Limited express featuring 'Yokai Watch' video game unveiled in Osaka

Nankai Electric Railway Co. opens to the public a limited express train featuring the popular "Yokai (specter) Watch" video game series at a depot in Osaka, western Japan, on April 28, 2015, with two workers saluting. With film sheet images of Yokai Watch characters such as Jibanyan and Whisper pasted on the exterior, the train is running between Osaka's Namba Station and two stations in Wakayama Prefecture until June 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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