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Steam Locomtives & Shinkansen (bullet) train Kyoto Japan

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Uploaded by on Jun 14, 2008

Umekoji Steam museum Kyoto Japan. Shinkansen(bullet train)Kyoto and Mt Fuji. Music Bob Dlyan Mr Tambourine Man. march 26 & 27 2008.The Umekoji Steam Museum was opened in 1972 on the 100th anniversary of the start of railway operation in Japan. The museum was opened to preserve the history of the steam locomotive, a major part of transportation history passing on the story of the steam locomotive to future generations. The many exhibitions at the museum allow visitors to experience and learn about the railway history and railway culture of Japan. The museum features a fan shaped locomotive house with an impressive array of steam locomotives, a turntable used to turn the gigantic locomotives, a steam locomotive in actual operation on the museum's own exhibition track, numerous displays packed with information about steam locomotives and there is even the former Nijo Station House which takes visitors back to the days of the Meiji era.

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