Train Simulator - ONGAKUKAN [InnoTrans 2026]
At InnoTrans 2026, ONGAKUKAN introduced its Train Simulator, which the company has developed from a business rooted in music. Minorum Caya, CEO, explained that the company name combines the Japanese words for “music” and “hall,” and said ONGAKUKAN originally started as a music business before moving from music-related items and equipment into railway software in 1995.
The simulator uses video as its base, with operating elements such as signals and alarms overlaid in computer graphics. ONGAKUKAN describes the system as a hybrid technology that combines video and CG to create a realistic railway simulator environment, and says it has produced more than 100 Train Simulators in Japan.
The company has already released the simulator to the public on Steam and wants to expand beyond Japan into Asia, Europe and the Americas. In addition to railway-related content, ONGAKUKAN also presents a broad range of technologies and software on its website, and is seeking partners for international expansion.
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00:00 My name is Minorum Caya. I'm CEO of this company. My company is called ONGAKUKAN, ongaku is music, kan means house.
00:10 Basically my company was at first a music business because I'm a professional musician.
00:18 I made many music item and devices.
00:22 But then from 1995 we released a very very unique software which is called Train Simulator
00:31 and that transmitter was for the customers but now the Train Simulator has evolved a lot and we have made a Train Simulator professionals.
00:44 This is our company.
00:46 So basically we are using motion pictures.
00:55 The motion pictures make it very very easy to make a real Train Simulator because just by using the moving camera, it takes motion pictures
01:07 and we incorporated many important devices like the signal and many alarms and means into control by the computer graphics and into motion pictures.
01:21 Our technology is basically motion picture but with computer graphics with a kind of hybrid technology that we can use for a very real train simulator for drivers training.
01:36 And also we already released this simulator for the world on Steam for customers.
01:43 We already made a lot of Train Simulators in Japan.
01:46 Our company has made more than 100 Train Simulators but we hope that we are going to join a more international marketplace especially in Asia and Europe and America.
01:59 So maybe we have a chance to make a Train Simulator for worldwide use.
02:06 But for our company that would be very very difficult. So we are going to find a very good company to join our business.
02:15 So if you are interested to know more about our company please check our website and you can see many of the technologies and content we have available.
02:32 Please visit our website. Thank you.
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ONGAKUKAN
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- Official website https://www.ongakukan.co.jp/en/
- Business areas A company that develops and provides software and content related to music production, railways, stations and transportation. Since 1995, it has developed Train Simulator and works on railway simulation technology that combines motion pictures and computer graphics.
- Main products and services TRAINSIMULATOR, PLATFORMDOORS, MUSICBUSINESS.
