A train collision on Tokyu Railways's Den-en-toshi Line in Kawasaki late Sunday was caused by a signal setting error, the railway operator said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/tokyu-collision-signal-setting-error/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyurailway #rail #railaccidents #kanagawa #kawasaki
Two trains on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line collided on the tracks near Kajigaya Station in Kanagawa Prefecture late Sunday night, disrupting service between Shibuya and Saginuma stations after one of the trains derailed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/tokyu-line-trains-crash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyurailway #rail #railaccidents #kanagawa #kawasaki
The Yokohama District Court on Friday sentenced Mai Nishitaka, 33, to 17 years in prison for killing her ex-partner, whose body was found in a suitcase by the Tama River near Tokyo in December 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/woman-sentenced-murder-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tamariver #kawasaki #kanagawa #japanesecourts
Took my son banana picking at Kintarō Farm near Odawara. It was a lot of fun!
They grow Gros Michel bananas, which are generally hard to get, but are better tasting than the usual Cavendish banana you get at the supermarket. The story of how they got their operation up and going was also pretty interesting.
We got to try bananas of varying ripeness, banana juice, and banana ice cream.
Banana juice (puréed banana with milk; unsweetened, but naturally quite sweet) and banana ice cream
Cut bananas of varying ripeness
Inside the green house full of banana trees (actually a kind of grass, not biologically a tree)
Scissors in place to cut a banana off of a partially harvested bunch
The father of a woman murdered after being stalked in 1999 says he is "shocked" by the April stalking and murder case in Kawasaki, and he called on police "to care for victims with a determination to rescue them." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-stalking-case-parents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stalking #kanagawa #japanesepolice #saitama
Kanagawa Prefectural Police said in a review report they failed to respond appropriately to a stalking-murder case in which a 20-year-old woman was found dead at her former boyfriend's home in Kawasaki in April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-stalking-case-improper-handling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #stalking #kawasaki #kanagawa
Police arrested a man on Saturday, alleging he murdered his former girlfriend, whose body was found at his house in the city of Kawasaki in late April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/kawasaki-murder-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #kawasaki #kanagawa #stalking
A man on death row for killing nine people in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2017 was executed Friday, in the first execution in Japan since 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/crime-legal/prisoner-on-death-row-executed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #deathpenalty #kanagawa #zama #justiceministry