Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Entries from 2012-02-01 to 1 month

Russia begs McDonald's to open store in Vladivostok

MOSCOW (AFP) - The chief of Russia's economy said on Wednesday he was ready to beg McDonald's to open its first fast food store in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok ahead of an upcoming regional summit there.'We do not have a McDonald's…

The plan to revive streetcar lines between Abenobashi and Namba after the interval of 46 years. This is scheduled to open in 2015

It was revealed that Osaka Prefecture Government plans to revive streetcar lines in the central area of Osaka City. The government aims at improvement of convenience of customers and tourists by running LRT between Osaka-Abenobashi station…

I heard two more Shotgun marriage today

When I talked with my brother, he said two of his friends in his junior high school days had already had their children. Judging from the fact that he is three years younger than me, who is still a college student and will continue it for …

I went to Kobe to see Shinkansen 300 series

But, less sunlight caused me to take bad pictures of the train. After that, headache hit me. And then, I gave up uploading pictures of them.

North Korea 'sacred war' threat over US-South drill

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea on Saturday threatened to stage a 'sacred war' over US-South Korean annual joint military exercises next week, denouncing the drill as a 'silent declaration of war'.The North's National Defence Commission (NDC) de…

Governor of Osaka City reviews introducing repeater systems in elementary schools or junior high schools

Citation: http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlines/articles/CONN00217865.htmlIn Japan, it is impossible to repeat a year in junior high schools or elementary schools. But, he suggested introducing repeater systems in elementary schools and j…

The day before yesterday, automatic announcement at Uehommach station was changed

Previous announcement was "Here is Uehommach. Thank you for using Kintetsu Lines. Passengers for Namba, please change trains here by descending to platform No.1(上本町、上本町です。近鉄電車にご乗車下さいましてありがとうございました。難波方…

Nankai Electric Railway is going to introduce numbering of all the stations

In addition to excursuses of Korean language and Chinese language(simplified) on nameplates of all the stations, Nankai is going to introduce numbering of all the stations. The numbering includes all the stations on Hankai lines, on which …

AirAsia's net profit falls by almost half

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -Southeast Asia's largest budget carrier AirAsia on Wednesday reported a fall in net profit by almost half in 2011 on year as it struggled with high fuel prices, but posted a record revenue.The Malaysia-based airline pos…

Osaka Municipal Subway took a rare measure against a trouble

In the morning, unidentified smoke happened at Umeda. The fire was burning at a warehouse underground. Then, The subway decided to suspend train operation on Midosuji Line. But, it took a lot of time to extinguish the fire. So, in order no…

Free SBS, SMRT bus services if MRT service is disrupted

NEWSFLASH: SBS Transit and SMRT will offer commuters free use of all bus services calling at designated bus stops and interchanges in close proximity to stations, in the event of an extended MRT service disruption.This was a result of the …

My senior researcher talked about his first experience

When I was walking with my senior researcher around Hotarugaike station, a beautiful girl in a uniform of Softbank mobile phone shop gave us complimentary tissue. The girl reminded my senior researcher of his past experience. When he was a…

Victims of a medium who lives with Tomoko Nakajima sued

After the event that Tomoko Nakajima, who is a comedian of "Osero", was sued for being behind in her rent by the owner of her apartment, it was revealed on 15, February that victims of the medium sued the medium for recovery from financial…

Which is the longest route without exiting a ticket gate in Kansai private railways

My follower on Twitter began this interesting research.My initial plan was the following route Gakken-Nara-Tomigaoka→(Kintetsu Keihanna Line)→Nagata→(Osaka Municipal Subway Chuo Line)→Sakaisuji-Hommachi→(Osaka Municipal Subway Chuo Line)→T…

Derailment of a freight train. The train's speed was 70km/h in the station

JR Hokkaido commented on derailment of the freight train happened at Higashi-Oiwake station on Sekisho Line in the evening on 16, March.They revealed "The freight train's speed was 70km/h when the train went into the station, while the spe…

Avoiding pollinosis is troublesome

Since I have pollinosis alergy, I have to spend bitter days from March to April every year. In order to avoid it, I have to take medicine and wear a mask. Two years ago, I went to Hong Kong to evacuate from full of pollen areas. Then, not …

I met my senior researcher who graduated last year

He was famous as an idle student in my laboratory. Today, I met him at Namba with my another researcher. My another researcher : What do you do on weekdays? My senior researcher : I go to the firm. A : After reaching? S : I check the mai…

My senior researcher boasted of his romantic evening

When he was leaving the laboratory, he said to us "I'm going to date・・・" Because today is the day females in Japan are supposed to present chocolate to their sweetheart, he was expected to get chocolate from his sweetheart in the evenin…

Foolish parents prevent their children from getting jobs

A stuff of a human resources company pointed out that extreme interference of parents must be one of the causes of the bad employment situation. According to a female college student, her mother recommended her to apply for companies whose…

C56 steam locomotive ran on Hokuriku Line

My father took me there. First of all, I went to Kawake station by way of Kintetsu, Shinkansen ,and Hokuriku Line. ※If you can't see pictures below, click the following words "続きを読む" to see pictures.

Mass media criticizes men who are reluctant to marry

Because St. Valentine's day approaches, mass media would advertise chocolate for the day*1. But, this year, this is not the case. With the spread of the new custom of giving chocolate mutually among females, mass media takes it up as mater…

Revision of my diagram

Since the academic new year in Japan is near at hand, I'll have to revise my diagrams.・Abolishing lunch time with a friend Because of the friend's graduation of the university and his employment, I won't be able to have lunch on Wednesday…

Today's accident on the crossing between Ishikiri and Nukata affected the last trains

When I go back home from the university, I found that trains on Kintetsu Nara Line was delayed. So, I was concerned about whether I would reach Uehommachi before 23:29, departure time of the last train for my nearest station.As a result, t…

Yuki Kashiwagi blamed a part of fans for shaking hands with dirty hands

My senior researcher said "a man on a website makes it a rule to rub his sperm on his hands and then shakes hands with idols." Though I thought it was his special behavior, there seems to be a lot of men who shake hands rubbed sperm. Some …

The president of Kintetsu referred to Limited Express train connecting Nagoya and Sannomiya

Tetsuji Kobayashi,the president of Kintetsu, unveiled a plan to review installation of Direct Limited Express Train connecting Nagoya and Sannomiya. The train runs by way of Hanshin Namba Line, which opened on March, 2009.The president sai…

My senior researcher's acquaintance was deceived

My another senior researcher who has already graduated from the university had introduced my senior researcher a girl to have sexual intercourse with. But, a strange thing happened after he met her. She urged him to invest his money. Becau…

Sapporo Streetcar line will become a circle line in 2014, and low floor streetcars will be introduced in 2013

Sapporo City Government decided to circularize the line in 2014. Newly constructed section will be along a pavement ,and Tanuki-Koji station will be added on the section. New trains will be also introduced on the next springThe streetcar l…

Snowfall was as deep as I expected

I decided to go to a station on Kosei Line, because I wanted to see it snowed from twice to 10 times as deep as usual. So, I got up early in this morning and took train for Kyoto. At Kyoto station, I intended to eat breakfast. But, I found…

There isn't any hierarchy in my laboratory

Today, I talked with my junior researcher about my senior researcher's attitude of dealing with females. It is that the senior researcher wants to meet a fat lady in my department. Though the fat lady is a same year student as me, my senio…

My senior researcher is good at becoming a patient

Today, my senior researcher was absent from school. According to my professor, he telephoned the professor that he was out of shape. But, I have to remember that he went to meet his sweetheart on his way home from the university.(I'm not s…