train otaku

Citizen celebrates the 140th anniversary of Ueno Station with cool train-themed watch designs

Three popular limited express train models get a semi-digital, semi-analogue watch makeover!

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This little-known spot is a haven for train otaku, with a view of both Mt. Fuji and bullet trains

It’s slightly outside the city center, but definitely worth a trip for the views!

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We took a chance on a die-roll ticket to Amarube and had a nice little adventure

If you’re also thinking of going to this small railway town in Hyogo Prefecture, here are some tips!

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Japanese public broadcaster issues apology for calling a train a “train”

Rail otaku take NHK to task.

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Cool bullet train phone charging stand plays train jingles when you put your phone on it

It’s the perfect gift for a bullet train otaku!

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Japanese school bag collaborates with a limited express train company for one awesome bag

Give your little train otaku a bag they’ll use for years.

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JR East attempts to unite train-photographing otaku with new social media group

Could this mean an end to the violence?

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Furious train otaku in Japan confront foreign bicyclist after he gets in the way of their cameras

Encounter leaves rail fans shouting into the night in seaside town.

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Altercation between train otaku leaves one with fractured skull, other in custody

Suspect may be saved by his own age.

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“We just wanted to see them stop!” Four train otaku arrested for throwing smoke bombs at trains

These otaku were a little too interested in trains. 

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Japanese cheater learns why you should never try to lie to your train otaku girlfriend

Relationship is derailed as rail geek girl uses her amazing powers of deduction to catch her boyfriend in a lie.

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Train otaku’s YouTube channel is packed full of funky music videos dedicated to stations

Rock to the beat of station names and level up your knowledge of Japan’s railway system while you’re at it.

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Japan’s train otaku ruin the sweet story of the lone schoolgirl and her train station

Japan’s feel-good story of the year takes a depressing turn as the lone passenger who made headlines is harassed by camera-toting otaku.

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Japanese net-user finds funny letter written to his future self, shares awkwardness online

An obvious tetsudō otaku, or “train nerd”, did he accomplish his dream of becoming a train driver?

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Osaka Station showered with photos of a teenage boy, two train otaku questioned by police

On the evening of 19 September, JR Osaka Station became the scene of unseasonable weirdness as dozens of photographs of an unknown teenage boy seen sitting on the train fell from the sky like giant snowflakes of randomness.

Upon investigating the incident, Osaka Prefectural Police found this to have been an act of revenge by what is fast becoming Japan’s most oddball sub-culture: train otaku.

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