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What is Ichiban ?
 * Railway related site in English. 
 * Ichiban means "No.1" in Japanese.
 
This site offers
 * Cool photos related to railways.
 * Answers to your questions. e-mail
 * Info on Hiroshima, Japan.
Hiroshima
Astram line
Hiroshima Electric Railway 1
Hiroshima Electric Railway 2
Hiroshima Electric Railway 3
Hiroshima Electric Railway 4
Hiroshima Electric Railway 5
Skyrail Midorizaka line

Unique pusher locos operation
Class 72 EMU on the Kabe line

View-point in Hiroshima
Model railways
British trains
Daikan-yama tunnel
the Hagiyama line
Shirakiyama station
Tram in Hiroshima
Thomas the tank engine and friends
Coaches 1
Goods Vans/Wagons 1
Collections
Tickets collections invitation
Farecards collections invitation
Timetables
Magazines
Catalogues
Miscellaneous
Picture books
Toy trains
Softwares

Wallpaper

Wallpaper 2
Wallpaper 3
Links
Links to Ichiban
Link to Airside
Refreshments


Beer, please.Cola, please.
Galleries
Video clips (Link to YouTube)
<Japan>

Shinkansen 0 series NEW

Shimotsui electric railway
Scenery of Japan 2 (San-in line)
Kyusyu Railway History Museum
Scenery of Japan 1
Tram in Tokyo (Arakawa line)
Tram in Tokyo (Setagaya line)

Tokyo monorail
Meijimura Museum
Otaru Transportation Museum
Ohmi Railway
Album 1974
Kyusyu in 1974
JR Kyusyu in snow
Tram in Sapporo
Tram in Hakodate
Tram in Gifu
Tram in Kumamoto

Tokyo Disney Resort
Kaetsunou Railway
Toyama Chihou Railway
Nagoya Guideway Bus
Fukui Railway
Iyo Railway
Iyo Railway 2
The Shinkansen
Steam Yamaguchi

Buffer stops
Old coaches 1
Old coaches 2
EF58, the vintage electric loco
Old express trains
Rail scenes in Japan : Spring
Rail scenes in Japan : Summer
Rail scenes in Japan : Autumn
Rail scenes in Japan : Winter

Trains in Kansai
Trains in Tokyo

<Korea>
Railways in Korea

<Europe>
Trams and LRTs
Railways in Denmark
Railways in Norway
Railways in Sweden
Railways in the UK

<Japan>
Hiroshima Electric Railway
 Class 5000 at Takanobashi
 Class 3950 at Takanobashi
 Class 5000 known as Green Mover
 Class 76 from Dortmund
 Class 5100 at Hera 
 Class 3800 
 Tokaichi crossing 1 
 Tokaichi crossing 2 
 Honkawacho 
 City center Ebisu-cho 1 2 3
 Hiroshima station 1 2 3 
 HIroshima port terminus 1 2
 Kaigan-dori 1 2
 Nishi-Hiroshima junction 1 2 3 
 Yawatagawa bridge 1 2
 Arate depot
 Ajina-higashi
 Class 5100 on the Aioi bridge


Hiroshima municipal forest park monorail
 Upward Downward


JR Freight
 1980s 1 2
 Pusher loco 1 2 3 EF200 EF67 deadhead
 Freight Festival in Hiroshima works 1
 Loco hanging 1 2

JR West
 
 Class 113 EMU 1 2 3
 Shinkansen Class 0 EMU 1 2 3 4
 Shinkansen Class 100 EMU 1 2
 Shinkansen Class 300 EMU
 Shinkansen Class 500 EMU
 Shinkansen Class 700 EMU as Nozomi
 Shinkansen Class 700 EMU Hikari railstar


Astram line
 Hondori station 1
 Hondori station 2
 Inside
 Johoku to Hakushima
 Chorakuji

Astram line in 1994
 Johoku to Hakushima
 Omachi to Bishamondai
 Chorakuji

Skyrail 1 2 3 4

Atomic Bomb Dome

Miyajima (Itsukushima) island
 JR Miyajima ferry boat 1 2 3 
 Miyajima-Matsudai kankou ferry boat 1 2
 Itsukushima shrine 1 2
 Miyajima ropeway 1 2