Railway dictionary and day of Japanese railway (14th Oct. USEFUL infomation)

Japanese English/China Dictionary for railway

http://yougo.rtri.or.jp/dic/

Railway technology Glossary (Japanese/English/French/German/Chinese)

It might be useful for translation from Japanese to English.

The dictionary is issued by Railway Technical Research Institute(RTRI)

Railway Technical Research Institute carries out public events near the day of Japanese railway (14th October) every year. (Not according to even official web site). that is not a generally known to have at all except for the neighbourhood..

English site is here

latest Quarterly Report of RTRI was issued.
http://www.rtri.or.jp/publish/qr/2013/qr1303_J.html

There is abandoned rail line near the RTRI.
http://www.geocities.jp/takeshi_departure/souken.html

Do you like Latin music played by Japanese 60's group??(Youtube)

60's GS songs in 2010(Youtube)

(2013/09/07)

Trams in Tokyo

Trams in Tokyo (1971-73)

There are public-sector huge tram network until the end of 1960's (Wiki)

We can enjoy its glorious days on Youtube.

There still is small private tram style line in Tokyo.

 The tram-style line runs only separated traffic from road. There is a part of Tama-den tram (Wiki JP).

Most of Tama-den network on the road disappeared.

Setagaya-Line (1978)

Dancing lonely night (Japanese 60s) by The Jaguars

GS I Love You Too

(2013/08/31)

Rain falls on the lonely

  The Tigers, who were the best and popular vocal & instrument groups in the Japanese 60's, are gathering and doing live performance in the December. 

Smile for me  / Rain falls on the lonely

The Tigers sung the songs presented by the Bee Gees in 1969.

They are one of the earliest Japanese group, which took recording in London.

Smile for me :Barry Gibb,Maurice Gibb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuzCmpmrPYM&feature=player_detailpage

Rain falls on the lonely :Ronald F. Bond,Ronnie Sebastian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k4EO6mfDDM

These songs was released as a single in July 1969 in the UK and Japan

Most of  all members of the Tigers gathered again in 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv9mwO8IzV8&list=PL81EB6EF52E3BD374

We really hope their live in the end of the year!!

(2013/07/24)

The Beavers in the Japanese 60s

Do you know psychedelic rock in the 60s?

This group, the Beavers played fantstic fazz guiter and had various repertory, which included the songs written by "Monsieur" Kamayatsu"

From the group, a famous guiterist Hideki Ishima and a singer of anime Ken Narita are still play on the major scene. 




Why Baby Why (Gokigen-Rock)

Koishite-Aishite  (Mood Rock)

Hatsukoi-no-oka (Latin Rock)

(2013/06/24)

The final run of Japanese tram movies (1960's - early70's) & Makka-na-Taiyo

In the past, there are a lot of branch tram lines in Tokyo and Yokohama.

Unfortunately, most of them were abandoned in early 1970's in Tokyo and all of them disappeared in Yokohama...

Everything were changed quickly from the traditional society to the modern society in Japan.

Makka-na-Taiyo (1969)  (Group sounds / Hibari Misora)

Type 7500 of Tokyo tram

Route map

Shibuya Station 

You can find tram type 7500 here (Edo-Tokyo Open-air Architectural Museum)

Yokohama Tram Museum

Also you can see some Yokohama trams in the museum (web: Japanese only)

Movies of  trams in Tokyo (1960's - early70's)

 Ginza (central Tokyo)

 Nihon-bashi etc (Central Tokyo)..

 Eastern down town Tokyo

 Tama-den(Private line) in Western Tokyo (1968)

 Tama-den(Private line) in Western Tokyo (1968) part2

 Tram in Yokohama (1972)




Additional movie about earthquake in Tokyo Tram (2011) 

Girlfriend (Japanese Group sounds 1968)


(2013/06/15)

Human Renaissance (Music)

The Tigers played Baroque Pop in their album 'Human Renaissance'.

It was inspired from the Bee Gees and the Beatles.

'Endless Rain' is one of the songs of the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXHb0vGnaQE

'The Glorious World' is also introduced with an orchestra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2fu1kZxSo

The Tigers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tigers_(Japanese_band)

Blue Commets in the 1960s of Japan

People often feel nostalgia for the golden age.

For Japanese, the 1960's was one of the significant epoc in their history.

People could recover from dark memory of surrendering WW2 and

get miracle economic development.

Some groups such as the Blue Commets and the Peanuts tried to sell their recoad abroad.  The Blue Commets was originally a support band for solo singer.

The Blue Commets became one of the earliest Japanese beat band in the 1960s by chance. Because the singer, which the group should support, was late for delaying train. They had no choice but to sing without main vocal. The performance got over the footlights. It was a chance to step up their activities.

Blue Commets in The Ed Sullivan Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7MtMqCKLBk

(20/Feb/2013)