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)

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)