A wooden gate and steel and glass roof at the east entrance to the Kanazawa JR railway station, Kanazawa, Ishigawa, Japan, Asia

Passengers purchasing bullet train tickets from vending machines at the central JR (Japan Railway) station in Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Passengers passing through automatic ticket wickets upon entering the JR Ueno railway station in Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Businessman waiting for the Yamanote loop line train just arriving at the JR Ueno railway station in Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Passengers purchasing train tickets from vending machines at the JR Ueno railway station in Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Daimaru department store above the JR central Tokyo train station, seen on the Yaesu side, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Giant Studio Alta TV screen in East Shinjuku district of Tokyo in front of the JR train station, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

JR Station, Hakodate City, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, Asia

JR Station, Hakodate City, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, Asia

girls, Subway, entrance to Toei Oedo Line, in Roppongi station, Tokyo, Japan.

Yokohama, Japan

Akita Prefecture, Japan