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Forum members in Japan may be interested in viewing tonight's (Fri. April 25) episode of "Tamori Station", on TV Asahi at 8:00 pm. The program runs for 1 hour 45 minutes, so probably/hopefully a lot of material. A visit to the secret Tokaido Shinkansen control center ("exclusive first time" they say, but not really), history of the construction and development of the now 60 year old Tokaido Shinkansen, the Chuo Shinkansen (maglev) construction progress, etc. *Tamori likes covering railways and infrastructure topics, and his approach is more low-key, so his recent programs tend to avoid use of annoying/loud "geinin" owarai (non)talents, which is a plus. https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/tamori-station/

For forumers living in Japan, just a note that this Friday's late night Tamori Club (TV Asahi 12:20am~) episode will feature Sotetsu and the upcoming run through operation with JR East. Appears to be a two part feature, so the second half episode likely will be next week.

Heads up to forum members in Japan- tomorrow (Sat Nov.9) TV Asahi will broadcast a two hour special of their "Onegai Ranking Gold" quiz/information show- the topic will be the Shinkansen and buses (I assume Tokyo Municipal "Toei"). Oddly, the TV Asahi HP for this program shows no such episode information, but I saw the commercial for this program tonight, just before the Japan-Taiwan baseball game. Blog post: http://heiseitv.seesaa.net/article/379692981.html