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Japanese toy manufacturer Tomy Co.'s "plarail" railroad toy model featuring Odakyu Electric Railway Co.'s Romancecar express train is on display on the first day of the four-day International Tokyo Toy Show at Tokyo Big Site in Tokyo on June 8, 2023.

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Odakyu opens sightseeing facility in Hakone

Odakyu Electric Railways Co. unveils its new Hakonature Base sightseeing facility in Hakone, a hot spring resort in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 20, 2023. The complex, housing an outdoor goods shop, a cafe and a co-working space, will open on April 28.

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Doraemon train in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Odakyu Electric Railway Co.'s ''F-Train'' arrives at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on its test run for the media on Aug. 2, 2011. The colorful 10-car train, decorated on the outside with popular characters created by cartoonist Fujiko F Fujio such as Doraemon and Perman, and with posters of his works displayed inside, is scheduled to enter service the following day.

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Doraemon train in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Workers of Odakyu Electric Railway Co. greet the Doraemon character at an open door of ''F-Train'' at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2011. The colorful 10-car train, decorated on the outside with popular characters created by cartoonist Fujiko F Fujio such as Doraemon and Perman, and with posters of his works displayed inside, was shown to reporters that day and scheduled to enter service the following day.

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Doraemon train in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Doraemon, a character created by cartoonist Fujiko F Fujio, poses for reporters near ''F-Train'' of the Odakyu Electric Railway Co. at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2011. The colorful 10-car train, decorated on the outside with popular characters created by Fujiko such as Doraemon and Perman, and with posters of his works displayed inside, is scheduled to enter service the following day.

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Children light up eco-friendly Christmas tree

TOKYO, Japan - Children, together with a Santa Claus and a woman, bounce and jump on a specially designed part of the floor to try to generate electricity free of carbon dioxide to light up LED bulbs on a Christmas tree at Odakyu department store in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2009. The event will last until Dec. 25.

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(1)Odakyu Electric Railway offers trial run of new limited express

TOKYO, Japan - Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd. puts its new limited express train through its paces during a trial run. The new rolling stock will operate between Tokyo's Shinjuku and Hakone-Yumoto in Kanagawa Prefecture from March 19.

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(2)Odakyu Electric Railway offers trial run of new limited express

TOKYO, Japan - Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd. puts its new limited express train through its paces during a trial run. Invited guests sit in the observation car of the new train, which will enter service between Tokyo's Shinjuku and Hakone-Yumoto in Kanagawa Prefecture from March 19.

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(1)Low-pressure system brings typhoon-class winds to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Workers try to remove the tree that fell on a train of Odakyu Line in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Dec. 5. A rapidly growing low-pressure system brought typhoon-class winds to the Japanese archipelago, causing blackouts, stranding a chemical tanker and paralyzing some air and land traffic. In Tokyo, winds of 144 kilometer per hour -- the strongest ever observed in the capital -- were recorded early in the morning.

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Booking trains by mobile phone becoming popular

TOKYO, Jan. 7 Kyodo - Using mobile phones to reserve seats on limited express trains run by private railways in Tokyo is fast becoming popular among passengers keen to avoid lining up for tickets at the stations. The system is seen spreading in a few years' time. Odakyu Electric Railway Co. began the service in July last year and Central Japan Railway Co. is set to introduce the service for its Shinkansen bullet train lines in the fall of 2003.

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2 trains smash into passenger car in Kanagawa crossing

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Rescuers and firefighters stand at a crossing in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30, where two commuter trains going in opposite directions on the Odakyu Odawara line hit a station wagon Dec. 29, killing the driver of the car and derailing part of one train. The car, which apparently stalled inside the rail crossing zone, went up in flames.

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