 Joined: 06/10/2009(UTC) Posts: 819 Location: RAK
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Hi Friends,
I have some new trains, but I haven't uploaded any on the net for you to see, I hope I will do so soon.
My 4 year old son is with me so all trains are in hibernation....
I am visiting Japan for a week in August, and I am busy planning my visits and I am also getting a JR Rail Pass.
I would like to ask those who may know:
Are there H0 trains in Japan?
I would love to get me a simple DCC H0 bullet train, for my collection...
And it would be nice to actually visit a store and buy it from there. Would it be very expensive?
Regardless of whether I do get a train or not, I am planning to use the real thing to travel around a bit.
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George
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 Joined: 23/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,828 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Hi George You might like to pay a visit to (or even become a member of) this forum: http://www.jnsforum.com/community/My understanding is that there are some Japanese HO scale trains, but the most popular scale is N. |
Gary
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 Joined: 10/08/2009(UTC) Posts: 3,443
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I would be nice to buy the Shinkansen type 0 from KTM if you can find it. This was the first bullittrain,operational in 1964! https://www.marklin-user...lly/KTM_Shinkansen_5.jpgI think the type 0 (now retired) is still the most beautiful type Shinkansen,with its airplane like nose. |
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Originally Posted by: Deborail  Hi Friends,
I would like to ask those who may know:
Are there H0 trains in Japan?
I would love to get me a simple DCC H0 bullet train, for my collection...
Tomix makes a variety of HO locomotives and EMUs with great details but it seems not to be DCC or DCC Ready. Digitalizing MRR in Japan is not common. You can hardly find digital accessaries made in Japan except for KATO. In general, bodyshell is made of plastic and the pantograph is dummy if you mind the material and the pantograph with the function of taking power by catenary wires. http://www.tomytec.co.jp...ix/menu/index_hojoho.htm
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 Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,470 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot
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Originally Posted by: shannon Originally Posted by: Deborail Hi Friends,
I would like to ask those who may know:
Are there H0 trains in Japan?
I would love to get me a simple DCC H0 bullet train, for my collection...
Tomix makes a variety of HO locomotives and EMUs with great details but it seems not to be DCC or DCC Ready. Digitalizing MRR in Japan is not common. You can hardly find digital accessaries made in Japan except for KATO. In general, bodyshell is made of plastic and the pantograph is dummy if you mind the material and the pantograph with the function of taking power by catenary wires. http://www.tomytec.co.jp...ix/menu/index_hojoho.htm kato is another manufacturer of japanese trains IIRC. Try having a dig around this site which seems to show some of the high speed trains.
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Joined: 07/09/2012(UTC) Posts: 67 Location: Sydney
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G'day,
I was in Tokyo in January and did some train shopping (Although I'm into Z).
The Akihabara electronics district also contains a lot of hobby shops. Some of the train shops were hard to find, upstairs or down little streets.
But I did find a shop called Tam Tam and ended up buying some things there. As others have said most of the Japanese stuff is small gauge due to space constraints in their homes.
But Tam Tam had multiple floors for train stuff and a good selection. (Sorry can't remember if they had much HO). But they also spoke good English there so may be able to point you in the right direction of a shop selling HO. The shop is about 10-15 minutes walk from Akihabara JR station. It's on a major road intersection so easier to find. Do a search on Google and you'll see a map which will help with finding it.
Hope this helps,
Cheers
Wal
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Joined: 06/10/2009(UTC) Posts: 819 Location: RAK
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Thanks Guys,
I plan to visit Akihabara in any case and i will go have a look....Maybe I get a small shinkasen Z scale starter set or something like that... |
George
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Joined: 23/11/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,828 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Originally Posted by: Deborail Thanks Guys,
I plan to visit Akihabara in any case and i will go have a look....Maybe I get a small shinkasen Z scale starter set or something like that... Hi George Rokuhan make a Z scale Shinkansen starter set (3 cars): http://www.rokuhan.com/english/products/trains/ |
Gary
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Joined: 10/08/2009(UTC) Posts: 3,443
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Originally Posted by: Deborail Thanks Guys,
I plan to visit Akihabara in any case and i will go have a look....Maybe I get a small shinkasen Z scale starter set or something like that... In your initial message you were looking for H0 scale........ |
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Joined: 06/10/2009(UTC) Posts: 819 Location: RAK
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Originally Posted by: NS1200 Originally Posted by: Deborail Thanks Guys,
I plan to visit Akihabara in any case and i will go have a look....Maybe I get a small shinkasen Z scale starter set or something like that... In your initial message you were looking for H0 scale........ That's correct, but it seems that most japanese shops have z scale... |
George
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 Joined: 19/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 841 Location: Lidingö, Sweden
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In Ginza you can find a Tenshodo store. In this store I saw a very nice model of modern Shinkansen 700 series train for one of the Shinkansen lines going east or north from Tokyo. I did not buy it for two reasons, the first being that I would only go to Osaka (actually used that line a lot, having "a base camp" at a hotel Osaka, going for instance to Kyoto several days in a row) and the second, I was uncertain if I could rebuild it for 3 rail operation on Märklin C-track. It could be noted that the 1/80 scale is popular in Japan and the models often run on ordinary H0 track. In part this is due to the fact that most rail lines except the Shinkansen lines are narrow gauge. This means that sometime you can find model houses or other accessories that are close to H0 scale. This is the location of this shop: Tenshodo, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan, but please not that the model train shop has a small door to the next to that of the Tenshodo clock store.  
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Originally Posted by: Western Pacific In Ginza you can find a Tenshodo store. In this store I saw a very nice model of modern Shinkansen 700 series train for one of the Shinkansen lines going east or north from Tokyo. I did not buy it for two reasons, the first being that I would only go to Osaka (actually used that line a lot, having "a base camp" at a hotel Osaka, going for instance to Kyoto several days in a row) and the second, I was uncertain if I could rebuild it for 3 rail operation on Märklin C-track. It could be noted that the 1/80 scale is popular in Japan and the models often run on ordinary H0 track. In part this is due to the fact that most rail lines except the Shinkansen lines are narrow gauge. This means that sometime you can find model houses or other accessories that are close to H0 scale. This is the location of this shop: Tenshodo, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan, but please not that the model train shop has a small door to the next to that of the Tenshodo clock store. I go to Tokyo frequently for work and always go to this store. They have a used section on the top floor. I have bought alot of good used Marklin items here! make sure you tell your credit card you are going over there. I lost out on a nice Marklin set because they denied my card. Also they have all kinds of sets. Fanaastic place.
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Joined: 29/12/2013(UTC) Posts: 148 Location: Seattle, WA
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Hi, I'll be visiting Tokyo in late September. I found this shop called Rheingold Tokyo, Rheingold Tokyo. Has anybody visited this shop? Any other suggestion? Thanks, Tze
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Joined: 26/03/2006(UTC) Posts: 1,423 Location: Brisbane, QLD
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Originally Posted by: MKOpSeattle Hi, I'll be visiting Tokyo in late September. I found this shop called Rheingold Tokyo, Rheingold Tokyo. Has anybody visited this shop? Any other suggestion? Thanks, Tze I bought on-line some special wagons (4415.540 "GANBARE NIPPON!") from them in 2011, and had no problems. For what that's worth... |
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