Life with a Densha Otaku: Discovering the joy of Japanese train culture

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot about train journeys: from my recent Amtrak ride through the Rockies to a nostalgic autumn trip to Nikkō in Japan coming up on Monday. Revisiting those memories reminded me of something - or someone!- central to my everyday life: my husband, a proud densha otaku, a Japanese train enthusiast.

Before I met him, I thought trains were just a way to get from A to B. Efficient, yes. Clean, definitely. But exciting? Not really. Then I married a densha otaku, and everything changed.

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