Monster serves as station master in publicity blitz

Monster serves as station master in publicity blitz

TOKYO, Japan - The Vartan Seijin monster (R, front row), one of the fictional characters in the "Ultraman" superhero TV drama series, poses as a one-day master of East Japan Railway Co.'s Akihabara Station in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2015, during a ceremony for the start of a campaign encouraging train trips.

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