Western Japan electric tramway opens museum in depot

Industrial designer Eiji Mitooka looks at models of trains he designed for Okayama Electric Tramway Co. at the firm's "Okaden Museum + Mitooka Eiji Design" in Okayama, western Japan, on its opening day on July 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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