photographs (all taken by me) to help with the discussions in the book. I have previously done individual posts on each of the photos that were in the first edition that are not in the second edition (a list of all the photographs in the first edition can be found…

Hello Kitty Shinkansen Food Motifs (Photo in “Japan: The Basics” (2nd Edition))

Japan: The Basics contains many photographs (all taken by me) to help with the discussions in the book. I have previously done individual posts on each of the photos that were in the first edition that are not in the second edition (a list of all the photographs in the first edition can be found…

Favourite Photos: Hello Kitty Shinkansen (Photo in “Japan: The Basics” (2nd Edition))

Japan: The Basics contains many photographs (all taken by me) to help with the discussions in the book. I have previously done individual posts on each of the photos that were in the first edition that are not in the second edition (a list of all the photographs in the first edition can be found…

Favourite Photos: A Shinkansen Passing Mount Fuji (Photo in “Japan: The Basics” (2nd Edition))

Japan: The Basics contains many photographs (all taken by me) to help with the discussions in the book. I have previously done individual posts on each of the photos that were in the first edition that are not in the second edition (a list of all the photographs in the first edition can be found…

Photographing the Shinkansen: Toyohashi Station

It’s a while since I have done any posts on photographing the shinkansen and, following my post Webinar: Dream Super-Express – A Cultural History of the World’s First Bullet Train, I decided it’s time to fill in some of the gaps with photographs taken at stations along the Tokaido Shinkansen. As I have discussed before,…

Post 700 – A Favourite Photo and My Favourite Shinkansen

This is my 700th post. I haven’t done particular commemorative posts for all of the X00s, but have done one for the last three – here are the links for Post 600, Post 500, and Post 400. Two of those (though one a little tangentially) related to shinkansen, thanks to the original numbering system shinkansen…

Photographing the Shinkansen: Higashi-Hiroshima

As I have posted about before, when it comes to photographing the shinkansen, I prefer not to take pictures at stations. There are times – particularly when you are travelling on a stopping-service – when it is convenient to do so, getting a shot of a passing train (pictures of stopped trains tend to be…

N700 Shinkansen Model – Owning a part of an actual shinkansen

Through the nature of my work, I have been involved in a variety of media and translation projects over the years. One that I did recently was for the company Icarus which makes models and other products out of the actual thing that they are modelling. You can find out more information about the company…

Photographing the Shinkansen: Hakata-Minami

As I have posted about before, when it comes to photographing the shinkansen, I prefer not to take pictures at stations. There are times – particularly when you are travelling on a stopping-service – when it is convenient to do so, getting a shot of a passing train (pictures of stopped trains tend to be…

My Favourite Shinkansen: Index

Over the last few weeks I have been doing posts about each of the main shinkansen in a series called ‘my favourite shinkansen‘. To help index these posts – although you can use the tag also, this post provides the list of shinkansen covered. They are listed in numeric/alphabetical order. You will need to go…