Commemorative train marks Tsuruga port's centennial

Commemorative train marks Tsuruga port's centennial

TOKYO, Japan - Well-wishers see off a commemorative train leaving Tokyo's Shinagawa Station on July 17 for Tsuruga port in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The train marks a railway service linking Asia and Europe in the early 1900s and celebrate the port's centennial.

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