Featured

Featured links, without these I probably wouldn't be into Japanese model trains now:

• http://www.japanmodelrailways.com

My main supplier of whatever I need if it comes to Japanese trains. Nearly all my trains and accesories are from here. Mr. Heiko Stoll answered a lot of my questions before I bought anything at all, and made me feel much more secure about ordering the things I eventually did order. The main reason why I continued with Japanese trains after buying the first set at the local store.

• http://www.amundsenhobby.no

My local store, mostly does Märklín, but has some other brands as well. He had a Kato 800 series shinkansen (imported by Noch), which I bought. It left quite an impression on me ;) I also bought my 500 series shinkansen base set here.

• http://www.japanrailmodelers.com

Especially Jeffrey Reynolds has been real helpful with some info and good links to get an overview of the Tokyo Station trackplan. Whether Tokyo Station will ever be built remains to be seen, but Jeffrey is the main supplier of info for it :)

• http://www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~dajf/byunbyun

Kept me interested in the shinkansen trains long before I even considered buying the models of them. Great info and excellent pictures.

Brands

Links to several brands, both model trains and other toys:

• http://www.katomodels.com - Kato Japan official homepage.
• http://www.katousa.com - Kato USA official homepage.
• http://www.tomytec.co.jp/tomix - Tomix official homepage.
• http://www.microace-arii.co.jp - MicroAce official homepage.
• http://www.greenmax.co.jp - Greenmax official homepage.
• http://www.kawaihobby.co.jp - Kawai official homepage.
• http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp - Modemo/Hasegawa official homepage.

Stores

A variety of online stores for model trains and other Japanese toys:

• http://www.japanmodelrailways.com - Japan Model Railways, located in Germany, ships worldwide.
• http://www.mgsharp.com - M.G. Sharp, located in the UK, ships worldwide. Mostly Kato.
• http://www.newhallstation.com - New Hall Station, located in the US, ships worldwide.
• http://japanese-model-supplies.com - Japanese Model Supplies, located in Australia, ships worldwide.
• http://www.1999.co.jp - Hobby Search, located in Japan, ships worldwide.
• http://hobbyworld.aoshima-bk.co.jp - Hobby World International, located in Japan, ships worldwide.
• http://www.amundsenhobby.no - Amundsen Hobby, located in Norway, ships worldwide.

• http://www.luckymodel.com - Located in Hong Kong, ships worldwide. Recommended!
• http://www.etamiya.com - Located in Hong Kong, ships worldwide. Highly recommended!
• http://www.hobbywave.com - Specialized in Gundam kits, ships to the US and Canada.

Clubs & personal

Links to various Japanese model train clubs and personal pages:

• http://www.japanrailmodelers.org - Japan Rail Modelers of Washington DC.
• http://www.japanrailwaysociety.com - The Japanese Railway Society.
• http://www.jam.gr.jp - JAM group / convention page.

• http://www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~dajf/byunbyun - Dave Fossett's Byun Byun Shinkansen.
• http://www.xs4all.nl/~raicho - Mark Veneman's Japanese trains page.
• http://japanese-trains.com - Doug Coster's Japanese trains page.
• http://akihabara.artificial-science.org - Don Goodman-Wilson's "Akihabara Station" project

Communities

Links to various online model train communities:

• http://www.jnsforum.com/index.php - Japanese Modelling & Japan Rail Enthusiasts Forum.
• http://www.marklin-users.net/ - Märklín-users.net.

Others

Links to whatever doesn't fit in the other categories, but are still worth mentioning:

• http://www.inkognito.no - Provider of my train funds, sort of. I work here ;)
• http://www.o-cha.com - Online Japanese green tea store, ships worldwide.
• http://www.theringworld.com - Everything you ever wanted to know about the Ringu/The Ring movies.

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