Hi, Steven,
Thank you for all those lovely shots.
I remember a trip to the Tokyo area in 1997 when I traveled by several trains in succession from Haneda airport to my destination in a small town south of Tokyo. At one station, my instructions were to "take the train with the green Kanji characters on its destination sign."
But I benefited greatly from the fact that in the stations the station name was given on signs in Hiragana as well as Kanji (I think this had been done to facilitate access by visitors during the 1964 Olympic Games). I had learned to transliterate both Hiragana and Katakana (and had made pocket cards for each) so I was able to keep track of where I was.
All lovely, Japan and railways.
Best regards,
Doug