Japan

Existing Systems

Subways
Fukuoka
Hiroshima
Kawasaki
Kobe
Kyoto
Nagoya
Sapporo
Sendai

Yachio-Funabashi

Trams
Arakawa
Enoshima
Gifu
Hakodate City
Hiroshima
Kaetsuno Railway
Kagoshima
Kitakyushu
Kobe
Kochi
Kumamoto
Kyoto
Nagoya
Nagasaki
Sapporo
Sendai

Electric Railways

Fukui
Fukushima
Hamamatsu
Hirosaki
Kamakura
Kanagawa
Kanazawa
Mabashi
Mizuma
Shizuoka
Takamori

Monorails
Chiba City
Enoshima
Inuyama
Kitakyushu
Kobe
Naha (Okinawa)
Tama


Kuwana
Matsumoto
Matsuyama
Meitetu
Meiiji-Mura
Mukogawa
Nanago
Narita City
Niigata
Odawara
Okoyama
Osaka
Otsu
Saitama
Shenzen
South Osaka
Takaoka
Tokyo
Toyama
Toyohashi
Ueda
Yokaichi
Yokohama
Yoshiwara
Yukarigaoka

Under Construction/Planned

Asahikawa (LRT)
Kawasaki (subway)
Matsue (LRT)
Okinawa (monorail)
Yono (LRT)

Please note: This section is still under construction

Subway: Chikatetsu

chi=ground
ka=under
tetsu=iron
do=railway

About Japan and Miscellaneous Links

Japan is to railfans what porno theatres are to Pee Wee Herman.
There are so many urban electric railways here that it's almost impossible to catalog them all. Here's a starting taste, though.

Japan Tramway Society
Railfan Japan - fire up the coffee pot and make sure it's full!
Hisakyu's Railway Guide - a station by station guide to Japan's railways
Shinaidensha by Masahiro Yamamoto
ICHIBAN, by Nozomu Takayama, with some nice photos
CG,illustration(railway) by Yasuji Iwabuchi, in japanese only
Japanese Street Cars and mini Railways
Masahiro Murakami's Iyotetsu page
Ikkoh world
Japanese Trains - a great page with lotsa links and traction photos
Kyushu Railway Company - Official Homepage of JR Kyushu
.Hankyu Railways - Official Homepage of the Hankyu Line
.Keisei Railways - Official Homepage of the Keisei Railway Company.
Odakyu Electric Railway - Odakyu Railway Homepage
Keikyu Railroad Fan - Unofficial Keikyu Homepage with many photos of the rolling stock.
Nagoya Railroad "Meitetsu" - Railroad Company in Nagoya
Yokhoo's Japanese Streetcars
Aono's Railway Photo Gallery. Don't miss it. Covers streetcars in Hakodate City,  Toyohashi City, Gifu City, Toyama, Takaoka,  Kyoto, Osaka,  Okayama,  Hiroshima, Matsuyama, Kochi, Kyushu, Kumamoto, Nagasaki City and Kagoshima City  Also images of many local railways, the last interurbans.
Japanese Tram Theatre
Nishi Nippon Railway Co.
Private Railways in Japan
AONO's Railway Photo Gallery - infrequently updated, includes subway and tram photos

FH Hamada's
Monorails of Japan
Tramways of Japan
Following the blinking trams, and please try not to throw up. arigato.


Kashima Line 
Ibarigin Kotsu Line
Kinki Hihon Railway
Okoyama