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Japanese Area

Japanese Area
Japan is divided into several landmasses: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and islands like Okinawa. The train designs are also different. In the...

KIHA 20 Series Orange

<Local Sen> KIHA 20 Series Orange
Kato start <Local Sen> KIHA 20 Series Orange 1 and 2 . The numbers are 10-040 and 10-041 .To celebrate the 60th anniversary of N-gauge, we ar...

Kyoto Gion

Kyoto Gion
The Gion Festival has come to Kyoto. Gion is a famous festival in Japan. When I was young, I used to walk around the Gion festival shops on dates. ...

Yamagata's symbolic "mandarin duck.“

Yamagata's symbolic "mandarin duck.“
The Yamagata Shinkansen colored with the vivid purple of Yamagata's symbolic "mandarin duck.“● The E3-2000 Series was introduced between December 2...

Nagomi

Nagomi
This is the E655 Series Nagomi (Japanese), a luxury train with only one special train. Specifications of the E655 Series Power system: AC/DC electr...

November 2025 Kato New Trains

November 2025 Kato New Trains
The C62, which was active in Hokkaido, was equipped with heavy cold- and snow-resistant equipment to cope with the harsh winter climate, and was us...

November 2025 KATO New Trains

November 2025  KATO New Trains
223 Series 2000 Series <New Rapid>The 2000 Series, which appeared in 1999 as the definitive version of the 223 Series, is a vehicle with a wi...

KATO News

KATO News
Hello Kato 10-2090 787 series "36 Plus 3" is the 12th D&S (Design & Story) train of JR Kyushu, and one 787 series train was remodeled and s...

E233 Series 6000 Yokohama Line

E233 Series 6000 Yokohama Line
Hello , This is Japan business suburnan train , Yokohama Line . The E233 series that connects Tō-Kanagawa and Hachioji.The E233 series 6000 subseri...

E3-2000 Series Shinkansen "Tsubasa" New Colour on 1 July 2025

E3-2000 Series Shinkansen "Tsubasa" New Colour  on 1 July 2025
Kato 10-2096 , it will sell by KATO . The Yamagata Shinkansen colored with the vivid purple of Yamagata's symbolic "mandarin duck.“The E3-2000 Seri...

Yakumo

Yakumo
KATO 10-1999 10-2000 are on sale from today. Yakumo is a limited express train operated by West Japan Railway Company between Okayama Station and I...

KATO 3061-8 Locomotive

KATO 3061-8 Locomotive
The EF65 1000 series is a versatile DC electric locomotive designed for flat terrains, featuring double-heading control and adaptations for cold re...