Here we are at the Train Museum! We love this place.Do you think the date is wrong? No! It is Heisei 23 here in Japan. That is how long the current Emperor has been in power. So, 2011=H23.
It costs about ¥1500 for an adult to get there, half of that for a kid. So, it's about $55 American for round-trip tickets to the place. Entrance is only $10 for adults, $6 for school kids, and $2.50 for younger kids. Wait. I am getting ahead of myself...
We left early. Here the boys are at our station, all ready to go!
We were lucky to get a train that was nearly empty. The boys got to watch the train operator.
I find it interesting myself to watch the tracks. Usually, you see what you're passing, not the tracks themselves.
Sometimes they'll pull the curtains so you can't watch them. William loves to see what the lights are telling them they can do, and what speeds they are allowed to go. It changes according to what the clearances are. A train running late in front of you? You automatically are told to slow down.
It's all about the rings to hang onto. They are tall enough for the shorter ones. They are so excited to be this tall.
The first thing Stefan wanted to do, is see the panorama.
You sit in seats and it goes through a day and night. It shows how lots of freight goes on the rails at night. It's all in Japanese, but the love it.
Afterwards, you can go close to it and watch it.
The timeline of train memorabilia is interesting. Most of the stuff has Japanese and English, so you know what it is.
This is in there. It's the logo from one of the trains that were US Army trains in occupied Japan, after WWII.
William's top to-do was watching this turn-table working, and the train whistles/horns blowing.
There are many simulators there. Stefan really loved them.
You use the controls, and the video corresponds. William came back and started playing Rail Fan on PS3. He used to have this little Japanese TV game with controls like the real ones.
This was a real old steam engine, and you have to get a ticket for a time (5-10 minutes) to be on it in the afternoon. So, if you're interested, find this place:
You'll need your ticket into the museum (actually a card like a Suica or Pasmo card) and that will give you one time, per person, per ticket.
The cost for that one is $6 USD. You have to pay here before showing up (to the left of this) to run it. Kinda cool, but the only available times were late in the day, when we needed to get home.
Instead, we had gotten tickets for driving the miniature trains outside. That kiosk is directly to the front of you as you enter the museum. Long lines, and you must wait. One ticket, one body, but the good news is, 3 people can ride in that train with that ticket!
We left early. Here the boys are at our station, all ready to go!
We were lucky to get a train that was nearly empty. The boys got to watch the train operator.
I find it interesting myself to watch the tracks. Usually, you see what you're passing, not the tracks themselves.
Sometimes they'll pull the curtains so you can't watch them. William loves to see what the lights are telling them they can do, and what speeds they are allowed to go. It changes according to what the clearances are. A train running late in front of you? You automatically are told to slow down.
It's all about the rings to hang onto. They are tall enough for the shorter ones. They are so excited to be this tall.
The first thing Stefan wanted to do, is see the panorama.
You sit in seats and it goes through a day and night. It shows how lots of freight goes on the rails at night. It's all in Japanese, but the love it.
Afterwards, you can go close to it and watch it.
The timeline of train memorabilia is interesting. Most of the stuff has Japanese and English, so you know what it is.
This is in there. It's the logo from one of the trains that were US Army trains in occupied Japan, after WWII.
William's top to-do was watching this turn-table working, and the train whistles/horns blowing.
There are many simulators there. Stefan really loved them.
You use the controls, and the video corresponds. William came back and started playing Rail Fan on PS3. He used to have this little Japanese TV game with controls like the real ones.
This was a real old steam engine, and you have to get a ticket for a time (5-10 minutes) to be on it in the afternoon. So, if you're interested, find this place:
You'll need your ticket into the museum (actually a card like a Suica or Pasmo card) and that will give you one time, per person, per ticket.
The cost for that one is $6 USD. You have to pay here before showing up (to the left of this) to run it. Kinda cool, but the only available times were late in the day, when we needed to get home.
Instead, we had gotten tickets for driving the miniature trains outside. That kiosk is directly to the front of you as you enter the museum. Long lines, and you must wait. One ticket, one body, but the good news is, 3 people can ride in that train with that ticket!William got first crack at it, and got to run a NEX (Narita Express).
Stefan got second turn, and got different controls and train than William.
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Railway Museum offers a taste of rail transport history. It is the world's biggest railway museum, with a large collection of locomotives and other railway equipments.
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