Japanese Transit 

Japan is the biggest transit player in the Far East. It has everything from High Speed Trains to local streetcar lines. Tokyo, of course, has the largest transit system in the country (if not the world). All of Japan's largest cities support a metro system in on form or another. Many of Japan's mid-size cities have city streetcar or interurban systems for transportation. Sadly some of the small systems are being cut back or abandoned, one such line in Niigata is featured here. 

Choose Your City:

New	City	# of Photos	New Photos	Services	Operators/Notes
	Enoshima	51			Home to a monorail and classic interurban
	Hakone	12			Interurban Line in this scenic are near Tokyo
	Hiroshima	28			The largest city in Japan without a metro system.
	Kyoto	182			This city is still converting some of their former streetcar/ interurban lines to subway lines
	Nagoya	59			This mid-size subway system is well laid out and expanding.
	Niigata	7			This former interurban line was abandoned April 4, 1999.
	Osaka	45			The grid like subway system covers the city very well.
	Sendai	53			Subway
	Takaoka	10			Small country interurban/ streetcar line.
	Tokyo	1635	319		The big one, 12 subway lines, a huge commuter network and one remaining city streetcar line, and a private interurban line along with some other surprises.
	Toyama	55			A tram system that has been growing in recent decade
	Toyohashi	41			Small town tram line
	Yokohama	31			Metro system
Total	9 Cities	2209	319		Cities with metros missed are: Sapporo, Kobe & Fukuoka