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Kitakata City in the west of Fukushima Prefecture, famous for its Kitakata ramen, is connected to JR East's Ban'etsu West Line. Banetsu...
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Kitakata City in the west of Fukushima Prefecture, famous for its Kitakata ramen, is connected to JR East's Ban'etsu West Line. Banetsu...
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Until the Tohoku Shinkansen opened in 1982, many limited express trains and express trains ran on the Tohoku Main Line, which traverses the Tohoku region from north to south. Tohoku...
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I think many of you are familiar with the opening line of Sayuri Ishikawa's single ``Tsugaru Kaikyo Winter View'' released in 1977. The feeling of travel in short lyrics...
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In Ofunato City, located on the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture, there is a railway company that is little known except to those who are somewhat familiar with Japanese railways. The name is "Iwate...
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There is a sightseeing train called ``SATONO'' that just debuted in the Tohoku region in April 2024. In this article, we will introduce the operation of this new sightseeing train...
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The Yamagata Shinkansen, also known as Tsubasa, is a train that runs directly between Tokyo Station and Yamagata Station and Shinjo Station in Yamagata Prefecture. In this article, we will explain why this train was created...
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There used to be a limited express train called ``Shiratori'' operated by Japan National Railways and JR that ran over 1000km along the Sea of Japan coast from Osaka Station to Aomori Station. Introduced in 1961...
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The Ou Main Line is a JR East line that runs from Fukushima Station to Aomori Station via Yamagata Station and Akita Station. One of the trunk lines that runs through the Tohoku region in a north-south direction,...
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An SL train called ``SL Ginga'' ran on the Kamaishi Line connecting Hanamaki Station and Kamaishi Station in Iwate Prefecture. SL Galaxy was released in June 2023, about a year ago...
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The limited express Hitachi runs from Shinagawa Station in Tokyo to Iwaki Station in Fukushima Prefecture or Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture via JR East's Joban Line (*).
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