Category Archives: Ueno 上野
What’s in a name? 山 やま yama mountain
This kanji can also be pronounced as 山 さん san, but then it means Mt, as in Mt Fuji 富士山 ふじさん.
Ueno Zoo うえの どうぶつえん
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Narita Airport Line 成田空港線 なりたくうこうせん
The whole line is operated by Keisei Electric Railway, while some parts of the line are operated by other companies as well, such as Hokuso Railway. The new line is used by Skyliner services operating at up to 160 km/h using new Keisei AE series EMUs.
The project involved the refurbishment of 32.3 km of existing track on the Hokusō Line, as well as the construction of 19.1 km of new track to Narita Airport, partly using disused rights-of-way originally planned for the cancelled Narita Shinkansen project. The total cost, according to the Narita Rapid Rail Access website, was estimated to be ¥126 billion, or about US$1.3 billion.
Trains also utilize the Keisei Electric Railway‘s Main Line between Keisei Ueno and Keisei-Takasago. Trains run at a maximum speed of 160 km/h, thus completing the run from Nippori to Airport Terminal 2 in 36 minutes, 15 minutes faster than the previous Skyliner route, which took 51 minutes. Trains also run towards Haneda Airport from Narita Airport via Keisei-Takasago using Toei Asakusa Line, the Keikyu Main Line and the Keikyu Airport Line.This makes it possible to connect the two airports around 65 minutes, as opposed to the previous minimum of 106 minutes. Fare for the route is ¥2,400 from either Nippori or Ueno stations.
Service on this line commenced on July 17, 2010.
There are also plans to build a track from the Toei Asakusa Line to Tōkyō Station, opening a (potentially) faster route to the airport via the Keisei Oshiage Line.
(from Keisei Information Site)
Useful travel information:
Japan Airlines 日本航空 にほんこうくう
then there was that dark, bleak day…
Japan Airlines Flight 123
was a Japan Airlines domestic flight from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) to Osaka International Airport (Itami) on August 12, 1985. The Boeing 747-146SR that made this route, registered JA8119, suffered mechanical failures 12 minutes into the flight and 32 minutes later crashed into two ridges of Mount Takamagahara in Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, 100 kms from Tokyo, on Monday 12 August 1985. The crash site was on Osutaka Ridge, near Mount Osutaka. All 15 crew members and 505 out of 509 passengers died, resulting in a total of 520 deaths and four survivors. At the time we lived in Gunma not far from the site and we certainly knew people who were personally affected by the disaster. It was a very bleak time.
It is currently the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history, and the third deadliest plane crash in history in terms of all fatalities behind the September 11, 2001 Attacks and the Tenerife airport disaster.
One famous passenger on board was the Japanese singer Ryu Sakamoto, famous for his ‘sukiyaki” song. (mainly from Wikipedia)
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara (Autumn Leaves Field) is the electronics city within Tokyo. It seems that any electronics business that is something has an outlet in Akihabara. If you want to get cheap deals, or you want the latest gadgets for TV, computers and general technology, Akihabara is the place! Easy to reach with the subway.
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
Akihabara 秋葉原 あきはばら
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