Tourists brave heat to enjoy ride on "stove train" in northern Japan

Tourists brave heat to enjoy ride on "stove train" in northern Japan

Passengers brave the heat in a train car with a coal-burning stove in Goshogawara in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on Aug. 8, 2015. Tsugaru Railway Co. operates the "stove train" in August as a tourist attraction. ==Kyodo

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