Kato Hobby Center Tokyo Model Train Store

Today, we will explore Kato's Model Train store in Tokyo First take the Yamanote Line to Mejiro Station Then take the 65 bus You'll end up in this suburban area The Kato Hobby Center is down this road Here it is! In front of the store, there is a red EMU (Keikyu Deha 268) Here in the lobby, they have some stuff on display very smol lots of stuff The British Rail Class 800 N Scale LNER & GWR Here's the main room! Very spacious! This is the main layout The Taiwanese 700T Shinkansen Check out the scenery too! A freight yard with lots of tank cars notice there's even a bottom row of track for HO The typical Japanese city And a big train station All of this is detailed There's a LOT more to this store so watch the whole video! It's quite a large layout So here's what it looks like from the other side a big turbine windmill and some trains On this side we've got some bridges A nice countryside scene and a snowy mountain town The US section Let's see what they have some F-units some GEVOs even Florida East Coast some freight cars all of this is in N Scale BN SD70MACs The Katy SD70ACE more GEVOs rolling stock Here we got the New KATO Union Pacific Big Boy! along with a whole consist Canadian National Southern Pacific Daylight Silver Streak Zephyr E5 New York Central E7 Some freight cars from Micro-Trains I was actually surprised to see an American brand here We've also got some Amtrak ALC-42s and some other passenger trains Metra CalTrain Day One livery is pretty noice regular ALC-42 w/ superliners some intermodal well cars I find it funny they call it MAXY, than MAXI coalporters Now here are KATO's HO Scale models! some Metra F40PHs and Amtrak P42s I love the Operation Lifesaver livery P42 SD40-2 The 800 series we saw before Eurostar e300 TGV Reseau Duplex TGV Duplexs Thalys TGV some German Trains DB ICE 4 view of other side first time seeing a N scale Class 66 idk what these other trains are lol many trains! a Tomix E1 series Shinkansen 100 series E2 series I actually got to ride this Yamagata one famous E5 Hayabusa E7 & E6 series So this is how the cars are connected? N700S series The OG original 0 series apparently these are the last ones random shunter 300 series 500 series 700 series 700 series Doctor Yellow all bullet trains are so long Here is one in action! This train is in HO Scale They also got Trams! thumbnail pic? They have starter kits for the "UNITRAM" Kato also makes platforms for HO Scale Narrow gauge engine Apparently these are by Minitrains (HOe) Ayo it's ME! There's all sorts of N scale starter sets Even the train I rode to get here There's an attachment to add side walls so this is N Scale Even more starters! seriously if you are into Japanese trains it would be very easy to get into There's so much variety! Even got the American Santa Fe Super Chief yay English DEUTSCHEBAHN This place has a lot of layouts "Wagon Sale" They just put individual stock in bins it must be used? I think A loose intermodal well car 500 series carriage Kato Peco 009 Small England costs ¥10,000 ($70) random shells a display showing off their buildings JR Freight train and N scale track sets A starter guide I love how they have 4 controllers!!! The HO Scale Unitrack corner! HO Unitrack packs I'll prob get this The accessories wall Wires, switches, etc. and there's more! le N scale unitrack packs I'm kinda jelly of N Scale they get so many bridges A station lighting setup The Bridge in a scene They sell premade buildings! and forklifts some cool realistic bridges and lots of miniature pallets, drums Assy = Assembly so they have a lot of parts for sale these are bogies some modelling supplies JSDF military set so here's the HO "Assy" section selling the pilot of the EF81 locomotive Storage boxes to hold trains Shells and interiors There's whole racks of N scale rolling stock shells light flickering on camera is an issue in Japan >.< There's also another shelf in front thats rollable N scale pantographs! so tiny! car interior Swiss Trains section mountain railway random anime girl those wagons on the top look nice some trains for sale Japanese Trains some cars, vans to add buses too! Random O gauge rolling stock on top! nicely detailed container train below we have some tank cars and a lot of locomotives I feel like this old train is very famous in Japan AAAAAAAAA-nime apparently it's Girls Und Panzer JR West Thunderbird oh mai GOD PANDA train Sagawa is like the UPS of Japan M250 Freight EMU If you go to Japan, you'll see SAGAWA everywhere JR West 225 series JR West 221 series I actually rode this train in Osaka, Kyoto and the famous Tokyo Yamanote line train here's the older, but classic version of it Tokaido Line E233 series The Narita Express (NEX) one of the coolest looking trains imo and the Taiwan 700T Shinkansen KiHa 110 EF81 locomotives pull passenger trains Yep, you guessed it more trains! there's even a steam loco D51 Here's it pulling a train Class EF66 some Tomix rolling stock rest look like KATO These Japanese freight cars They also have spare numberplates to customize each locomotive unique And these shield badges put in the front Here's the New Kato Adjustable Unitrack It's great so you don't need the exact length track Here's what I'm getting So about these storage boxes There is a sample book you can open Can storage your trains in it Now this shocked me... They actually sell Kadee couplers! very noice some JR Freight containers you can buy axles too Below the displays, there's a sheet I think this is where you order the trains cats dogs JACKPOT Kitsune = Foxes Yet another layout! This time it's in HO Gauge so bigger than others There was also this mini-museum display KATO's beginnings KATO is actually just the brand name of Sekisui Metal Funny they used blueboxes too like Athearn blueboxes Mr. Yuji Kato, Founder of Sekisui Metal, KATO An old Kato starter set They also show different mechanisms of parts of their trains In Rail-Navi, someone drill a hole and modified to make electrical detail showing off some mods Here's a cool snowy set very icy Yet ANOTHER layout! this time we've got some steamies in a roundhouse There's also a 2nd Floor You can see the main layout from above a PECO display Some Announcements/NEW stuff UP Big Boy N scale is def cool this time I'll show you the back display of their figures Another diorama The 2nd floor also has another main layout It's quite large as well some PECO track on display (PECO is from the UK) I didn't know KATO was friends with them There's even a PECO book about German Railways hehe English! I can read this This is like the 3rd or 4th time we've seen this little fella I believe you are allowed to run trains on this layout kinda empty when I came though... but there was someone running this freight train I've never seen this one before! Those big green balls are gas tanks (They are in so many Japanese cities) Their controllers look silvery The main station and railyard le workshop shed too bad can't see inside it There's also this green barrier inbetween Says Don't touch trains or Layout! and don't move this step thing I think this explains how to use the layout I think you have to buy something in the shop to run trains Here's a close to ground view They also sell GRASS some really tiny desk layouts just cool little decorative pieces neko lucky cat Also in the 2nd floor is... A big locomotive I wonder if it's live steam It says it's from the Nippon Institute of Technology a JNR class 9600 and it's 5-inch Gauge, 1:10 scale Yet ANOTHERRRR layout in the back If you look closely in the background, there's Thomas & Friends stuff Japan loves Thomas the Tank Engine Just thought it was funny seeing Thomas randomly but this place probably popular with kids so it makes sense There's a KATO brand industrial mill thing and here's the last of the layout Riding the bus back, here's what I got Yamanote Line is truly the best So I hope you guys enjoyed my tour of Hobby Center KATO Tokyo It was very interesting to look at all the different trains! They had so many models on display It's actually kinda like a museum and a model train store combined I was surprised they had other brand products like Tomix and even American ones like Kadee Couplers and Micro-Trains KATO and Japan in general mainly deals with N Scale or as they say in Japanese Which is N Gauge because most of the trains in real life run on narrow gauge track with the exception of the Shinkansen which uses standard gauge so they sorta have two different scales 1:150 Scale for Narrow gauge and 1:160 Scale for Shinkansen They both run on the same N-Gauge track But since I don't collect N Scale trains I just picked up some HO Scale Unitrack including that new KATO Unitrack that's adjustable crossing, bumpers, extension wires, and some foxes The cool thing about being a foreigner in Japan You can products tax-free if you show your passport Although you have to spend a minimum of ¥5000 or $35 Plus USD is stronger than JPY so things can be cheaper Definitely if you are into model trains and you are in Japan, check this place out I was in Japan for 10 days on vacation So I have a couple more videos, so stay tuned for that! This is very different from the videos that I typically do so let me know in the comments what you guys think! Hit the Like button, subscibe if you haven't already and I'll see you guys in the next one bye!

Channel: CraftyFoxe

Views: 863,821

Keywords: train, railroad, railway, locomotive, model, realistic, crafty fox, craftyfoxy, Kato, hobby center, model trains, model train, N Scale, N gauge, HO Scale, tokyo, japan, exploring, japanese train, model train store, tour, travel, shinkansen, bullet train, commuter train, shop, shinjuku, ホビーセンターカトー, 東京, JR, Yamanote, Amtrak, Kato big boy, Sekisui Metal, review, unboxing

Id: ZyYayiyny0M

Length: 19min 11sec (1151 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 06 2023