Book (Practical) Railroad Visual History of Japanese Railways The first distribution volume 1 Meiji to the first half of the Taisho period Railway history

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Railways
History and Geography
The first people to introduce railways to Japan were Perry in the United States and Putyatin in Shea, Russia. In March 1854, Perry brought in a model of two rails 55 cm wide, which was large enough to go around the garden of Edo-jo Castle. The train running on the rails was a real steam locomotive. It ran in Yokohama and Edo-jo Castle, and many samurai including the Tokugawa family saw how it went. Although it was a model, the steam locomotive moving forward with smoke was powerful, and the people of Japan were immediately fascinated by railways.