Trainspotting

Academy award-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle reunites with his original Trainspotting cast 20 years later to make a sequel that deals with aging, accountability, friendship and once again, betrayal.

I am a rail enthusiast. Can I still go trainspotting? Absolutely not unless passing a railway forms part of your daily exercise. Nobody should travel to stations unless it is essential that they travel, [...]

The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it is known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight into the quintessentially Japanese experience of trainspotting.