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David Jaumandreu talks about how the team at Undercoders is making the coolest train around, and why trains are rad.

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Try on a kimono for fun,’ urges the Japanese guide, so I duly tuck in my tummy before I am tightly trussed into the Japanese ...

It’s not hard to find a frazzled foreigner in Japan. Just head to a ticket vending machine in any busy train station.