{"id":708,"date":"2007-11-20T17:32:21","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T17:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=708"},"modified":"2022-08-22T15:40:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T23:40:04","slug":"party_train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/party_train\/","title":{"rendered":"Party Train&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was at Omiya Station waiting to catch the Asama Shinkansen to Nagano a couple of Sundays back when I saw this sign.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2259\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5156-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2259\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/party_train\/img_5156\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5156-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD800 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1194639904&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.672&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG 5156\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 5156&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 5156&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5156-scaled.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2259\" title=\"IMG 5156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5156.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 5156\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5156-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5156-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5156-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5156-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5156-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OK, my train will be here shortly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nothing unusual, right? Just a couple of signs telling you when and what the next train will be at the platform. But look closer at the sign on the right side.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2261\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5157-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/party_train\/img_5157\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5157-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD800 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1194639912&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG 5157\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 5157&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;IMG 5157&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5157-scaled.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2261\" title=\"IMG 5157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5157.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 5157\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5157-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5157-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5157-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5157-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/IMG_5157-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I should take THIS train instead, right?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What is a &#8220;party&#8221; train?\u00a0 Can someone explain, please? =P<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was at Omiya Station waiting to catch the Asama Shinkansen to Nagano a couple of Sundays back when I saw this sign. Nothing unusual, right? Just a couple of signs telling you when and what the next train will be at the platform. But look closer at the sign on the right side. What &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/party_train\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Party Train&#8230;?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,48,18],"tags":[31,75],"class_list":["post-708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2007-11-japan","category-cars-planes-bikes-and-trains","category-overseas-travel","tag-japan","tag-jr-east"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2mgIi-bq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2262,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions\/2262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}