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Steam-powered Ginga makes final run

SL Ginga, a steam locomotive-pulled sightseeing train, crosses a bridge at night in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during its final run on June 11, 2023.

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Steam-powered Ginga makes final run

SL Ginga, a steam locomotive-pulled sightseeing train, crosses a bridge at night in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during its final run on June 11, 2023.

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Steam-powered Ginga makes final run

Railway fans bid farewell to SL Ginga, a steam locomotive-pulled sightseeing train, at JR Kamaishi Station in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 11, 2023, from where it left for its final run.

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Steam-powered Ginga makes final run

Railway fans bid farewell to SL Ginga, a steam locomotive-pulled sightseeing train, at JR Kamaishi Station in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 11, 2023, from where it left for its final run.

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Final season of steam locomotive Ginga

Fans take photos of steam locomotive "SL Ginga" as it leaves JR Hanamaki Station in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 25, 2023, in its final season of operation.

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Steam-powered Ginga train unveiled in Japan

MORIOKA, Japan - The steam-powered Ginga (Milky Way) train is unveiled on Feb. 2, 2014, at JR Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture ahead of the planned start in April of the train's service mainly in the northeastern Japanese prefecture.

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Railroad fans flock to see steam-powered Ginga train

MORIOKA, Japan - Railroad fans flock to see a steam locomotive that drives the Ginga (Milky Way) train unveiled on Feb. 2, 2014, at JR Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture ahead of the planned start of its service in April mainly in the northeastern Japanese prefecture.

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Ceremony held to pray for safety of steamer Ginga in Morioka

MORIOKA, Japan - People bow at an engine-igniting ceremony to pray for the safe operation of the steam locomotive Ginga (Milky Way) in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 30, 2014.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (L) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan compete in the men's synchronized trampoline final at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019. They won gold.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (L) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan compete in the men's synchronized trampoline final at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019. They won gold.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (L) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan pose after winning the men's synchronized trampoline at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (top) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan compete in the men's synchronized trampoline final at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019. They won gold.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (R) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan compete in the men's synchronized trampoline final at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019. They won gold.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ayano Kishi (L) and Yumi Takagi (2nd from L) of Japan pose for a photo together with Ginga Munetomo (2nd from R) and Katsufumi Tasaki, also of Japan, after winning the women's and men's synchronized trampoline finals, respectively, at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (R) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan react after performing in the men's synchronized trampoline final at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019. They won gold.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (R) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan celebrate after winning the men's synchronized trampoline at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (L) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan compete in the men's synchronized trampoline final at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019. They won gold.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (R) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan compete in the men's synchronized trampoline final at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019. They won gold.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (R) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan compete in the men's synchronized trampoline final at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019. They won gold.

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Trampoline: world championships

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ginga Munetomo (L) and Katsufumi Tasaki of Japan celebrate after winning the men's synchronized trampoline at the trampoline world championships in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2019.

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Steam-powered 'Ginga' train crosses bridge in Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - The steam locomotive-led "SL Ginga" (SL Milky Way) crosses a bridge on JR Kamaishi Line in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train for limited service as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI,Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" departs from JR Hanamaki Station in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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Steamer-led 'SL Ginga' train's inside shown to press

TONO, Japan - The interior of the "SL Ginga" (Steam Locomotive Milky Way) train is shown to the press during a demonstration ride on March 2, 2014, ahead of its April 12 official launch of service. The train made a test run that day between Kamaishi and Tono in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. On the left wall is a picture of Kenji Miyazawa, an author from the prefecture known for his novel "Night on the Galactic Railroad."

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Steamer-led 'SL Ginga' train makes test run

TONO, Japan - The "SL Ginga" (Steam Locomotive Milky Way) train makes a test run on East Japan Railway Co.'s Kamaishi Line in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 2, 2014, ahead of its April 12 official launch of service.

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Passengers on 'SL Ginga' train can enjoy planetarium

TONO, Japan - Passengers on the "SL Ginga" (Steam Locomotive Milky Way) train can watch stars at a small planetarium inside. SL Ginga made a test run between Kamaishi and Tono in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 2, 2014, ahead of its April 12 official launch of service.

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Housewife issues own newsletter for 25 yrs

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken in Sapporo's Kita Ward on July 24, 2013 shows Minako Higuchi, a housewife from Ebetsu, Hokkaido, holding copies of the newsletter Ginga Tsushin she has been issuing for 25 years.

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'Night Train to the Stars' on paddy field

HANAMAKI, Japan - Images of a locomotive and stars created with rice varieties having different colors are shown in a paddy field in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, along with a message of encouragement for the prefecture still suffering from damage caused by the March quake-tsunami disaster. Hanamaki is the birthplace of reputed Japanese poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, known for such pieces as the children's story, ''Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru''(Night Train to the Stars). The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens.

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Japanese trains off for 2nd life in Malaysia

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A retired Japanese train car is loaded onto a trailer truck on Nov. 15, 2010, in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, prior to transportation to Malaysia. The train's operator, West Japan Railway Co., will hand over the long-distance sleeper train Ginga and rapid overnight train Moonlight Kyushu for free following a request from the Malaysian government.

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'Night Train to the Stars' on paddy field

HANAMAKI, Japan - Images of a locomotive and stars created with rice varieties having different colors are shown in a paddy field in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, along with a message of encouragement for the prefecture still suffering from damage caused by the March quake-tsunami disaster. Hanamaki is the birthplace of reputed Japanese poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, known for such pieces as the children's story, ''Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru''(Night Train to the Stars). The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens. (Kyodo)

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Hometown specialty stores in Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - A woman purchases a bottle of Japanese sake from the tsunami-ravaged city of Kamaishi at a fair held in a local specialty shop in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2011. The Iwate Ginga Plaza is among more than a dozen ''furusato (hometown) antenna shops'' in the Ginza area that promote unique regional foods and cultures. (Kyodo)

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Japanese trains off for 2nd life in Malaysia

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A retired Japanese train car is loaded onto a trailer truck on Nov. 15, 2010, in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, prior to transportation to Malaysia. The train's operator, West Japan Railway Co., will hand over the long-distance sleeper train Ginga and rapid overnight train Moonlight Kyushu for free following a request from the Malaysian government. (Kyodo)

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JR West's sightseeing train

Photo taken Dec. 5, 2020, shows the interior of a women-only car of West Japan Railway Co.'s West Express Ginga sightseeing train, before it enters service on Dec. 12 linking the western city of Osaka and Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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JR West's sightseeing train

Photo taken at JR Osaka Station on Dec. 5, 2020, shows West Japan Railway Co.'s West Express Ginga sightseeing train, before it enters service on Dec. 12 linking the western Japan city and Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co.'s West Express Ginga leaves JR Kyoto Station on Sept. 11, 2020, on its maiden operation, postponed for four months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co.'s West Express Ginga leaves JR Kyoto Station on Sept. 11, 2020, on its maiden operation, postponed for four months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co.'s West Express Ginga enters JR Kyoto Station on Sept. 11, 2020, for its maiden operation, postponed for four months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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New sightseeing train in western Japan

West Japan Railway Co.'s West Express Ginga enters JR Kyoto Station on Sept. 11, 2020, for its maiden operation, postponed for four months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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Olympics: Munetomo 4th in men's trampoline

Japanese trampoline gymnast Ginga Munetomo performs during the men's qualification round at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 13, 2016. Munetomo reached the final and finished fourth in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Munetomo 4th in men's trampoline

Japanese trampoline gymnast Ginga Munetomo celebrates after his performance in the men's final of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 13, 2016. Munetomo finished fourth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ginga, official mascot of Team Brazil

Brazilian athletes sing the national anthem with team mascot Ginga during the welcome ceremony for the team at the Olympic athletes' village in Rio de Janeiro on July 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo