"Seven Stars in Kyushu" named best luxury train by U.S. magazine

"Seven Stars in Kyushu" named best luxury train by U.S. magazine

Photo taken in March 2020 shows the "Seven Stars in Kyushu" luxury sleeping car excursion train at JR Tosu Station in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The train operated by Kyushu Railway Co. has won the first place in the trains category of the U.S. magazine Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards 2021.

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