JR West runs 'Yokai Watch' train

JR West runs 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) displays a train sporting the images of characters of "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit video game and animation for children, at a railroad yard in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

JR West shows interior of 'Yokai Watch' train

JR West shows interior of 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) shows in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014, the interior of a "Yokai Watch" train featuring the popular role-playing game. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

Tourist attraction lights up to welcome Year of Sheep

Tourist attraction lights up to welcome Year of Sheep

CHIBA, Japan - Colorful illumination adorns a pasture at Mother Farm, a tourist attraction in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 17, 2014, under the theme "sheep carnival" to welcome the Year of the Sheep in 2015 according to the Chinese zodiac. The illumination event will run through Feb. 1, 2015.

LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - People walk along a pedestrian deck at the Yaesu exit of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital as illuminations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the station's opening start on Dec. 1, 2014. The attraction, consisting of some 3,000 column-shaped light-emitting diodes, will run through Feb. 14, 2015.

LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - Illuminations along a pedestrian deck at the Yaesu exit of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital start on Dec. 1, 2014, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the station's opening. The attraction, consisting of some 3,000 column-shaped light-emitting diodes, will run through Feb. 14, 2015.