On March 30, 2006, during the morning and afternoon I visited the Modern Transportation Museum and the Osaka waterfront.
My first destination was the corporate museum of West Japan Railway Company, more commonly known as JR West. Their Modern Transportation Museum was located in Osaka. This was my first time visiting a railway museum in Japan.
Although the museum was quite old, it still had many interesting things for me to spend the whole morning there.
One of their highlights is a display of the original rolling stock of the 0-series first generation Shinkansen (high speed rail).
The world's first high speed line, the Tokaido Shinkansen, opened between Tokyo and Osaka in 1964 and this was the original high speed trainset.
The cab of the train. One can't help but notice the green coloured metal paneled interior.
The dashboard.
Although it can't be seen because of the reflection, but the maximum speed for the speedometer is 260 km/h. Pretty impressive for the 1960s!
Commemorative things from the opening of the world's first high speed rail line.
Previously used signs for names of Limited Express trains.
Scaled model of JR West's current flagship 500 series Shinkansen.
The train that was used between Tokyo and Osaka before high speed rail.
For some reason there was a San Francisco tram car despite being a museum for JR West.
They had scheduled shows of their model railway diorama all day.
The outside train shed.
Next, I headed to Osaka's harbour area.
From the promenade of Osaka's World Trade Centre building.
Afterwards I paid the admission fee to go to the World Trade Centre's observation deck. You could see incredible views of the harbour area.
Rows and rows of commie blocks.
The port of Osaka. You can't help but be amazed at how orderly everything is despite the area being industrial.
Island under reclamation.
The world's longest suspension bridge in the background, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.
A picture of me at the observation deck with the cool red bridge in the background.
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