Japan Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/japan/ Mechanically-minded travel Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:31:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Did Bismarck sink in a sea of coloured water? https://mechtraveller.com/2022/07/did-bismarck-sink-in-a-sea-of-coloured-water/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/07/did-bismarck-sink-in-a-sea-of-coloured-water/#respond Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:24:53 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7687 The answer is NO, but what’s interesting is that if she had made her ill-fated breakout into the Atlantic a year later, she might have been. By then, if the same ships had intercepted her they would have been carrying red (HMS Rodney) and yellow (HMS King George V) dyed shells. The French had developed […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/07/did-bismarck-sink-in-a-sea-of-coloured-water/feed/ 0 Virtual Reality tour of a WWII Japanese submarine wreck released on the 80th anniversary of her sinking https://mechtraveller.com/2022/01/virtual-reality-tour-of-a-wwii-japanese-submarine-wreck-released-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-her-sinking/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/01/virtual-reality-tour-of-a-wwii-japanese-submarine-wreck-released-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-her-sinking/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:00:19 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7250 I-124 was a WWII Japanese submarine that was sunk with all hands (80 crew) by Allied forces on 20 Jan 1942 while on a mine-laying mission in the Beagle Gulf, Australia. She lies in 46 metres (150 ft) of water, 84 kilometres north-west of Darwin, NT. In anticipation of tomorrow’s 80th anniversary, in October 2021 […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/01/virtual-reality-tour-of-a-wwii-japanese-submarine-wreck-released-on-the-80th-anniversary-of-her-sinking/feed/ 0 New Tourist Train in Japan https://mechtraveller.com/2017/07/new-tourist-train-japan/ https://mechtraveller.com/2017/07/new-tourist-train-japan/#respond Sat, 22 Jul 2017 09:51:11 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=2515 A new, specially designed, luxury tourist train was launched yesterday in Japan. The Royal Express will operate from Yokohama station in Yokohama and Itokyu Shimoda station in Shimoda City at the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula with its full of hot springs and picturesque coastlines. Around 100 passengers will enjoy dining and live musical […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2017/07/new-tourist-train-japan/feed/ 0 New Railway Museum in Japan https://mechtraveller.com/2016/02/new-railway-museum-in-japan/ https://mechtraveller.com/2016/02/new-railway-museum-in-japan/#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2016 13:52:48 +0000 http://mechtraveller.com/?p=1244 A brand new railway museum is due to open this spring in Japan’s cultural capital, Kyoto. Kyoto Railway Museum will open on 29 April 2016, with a over 50 trains on display, telling the history of Japanese rail from the steam era to modern day Shinkansen bullet trains. The immersive museum will allow visitors to […]

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