East Japan Railway Company E5 series Shinkansen simulator (Portable Type)

This simulator consists of a mock-up that can be disassembled in several parts: it was designed with portability and ease of transport in mind and was used to promote the Japanese Shinkansen in local and international events between 2015 and 2017. The driver’s console includes real parts, and the 3 displays show the speed and other data; the guidance and announcements can be set to both English and Japanese, and the distances displayed in both Km and miles. In the beginner mode, the operation guidance is also displayed on screen while in the shortcut mode, the distance between two stations can be skipped; earthquakes, emergency notices and other unusual scenarios can all be reproduced.
Another version of this simulator in larger scale was built to be exposed at the 10th Innotrans in 2014. After that, a slim-body version was also completed, for a total of 3 different designs that were exhibited all over the world.
In 2022, it became a hot topic once again when it became available to the general public for the first time; Hotel Metropolitan Edmont (Tokyo, Iidabashi), offered a stay plan that included a ticket to experience driving the simulator.
Since then, it is still being used for exhibitions.

All images of the simulators in operation have been included with permission from the pertinent entities.