Ōta River is a 103 kilometer-(64 mile-) long river as its main stream from Mt. Kanmuri (冠山 Kanmuri-yama) (1,339m). The Ōta River is the major river that flows through Hiroshima Prefecture and empties into the Seto Inland Sea. The river descends through steep topography, with hydroelectric power plants situated along the river.

Ōta River has numerous of tributaries around the upper streams and join with Tone River and Misasa River in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima and branch into Kyōbashi River, Tenma River and Motoyasu River in the delta area of Hiroshima. Ōta River made the Hiroshima Delta. It is spanned by the Aioi Bridge, the aiming point for the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Ōta River runs through Kitahiroshima, Akiota, Akitakata, Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima. The size of a catchment area is 1,710km²

Nozomi (のぞみ) is the fastest train service running on the Tōkaidō/Sanyō Shinkansen in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and along the stretch between Shin-Osaka and Hakata, Nozomi services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph). The trip between Tokyo and Osaka, a distance of 515 kilometres, takes 2 hours 26 minutes on the fastest Nozomi.

Nozomi services commenced on March 14, 1992 using 300 series trainsets with a top speed of 270 km/h. From March 1997, 500 series trainsets were introduced on Tokyo – Hakata Nozomi services, running at a maximum speed of 300 km/h and covering the section between Shin-Osaka and Hakata in 2 hours 17 minutes.

700 series trains were introduced on Nozomi services in 1999, and N700 series trains were introduced from July 1, 2007, initially with four daily round-trip runs. All through Nozomi services (Tokyo–Hakata) were operated by N700 trains by 2009, and all regularly scheduled Nozomi services are scheduled to be operated by N700 trains by 2011.

The trains stop at fewer stations than the Hikari trains. On the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, Nozomi trains stop at Tokyo Station, Shinagawa Station, Shin-Yokohama Station, Nagoya Station, Kyoto Station, and Shin-Ōsaka Station.^[1] On the Sanyō line, all Nozomi trains stop at Shin-Kobe Station, Okayama Station, Hiroshima Station, Kokura Station, and Hakata Station. Certain Nozomi trains stop at additional stations as well. The Nozomi is the only JR daytime train service not covered by the Japan Rail Pass.

The word nozomi in Japanese means “hope” or “wish”.

source: wikipedia

source: wikipedia

source: wikipedia

This video is my entry for the Show me Japan vol 29 and event held by budgettrouble.com ! go check others entries here

Keifuku Electric Railroad Co., Ltd. (京福電気鉄道株式会社 Keifuku Denki Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a railroad company based in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (but with offices in Fukui Prefecture) in operation since March 2, 1942. It is a parent company of Keifuku Bus, and an affiliated company of Keihan Electric Railway, which owns 42.89% of the company stock. The company’s stock is traded on the second section of the Osaka Stock Exchange.

This railway started service in 1910, operated at that time by Arashiyama Electric Tram Railway (嵐山電車軌道 Arashiyama Densha Kidō). It was transferred to the Kyoto-based electric power generation company Kyoto Dento (京都電燈 Kyōto Dentō). Later it built the Kitano Line.

The Main Line connects Kyoto’s city center (Shijo-Omiya terminal) and scenic Arashiyama area in the western suburb

arashiyama

Hikawa Maru (氷川丸) is a Japanese ocean liner that was built for the Nippon Yusen KK line by the Yokohama Dock Company. She was launched on 30 September 1929, and made her maiden voyage from Kobe to Seattle on 13 May 1930. She is one of three sister ships, all named after important Shinto shrines, Hikawa Shrine being located in Saitama. The other two, both lost in the war, were Heian Maru and Hie Maru.

The service provided on the ship was famous for combining splendid food and beautiful art deco interiors. She was often referred to as the Queen of the Pacific. Charlie Chaplin and Kano Jigoro (founder of Judo) are amongst the ship’s more notable former passengers.

In 1941, before Japan’s entry to the World War II the Hikawa Maru was used by Jewish refugees escaping the Nazis via Japan. Reuben Goossens reports Zorach Warhaftig’s experience about the ship. Zorach together with his family left from Yokohama on the Hikawa Maru on 5 June 1941 for Vancouver, Canada. He describes the trip as “a summer vacation and with the war seeming to be so far away” although, he said “I didn’t have a peaceful mind because of the strong responsibility I had to help the Jewish refugees with the troubles they faced.”

After Japan’s entry to the war Hikawa Maru became a hospital ship, and as a result, she ultimately survived the Allied campaign against the Japanese merchant fleet. After the end of the war she was used by the U.S. for troop repatriation until 1947. Afterwards the Hikawa Maru was returned to Japan and carried cargo between Japan and the US.

In 1954 she was taken out of service, but following a refit she returned to carrying passengers across the Pacific. Falling passenger numbers due to the growth of air travel led to the eventual termination of the service in 1960.

In 1961 Hikawa Maru became a floating youth hostel and museum permanently berthed at Yokohama.

In December 2006 the Hikawa Maru museum was closed and doubts about her future were raised. Happily, NYK Line began the restoration of the Hikawa Maru in August 2007, and the ship was reopened to the public on 25 April 2008, the vessel’s 78th birthday.

source: wikipedia

Everybody come to watch the Hikawa Maru, even little rabbit

 

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From @hikosaemon list of recommended places in Tokyo – this is Odaiba.

Music is VoxVox by Haranaga
http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/77270

Jiyūgaoka (自由が丘, Jiyūgaoka) is a commercial and residential neighborhood in Meguro and Setagaya, located in Tokyo.

A moment in Futako-tamagawa station.. near Shibuya on the tokyu denentoshi line, the station is directly above the Tama river..

A parking in Japan, one kind of many parking you can find in Japan.. I will try to make video of other “types” we can find here..

A famous road in Tokyo, passing by Shibuya.. It s a major highway in the Honshu island.. going from Chiyoda (tokyo) to Numazu (shizuoka)
122 km..

here is the part of the road passing by my living place ^^