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3 unusual facts about Japan Railways Group


23rd World Scout Jamboree

The site is located 30 minutes from Shin-Yamaguchi Station on the JR Shinkansen line, which is capable of carrying a large number of passengers.

Private railway

Although Japan Railways Group companies are private entities, they are not considered private railways because of their unique status as the successors of the Japanese National Railways (JNR).

Public transport timetable

These thick books - the February 2009 edition of the JTB timetable, for example, contains 1152 pages - are published every month and cover all stations and trains of JR and private railways, as well as long distance bus, ferry and air services.


Kōzuke Province

Since the characters for Kōzuke are more commonly read "Ueno," Gunma Prefecture's Japan Rail stations do not use it as a name prefix, using "Gunma" instead.

Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium

It is a five-minute walk from the closest subway station, Kannai Station, on the JR/Yokohama Municipal Subway.


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