The Blue Ribbon Award (ブルーリボン賞, Burū Ribon Shō) is an award presented annually in Japan since 1958 by the Japan Railfan Club [ja].
It is awarded for railway vehicles that entered service in the previous year and were voted by members as being the most outstanding design of the year.
[1] The list of award winners since 1958 is as follows.
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