• About
  • Featured
  • Home
 
Muza-chan's Gate to Japan
12 years of travel throughout Japan
Discover Japan through the eyes of a seasoned traveler
  • A Japan photo per day
  • Travel in Japan
  • Customs & traditions
  • Japanese food
  • Japanese history
  •  Anime & otaku
  • Did you know?

Pages: << 1 ... 3764 3765 3766 3767 3768 3769 3770 3771 3772 3773 3774 ... 4255 >>

The Best Japanese Train of the Year: Narita Express

Fri, June 11, 2010

If you remember, one year ago the Japan Railfan Club awarded the Blue Ribbon Award for the best train of the year 2009 to the Odakyu’s Romancecar type 60000 MSE.

This year is the East Japan Railway’s turn to receive the Blue Ribbon Award: the new Narita Express was declared the best train of 2010:

JR East E259 Narita-Express
New JR East Narita Express E259 series, image via Wikipedia

The new Narita Express E259-series, launched in October 2009, will completely replace by the end of this month the (not so) old 253-series train, that served the Narita Express line since 1991:

JR East Narita-Express 253 series
Old JR East Narita-Express 253 series, image via Wikipedia

The new train features improved interior for shake prevention and noise reduction (but, believe me, there wasn’t much noise in the old train either :)), improved luggage storage, laptop outlets in every seat and, of course, wireless LAN connectivity… B)

Interior of JR East E259 series
Interior of JR East E259 series “Narita Express” Green-class car, image via Wikipedia

From the outside, the E259-series looks sleek and futuristic (like pretty much all the new Japanese trains):

And here’s another video, from the launch of this new great Japanese train:


Tags: Japanese trains, narita 

  • Muza-chan mascot
    • # Kyoto travel

    • # Travel tips for visiting Japan

    • # Zen gardens

    • # Tokyo travel

    •  
    • # Modern Japanese architecture

    • # Japanese gardens

    • # Japanese manhole covers

    •  
    • # Castles in Japan

    • # Traditional Japanese house

    • # Trains in Japan

    •  
    • # Night time photos from Japan

    • # Sakura, cherry blossoms

    • # Traditional Japanese architecture

  • Traveled areas 2007-2017
  • Creative Commons License
    Photos and text by Muza-chan are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
    If you quote or use photos from this site, you must give appropriate credit and a link to the site:
    "Based on a work at muza-chan.net"
    Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available by contacting us (privacy policy).