Kushiro's winter attraction: SL train trip on Kushiro wetland

Kushiro's winter attraction: SL train trip on Kushiro wetland

KUSHIRO, Japan - JR Hokkaido is offering a steam locomotive train service across the Kushiro wetland during the winter season as a tourist attraction in eastern Hokkaido. The photo shows a SL train crossing a bridge over the frozen Kushiro River. The inaugural run Jan. 19 on the 224-seat SL train between Kushiro Station and Yukawa Onsen Station was sold out, JR officials say. The SL train service will run through mid-March.

Kushiro's winter attraction: SL train trip on Kushiro wetland

Kushiro's winter attraction: SL train trip on Kushiro wetland

KUSHIRO, Japan - JR Hokkaido is offering a steam locomotive train service across the Kushiro wetland during the winter season as a tourist attraction in eastern Hokkaido. The photo shows a SL train crossing a bridge over the frozen Kushiro River. The inaugural run Jan. 19 on the 224-seat SL train between Kushiro Station and Yukawa Onsen Station was sold out, JR officials say. The SL train service will run through mid-March. (Kyodo)

Kushiro's winter attraction: SL train trip on Kushiro wetland

Kushiro's winter attraction: SL train trip on Kushiro wetland

KUSHIRO, Japan - JR Hokkaido is offering a steam locomotive train service across the Kushiro wetland during the winter season as a tourist attraction in eastern Hokkaido. The photo shows a SL train crossing a bridge over the frozen Kushiro River. The inaugural run Jan. 19 on the 224-seat SL train between Kushiro Station and Yukawa Onsen Station was sold out, JR officials say. The SL train service will run through mid-March. (Kyodo)