Limited release, Tokyu Toyoko Line Wrapping Train (Green Frog).
https://tokyu.com/items/67616a8b467cc704fbf26e02
Pre-order sales start on 15-Jan-25, reservations will close when the reservation limit of 240 is reached. General sales will start on 03-Feb-25, with no limit on numbers specified except that you may only buy four at a time.
This train commemorates the 70th anniversary of the start of operation of the old 5000 series, and began operation on 04-Sep-17 as the "Toyoko Line 90th Anniversary Wrapped Train (Green Frog)". The design of the old 5000 series, popularly known as the Green Frog for its green paint and rounded exterior, was reproduced on a currently operating 8-car 5050 series with a wrapping, and it is still in operation.
The old 5000 series made its debut on the Toyoko Line, which connects Shibuya Station and Sakuragicho Station, in 1954.
Note that all on-line translations of the name of this train give it as 'Blue Frog', which your own eyes will tell you is clearly wrong. This error arises because the Japanese character 青 (ao) can refer to either blue or green depending on the context. Although a separate word for green (midori) has been introduced in relatively recent times, ao is still used, as for example the word used to refer to the colour on a traffic light that signals drivers to 'go'. This is of particular interest to me because the same situation arises in my own language, Welsh, where for example the word now commonly used only for blue is still used in the word for grass.
https://tokyu.com/items/67616a8b467cc704fbf26e02
Pre-order sales start on 15-Jan-25, reservations will close when the reservation limit of 240 is reached. General sales will start on 03-Feb-25, with no limit on numbers specified except that you may only buy four at a time.
This train commemorates the 70th anniversary of the start of operation of the old 5000 series, and began operation on 04-Sep-17 as the "Toyoko Line 90th Anniversary Wrapped Train (Green Frog)". The design of the old 5000 series, popularly known as the Green Frog for its green paint and rounded exterior, was reproduced on a currently operating 8-car 5050 series with a wrapping, and it is still in operation.
The old 5000 series made its debut on the Toyoko Line, which connects Shibuya Station and Sakuragicho Station, in 1954.
Note that all on-line translations of the name of this train give it as 'Blue Frog', which your own eyes will tell you is clearly wrong. This error arises because the Japanese character 青 (ao) can refer to either blue or green depending on the context. Although a separate word for green (midori) has been introduced in relatively recent times, ao is still used, as for example the word used to refer to the colour on a traffic light that signals drivers to 'go'. This is of particular interest to me because the same situation arises in my own language, Welsh, where for example the word now commonly used only for blue is still used in the word for grass.
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