The Seven Stars in Kyushu — known in Japanese as Nanatsuboshi in Kyushu — ...

The scenic railway winds through Japan’s mountain valleys lined with colorful flowers.

This picture taken on April 26, 2017 shows the bathroom of the Shiki-Shima Suite of the Train Suite Shiki-Shima, operated by ...

The ever-offbeat Japanese have a propensity for theming their trains, even their shinkansen, around famous cartoon characters ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl ...

While many visitors to Japan beeline to the history and hubbub of Kyoto and Tokyo, surprisingly fewer travellers make their way to the region of Kansai: a hinterland of bubbling hot springs, ...

A train arrived 35 seconds behind schedule, and this was enough to prompt the conductor to apologize to every passenger on board, and according to multiple social media posts, issue refunds for their ...

A Hello Kitty-themed bullet train made its final run in Japan on May 17, drawing crowds of fans to JR Shin-Osaka station to ...