in densha cafe :p

[keitaro]

so yeah recently went to a train cafe in osaka after going to the train markets at the business centre nearby.

 

http://r.gnavi.co.jp/ka13801/

 

My family and i are on this webpage in the photos.

 

thought i might post this up as the workers were really nice and was something different.

 

basically has a train layout through the cafe and you can pay to play with the set or watch it on auto driving past.

 

they have a collection of trains to choose and show train dvd's on the screen as well as toy trains for the kids.

 

also the children get a shinkansen dinner plate set haha my son loved it but was really tired by the time we got there.

 

 

he was more busy playing with the plate than eating haha

[disturbman]

Hum... too bad I missed that when I (shortly) lived in Osaka. I was mostly hanging around Kujo, Nanba, Dotonburri, Den-Den and Tennoji.  The only densha café I visited while in Japan was in Nara.

 

Yeah. Your family is quite easy to spot on this page Gaijin-san. 

[Tecchan]

I've seen a shop in Asakusa (Kappabashi) where you can buy those Shinkansen plates. It was a bit too heavy (and expensive) for my use of it, but I definitely love them! :-)

[Guest ___]

Hum... too bad I missed that when I (shortly) lived in Osaka. I was mostly hanging around Kujo, Nanba, Dotonburri, Den-Den and Tennoji.  The only densha café I visited while in Japan was in Nara.

 

Yeah. Your family is quite easy to spot on this page Gaijin-san. 

 

My schedule was so bloody tight, I never got to check that place out.

[gmat]

There is a father that I have sometimes seen at Shinjuku. The last time, he was at the Narita Express platform with his son in a baby carriage. He was talking to his son as they looked at the trains. He later took out his cell phone and snapped a photo of the train. Are you one of these?

Best wishes,

Grant

[cteno4]

Oh man i would spend too much time at one of these!

 

I want a shinkansen plate! it would be perfect with my n700 chopsticks! unfortunately would be over $40 for one... wife would also think i had totally lost it as well...

 

cheers

 

jeff

[Martijn Meerts]

I'd be there eating sushi and playing with the trains on a daily basis =)

[Guest ___]

I'd be there eating sushi and playing with the trains on a daily basis =)

 

...for about two days until you go broke. I recall they weren't all that cheap. 

[cteno4]

perhaps curt could set up a few tables and help pay for his layout with some takeout sushi.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[keitaro]

Nah not too cheap 1000 entry + food + think 800 yen for an hour to use.

 

Still good to take children there for a bit of fun

[Martijn Meerts]

I almost spend as much as the entry + an hour use on sushi alone when I go pick some up at the sushi bar close to the office.. Tuna & salmon sushi costs 12.50 euro (16.70 dollar, 1382 yen) for 2 tuna nigiri, 2 salmon nigiri, 3 bits of tuna maki and 3 bits of salmon maki .. Sure does taste good though =)

[Guest ___]

perhaps curt could set up a few tables and help pay for his layout with some takeout sushi.

 

cheers

 

jeff

 

Curt's place is too far :(

[keitaro]

There is a father that I have sometimes seen at Shinjuku. The last time, he was at the Narita Express platform with his son in a baby carriage. He was talking to his son as they looked at the trains. He later took out his cell phone and snapped a photo of the train. Are you one of these?

Best wishes,

Grant

 

Nah not me when in jpn I can usually be seen @ tennoji, mamba or Izumi fuchu stations haha.

 

Not to hard to spot a gaijin.

 

They recently been upgrading the kix rapid with advert tv's btw another train I'd like to add to my collection if I ever make a board with an electric track