'Yokai Watch' bullet train in Kyushu

'Yokai Watch' bullet train in Kyushu

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co.'s Shinkansen bullet train featuring images of characters from "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit game and animation, leaves JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014, while popular character Jibanyan sees it off. The special train is on operation until March 1 between Hakata and Kagoshimachuo stations in Kyushu.

New 800-series Shinkansen train 'runs' on street

New 800-series Shinkansen train 'runs' on street

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The new 800-series Shinkansen bullet train car is towed by a trailer from a port to a train depot in Satsumasendai in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima on the early morning of June 24. The high-speed train will make its debut on a line operated by Kyushu Railway Co. between Shinyatsushiro and Kagoshimachuo stations this summer.

'Yokai Watch' bullet train in Kyushu

'Yokai Watch' bullet train in Kyushu

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co.'s Shinkansen bullet train featuring images of characters from "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit game and animation, leaves JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014, while popular character Jibanyan sees it off. The special train is on operation until March 1 between Hakata and Kagoshimachuo stations in Kyushu. (Kyodo)

New 800-series Shinkansen train 'runs' on street

New 800-series Shinkansen train 'runs' on street

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The new 800-series Shinkansen bullet train car is towed by a trailer from a port to a train depot in Satsumasendai in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima on the early morning of June 24. The high-speed train will make its debut on a line operated by Kyushu Railway Co. between Shinyatsushiro and Kagoshimachuo stations this summer. (Kyodo)