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Last week I watched a show about those capsule hotels in Tokyo. Those are the hotels where your “room” is basically the size of a large clothes dryer. Apparently there is a space issue in Tokyo. Found via Subchat, Joseph shows us how buses are stored in Tokyo. I’m not talking about small 10-person buses but instead these are large coach buses!

Have a look below and just pray nobody accidentally hits the down button!

Hmm – we’ve seen a dog on the subway in Russia. We’ve also seen plenty of rats on the tracks in NYC. But never a horse…until today that is.

Here’s a video of a horse on the Tokyo metro subway. You will note that the horse is pretty calm and even has time to read the local newspaper. The horse also has time to take photos with other subway riders. You will note that other subway riders look on in amazement at a horse in the subway.

A couple of years ago I was in London and found a sushi bar that had a little train that went all around the table with little sushi plates on it. You took whatever you liked and paid by the total number of plates that you ate.

Now Strapya-World out of Japan has created a kit so you can create your own Sushi Train at home. It’s $66 and damn if I don’t want one for my birthday. You must check out the video below for how it works and all of the photos as well.  There is even a little controller thingy that looks like a real train – but keep it at a slow speed or your eel roll will be getting mixed with your california roll.

Tokyo Mango has put together their list of reasons why everyone should have a Sushi Train at home. Here’s a teaser from their list, “The kit comes with chopsticks and fake sushi, so you can use it as a tool to teach kids how to properly use chopsticks and eat fake sushi.”

There are even real sushi sounds that come with the train set. No seriously, there is a sound set. How come we don’t have an Amtrak hot dog train or a German ICE Bratwurst train?
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If you are planning to visit Tokyo and ride the subway there, below is a quick video on how to purchase a subway ticket. Some of the machines will allow you to switch to English but the machine is very easy to use. Just put in your bills (in Yen), select the price for the metro ticket you need and it will print below plus return any change.

Here are a couple videos that will help you with your purchase. Apparently if you select English, the machine announces that you have selected English.

Here’s something you don’t see everyday…. a watermelon truck. Apparently the driver is selling watermelons for 5 thousand Wan each. At the end it appears that the couple on the motorbike really want some watermelon as they race after the truck. My only question is… are they seedless watermelons?

Here we go – try walking from one end of this train to the next – I’ve seen 12 car trains but never a 15 car train. The train in the video below is from Tokyo and consists of 15 cars including 2 double decker cars. The video’s creator estimates the train at 300 meters long. The train has great pickup as well as it leaves the station very quickly.