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Our booth at the 9th Mass-Trans Innovation Japan 2025 trade fair


At Ongakukan’s booth at the Mass-Trans Innovation Japan 2025 trade fair that will be held from November 26th to 29th, we will hold demonstrations of training drills by crews from different crew command centers on a portable type training simulator (for oneman driving training), exhibit the Lightweight bar-type platform doors we invented, hold demonstrations on a model railway about our platform monitoring system with easy to grasp explanations, and also “JR East Train simulator” that we developed together with East Japan Railways, together with many other interesting contents will be waiting for your visit at our specially designed café style booth.

9th Mass-Trans Innovation Japan 2025
■ Dates ：November 26 (Wed) – 29 (Sat), 2025
■ Schedule： Every day 10:00 - 17:00 (last day: 10:00-16:00)
■ Venue：Makuhari Messe (Chiba)
■ Where to find us: Booth R-58 (in Hall 7)
※ Please register here (MTIJ official site) before attending.



◆ Booth design

※ Preview of our booth (click/tap to enlarge)


Ongakukan celebrated its 40th anniversary on September 7th 2025.

The booth at the MTIJ 2025 not only will be decorated with our commemorative 40th anniversary logo, but we prepared many different contents befitting of a 40th anniversary, like the oneman driving training simulator, the consumer JR East train simulator, easy explanations of our platform monitoring system and so on.

Please feel free to stop at our specially designed café style booth during operating hours to enjoy your drink of choice between soft and alcoholic drinks that our staff has prepared for you.

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◆ Movable oneman driver training simulator　※ Demonstration schedule released!

We will be presenting a portable version of the driver training simulator that has been introduced in all of East Japan Railways crew offices. It can recreate both the oneman driving training for systems that have platform cameras set up on the train car sides, and ones that have cameras set up on the platform and transmit the video feed to the driver’s seat.

Thanks to East Japan Railways collaboration, we will hold live demonstrations of oneman driving training 4 times every day (at 11:00, 12:00, 14:00 and 15:00) by the crews in charge of each office.

【Training demonstrations schedule】

※ Every day 11:00～＆14:00～ Nambu Line（by the Nanbu office of the Kawasaki command center）
　11/26、27 12:00～＆15:00～ Kashima Line（by the Sakura unit of the Narita command center）
　11/28、29 12:00～＆15:00～ Tsurumi Line（by Tsurumi office of the Kawasaki command center）

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◆ Lightweight bar-type platform doors – manufacture and sale by Nippon Signal Co.,Ltd. (company booth: E-44)
With the novel idea of using alternating pipe panelling, we were able to make our automated platform doors lightweight. The bars are made with reinforced materials and designed with customers with disabilities in mind, and touching or leaning on the bars doesn’t cause delays. This product shows how it is possible to lower weight and installation costs while also improving the safety features. (Patented. Patent number: 5828054)

【Use cases】
・JR Kyushu Chikuhi Line between Shimoyamato~Chikuzen-Maebaru stations
・Seibu Railway Company, Tamako line Kokubunji station
・Keikyu Corporation Main line Shioiri station
（for reference） Ongakukan Platform doors “Use Cases” page

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◆ Monitoring system for evolving stations “Smart eyes to prevent accidents”
A monitoring system and devices as well as program that simplify the recognition of the areas that need to be observed with higher priority on a station’s platform. From the footage of multiple different subjects, the system decides a priority order based off variables like the station, platform number, distance between trains, estimated time to arrival, train speed, passenger behaviour etc., and returns a collage of multiple feeds based on the priority they received.
We will be holding demonstrations with a railway model equipped with cameras. (Patented. Patent number: 7107597)

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◆ JR East Train Simulator
A consumer-oriented train driving simulator that we co-developed with East Japan Railway Company. Based on the real training simulators, it provides an outstandingly immersive experience with functionally detailed CG driver consoles, the driver’s voice lines, on-board announcements and more. Available on the PC gaming platform STEAM, it is also playable on mobile devices like smartphones and tablets through NVIDIA’s GeForceNow service. Please come experience the stunning video footage and realistic sounds in person.

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At Ongakukan, we mainly create simulators focused on accident response training to better the train crews’ safety awareness and skills.
Furthermore, we work closely with railway companies and support the changes that surround the railway industry, while endeavoring to improve railway technology and safety.

～The force supporting railway safety around the world～

We will continue to improve every day to support each and every railway passenger’s “safety and security”.
We are warmly waiting for your visit at our booth.


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