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2000-2003

2004-2007

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A Man, Japanese, Blood type B, Age 76, Zondiac: Aries, Tokyoite Born in Tokyo, but not in Edo area, that is, old city area since the Shogun Government era. Moved to Niigata and Nagano prefecture during World War II, graduated high school in Nagano prefecture. Come back to Tokyo in 1953 to enter an university. Has been a rail-fan since my childhood, learned difficult chinese characters from station nemes of a train running near my house at that time. I believe Railway system (Shinkansen or Maglev) may continue forever. The day that airplane cannot fly anymore will come asall of the petrol will completely consumed. The people will travel to Europe by Maglev train through Siberia. I can not imagine how people travelto the separate continents. Aloso air raids will be impossible, even if ICBM will be shooted with hydrogen energy etc., as far as mankind has been survived until then. At present, I am still working as a doctor, but already retired from active neurological surgery. One day when I got up in the morning, I was caught by an ataxia or not ｔo　walk wituout assistance. I had suspected an cerebellar hemorrhage or something like that. Magnetic resonance diffuse imaging revealed the lateral medullary infarction, that is, obliteration of a small vessel in the brain stem. I have experienced a three-week admission. After several weeks after that, I have felt queer pain phenomenon. I have described in a medical journal about it. Its summary is as shown below: PAIN 104(2003) 49-53. Jump to Memory of the war Jump to About an air raid orphan Kayoko Ebina Jump to Tokyo air raid victim roster

	My Rail Travel History	Cities where I have visited
1970:	Paris Metro &Berlin U-Bahn, S-Bahn Linz - Bonn, London Underground Salzburg - Wien West,Wien S-Bahn	Paris, Hamburg, London, Stockholm, Berlin,Bonn,München(Munich), Innsbruck, Wien(Vienna)
1978::	SaõPaulo Roosevelt/Luz - Mogi das Cruzes(many times） SaõPaulo Metro Interlaken Ost - Jungfrau Joch (a round Trip) Interlaken Ost - Geneve Frankfurt Hbf - Mainz Koblenz - Frankfurt Hbf	Honolulu, Los Angels, SaõPaulo, Rio de Janeiro, Frankfurt, Venezia(Venice), Interlaken, Geneve, London, Paris
1980:	San Francisco cable-cars Boston Metro Baltimore - New York Grand Central	San Francisco, Mont Real, Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Baltimore
1981	San Francisco cable-cars	Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, San Francisco
1986		Bangkok
1987	Perth-Fremantle (a round trip)	Singapole, Perth , Sydney
1989		Noumea
1990:	Amsterdam Centraal - Zaanse schans(a round trip) Amsterdam Centraal - Bruxelles Nord Bruxelles Metro & Premetro, Amsterdam Tram	Berlin,Amsterdam, Bruxelles
1991		Cairns
1994:	Nice - Monte Carlo(a round trip) Avignon - Paris Lyon (TVG) Paris Montparnasse - Rennes (TVG) (a round trip) Paris Metro	Nice, Monaco, Avignon, Paris
1996:	Madrid Atocha - Sevilla (AVE) Barcelona Metro	Madrid, Sevilla, Cordova,Granada, Barcelona
1997:	LisboãRossio - Sintra Cascais - LisboãCais do Sodre LisboaElétrico(Street Car) Wien Straßenbahn & U-Bahn Roma Termini - Firenze S. Maria Novella FirenzeS. Maria Novella- Pisa(a round trip)	Lisboã(Lisbon), Wien , Roma, Firenze(Florence)
1998:	Amsterdam Schipol - Bruxelles Midi Mruxelles Midi - Brugge(a round trip) Mruxelles Midi - Antwerpen Centraal (a round trip) Bruxelles Midi - Amsterdam Schipol (Thalys) Amsterdam Schipol-AmsterdamCentraal (a round trip) Bruxelles Metro & Premetro,Amsterdam Tram	Athens, Bruxelles, Brugge,Amsterdam La Jolla（San Diego), Las Vegas
1999:	Washinton D.C. Subway New Orleans Street Car (Desire & Riverside lines) Praha hl.n. - Dresden Hbf (DB & CG), Praha Metro,Praha and Dresden .Straßenbahn Dresden Hbf. - Berlin Ost Berlin Friedlich Straße - Potsdam- Westend Berlin U-Bahn, S-Bahn Roma Metro	Washington D.C ., NewOrleans , San Francisco Praha, Dresden, Berlin Parelmo,Taormina ,Alberobello,Roma
2000:	Ascot - London Waterloo (Britrail) London Waterloo - Paris nord (Eurostar) Paris Montparnasse - Chartres(SNCFa round trip) Paris Metro, Champs de Mars-Boulainvilliers(RER C1/3) Victoria peak Tramway, Airport Express (Kowloon-Airport)	Ascot, Bath, Wells, Paris HongKong, Kawloon
2001	Metro & Tram in Toronto	Niagara Falls, Toronto Beijing
2002	New York Subway New York (Penn-Station) - Boston (South)( Acela ) MBTA(Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority) Frankfurt Flughafen-Frankfurt Hbf Frankfurt-Heidelberg, Heidelberg(M)(a round trip) HeidelbergTram Frankfurt(M)-Würzburg-Steinach-Rothenberg ob der Tauber(a round trip) Frankfurt(M) U-Bahn, S-Bahn & Tram Frankfurt(M)-Koblenz-Luxemburg	New York, Boston Frankfurt-Heidelberg- Rothenberg ob der Tauber - Luxemburg
2003	Bergen (Norway)-Voss, Flåm-Myrdal, Myrdal-Bergen Hamburg-Lübeck-Lüneberg-Hamburg Hamburg-København H (Copenhagen C) København H (Copenhagen C)-Malmö (a round trip) Vesterport-(S tog)-Nørreport-(Metro)-Kongens Nytorv København H-Københavns Flughavn (Airport)	Bergen (Norway) Hamburg,Lübeck, Lüneberg, København(Copenhagen), Malmö
2004	Lisboã Metro (Rossio-Areeiro), Fertagus (Areeiro.Roma - Fogueteiro - Sete Rio ) Lisboã Metro (Jardim Zoologico - Cais do Sodré ) Lisboã Rossio - Sintra,LisboãElétrico(Tram) Lisboã Santa Apolónia - Porto Campanhã Porto Metro (Trindade - Casa do Musico) Schafbergbahn(go & return) Salzburg - Innsbruck - Jenbach - Achenseebahn(go & return) - Jenbach - Innsbruck - Jenbach - Mayrhofen (Zillertalbahn)- Jenbach - Innsbruck - Zürich - Alpnachstad - Pilatus Kulm - Alpnachstad - Sarnen -Zürich - (ship) - Vitznau - Rigi Kulm - Arth-Goldau -Zürich - Luzern -Zürich	Lisboã(Lisbon), Porto Salzburg, Innsbruck , Zürich(Zurich), Luzern
2005	Dresden - Radeburg Ost - Radeburg (a round trip) Dresden trams ,Dresden Bergschwebebahn, Dresden - Leipzig - Halle - Wernigerode Wernigerode - Brocken(a round trip) Wernigerode - Magdeburg - Berlin Ost Berlin subways and trams Berlin Ost - Hannover - Frankfurt Frankfurt subways and trams Paris St. Lazare - Vernon - Rouen-Rive-Droite- Paris St. Lazare Haussman St.Lazare -(RER E)- Magenda・Paris Nord - Amiens - St Deni -(T1)- Noissy-le-Sec -(RER E)- Haussman St.Lazare Paris Monparnass - Tours (TGV=Round trip) Paris St.Lazare - Le Havre (Round trip) Auber -(RER A) La Defence -(T2)- Issy Val de Seine -(RER C)- St.Michel Notre-Dame Paris Metro	Dresden, Leipzig, Wernigerode, Magdeburg, Berlin, Hannover, Frankfurt Paris, Rouen, Amiens, Tours,Le Havre
2006	Göteborg,Göteborg -(X2000)-Stockholm,StockholmMetro , Berlin RE, S-Bahn, U-Bahn,Spårvagn(Tram) .	Göteborg(Gothenburg), Stockholm , Berlin
2007	Nürnberg - Bamberg(Round trip),Nürnberg -Köln,Köln - Wuppertal(Round trip),Wuppertal Schwebebahn,Köln -Bonn, Linz(Main) -Köln,Köln - Frankfurt Lufthaven Wien - Budapest, Budapest - Praha, Praha - Wien, Wien - Melk, Krems a.d. Donau - Wien, Wien - Mürzzuschlag(Round trip), Metro & Tram in Budapest, Praha & Wien	Nürnberg(Nuremberg), Bamberg, Köln(Cologne), Wuppertal, Bonn Budapest , Praha(Prague) & Wien(Vienna)
2008	Paris Est - Provins( Round trip ), Paris Metro, Paris T3, Paris Est - Strasbourg, Strasbourg Tram, Strasbourg - Lyon Part-Dieu, Lyon Metro & Tram, Lyon Part-Dieu - Paris Lyon - (RER A-D) -Charles de Gaulle Zürich Flughafen -Zürich Hbf - Chur - St. Moritz St. Moritz - Zermatt, Zermatt - Gonergrat(Round), Zermatt - Visp - Bern, Bern - Brienz(Round) Bern -Zürich Flughafen	Paris, Provins, Strasbourg, Lyon Zürich,St. Moritz, Zermatt, Bern
2009	Lisboã Metro, Lisboã Sete Rio - Pragal, Pragal - ( Metro Transportes do Sul ) - Cecilhas, Lisboã Tram, Lisboã Rossio - Sintra (Round) Edinburgh Waverley - Dalmeny - Dundee (Round) Edinburgh Waverley - Linlithgow (Round) Bo'ness - Birkhill (Round)	Lisboã Edinburgh , Dundee
2010	Dresden Hbf - Radebeul Ost - Moritzburg Dresden Hbf - Meißen(Round), Dresden Straßenbahn, Dresden Standseilbahn, Dresdenbergschwebebahn, Dresden Hbf - Berlin Hbf - Berlin Ostbf, Potsdamer Platz - Berlin Hbf - (U55) - Bundestag, Berlin Friedlichstraße - Berlin Nordbf, Berlin Nordbf - Friedlichstraße - Ostbf, Ostbf - Berlin Hbf - Rostock Hbf - Bad Doberan - (Molli) - Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West - Bad Doberan Göthestraße, Bad Doberan Stadtmitte - Rostock Hbf - Berlin Hbf - Ostbf, Ostbf - Berlin Hbf - (U55) Brandenburger Tor - Friedlicestraße - Ostbf（TGV) Paris Gare de Lyon - Nimes, Nimes - Aigues-Mortes (Rebound), Nimes - Montpellier	Dresden, Meißen, Berlin, Bad Doberan Paris, Nimes, Aigues-Morteｓ Montpellier
2012	Bordeaux St.Jean - Hendaye (TGV往復) Bordeaux Tram	Bordeaux
*U-Bahn(D)=Underground(GB)=Subway(USA)=Metro(F etc.), Straßenbahn(D)=Tramcar(GB)=Streetcar(USA)=Tram(F)=Elétrico(P)=Spårvagn(S), S-Bahn(D)=S tog(DK)=RER(Reseau Express Regional, F)=Urban Trains, Schwebebahn = Suspending Monorail
Memory of the war We do not forget the suffering ofair raids uponTokyo,atomic bombing uponHiroshima and Nagasaki and other miserable states of the defeated country. These areeitherthe same for people of China and the Korean peninsula who are insulted by the Japanese military. They cannot forget the facts. We have to know the background of war and invasion during imperialism era. It is necessary to do sufficient historical consideration about imperialism to Asia. The successively occured opium war between 1839 and 1860, The First Opium War & the Second Opium War , the Treaty of Aigun on 1858 and Convention of Peking on 1860 , these facts explains of the backgroundpressuresof the America,France, Britain and Russiato to China. Qing dynasty, originally northern barbarian to China, became weak and difficult to keep their home territory Manchuria. After Japan had returned Dalien and neighboring area to Qing in 1895 with intervention by Russia, France and Germany, Russia leased the territory in 1898. Therefore, we had to increase powers to defend our country from Russian invasion. Japan-Russia war was defensive war itself without suspicion, because China was invaded by Russian Empire. After unexpected victory of Japan-Russiaa War, puffed-up japanese military authorities have had evil designes in 1930s and finally rushed todefeatedend of the war on 1945. Except foroccupation by US Army forseveral years after the war, our country have kept independence without receiving the invasion of the powers. About devastating insult to the neighboring countries from evil designes of our country, we must apologize truely. At the day of 100 years aniversary of Japan-Russia war,I feel especially the deep emotion.(noted on May 28.2005) I remember the many fact to convince the defeated state for several years after1945, as the US military attached to the street corner selfishly named street sign board without concerning original name of the streets. Ginza Matsuya department store became the TOKYO PX. At the Ginza 4 Chome (at that time Owaricho, the center of downtown Tokyo) the MPs stood to intersection and did traffic control. Tokyo Takarazuka theater was named the Earny Pile theater and the Jingu Stadium was called the Nile Kinick Studium. The university which I took an entrance examination on 1953 was consist of the barracks of US Army and these are used as classrooms. At that time, I met a western style toilet there which I had first experienced, I did not know how I can use. At the time when I have graduated one of my friends went to United States to receive medical training by the ship from Yokohama. $1.00 was JPY360 at that time. Even in difficult state after defeated war, we have to appriciate the efforts of Mr. Ibuka and Mr. Morita in Sony, Mr. Matsushita in Panasonic, Mr. Toyota, the car maker, and other leading compnies producing exportable goods. Their efforts have made us to be able to travel foreign countries relatively easily and eventually it is possible to make these kinds of home-pages of travel records. About an air raid orphan Kayoko Ebina As the results of puffed-up Japanese military, Tokyo burnt to ashes especially by the large air raid on March 10th early dawn, a hundred thousands or more people were killed. At the Ueno park in Tokyo the statue of mother and child as the imageof peace, named"The tower of the unforgettable time" and in the precinct of the Ueno Kan-eiji temple the memorial stone monument "A sorrowful Tokyo large air raid"wereerectedon March 2005, aniversary of 60th year, by the effort of theraid disaster orphan Mrs.KayokoEbina, widow of the late comic story teller Hayashiya Sampei.Along piece animation movie"I expect good spirit in Tomorrow"was made based on Mrs.KayokoEbina'soriginal story. The Tower of the Unforgettable Time A Sorrowful Tokyo Large Air Raid Explanation besides the stone monument Tokyo air raid victim roster There is a monumentin theYokoamicho parkSumida-ku Tokyo,which mourns Tokyo air raid victimsand pursuespeace for ever.The "Tokyo air raid victim roster", a record of the name of the people who died with air raid in Tokyobeginning from April 18th of 1942to August 15.1945, including the name of my grandmotherand so on, is kept in this monument. This monument was named "The place of memory " by theAuthor & Sculptor: Kimio Tsuchiya.The flowerswhich coverthe slope of this monumentare symbolizing lives.

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