Sightseeing train in northeastern Japan

Sightseeing train in northeastern Japan

People wave flags at sightseeing train "Kairi" in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 1, 2023, marking the first anniversary since full operation resumed on the JR Tadami Line 11 years after heavy rain hit the region.

Sightseeing train in northeastern Japan

Sightseeing train in northeastern Japan

Sightseeing train "Kairi" runs in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 1, 2023, marking the first anniversary since full operation resumed on the JR Tadami Line 11 years after heavy rain hit the region.

Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

An old model passenger train led by a diesel locomotive arrives in Aizukawaguchi station in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services fully on Oct. 1 for the first time in about 11 years.

Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

A JR train conducts a test run in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as the 27.6 kilometer section of the JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services on Oct. 1. Full services will return on the line 11 years after torrential rain hit the region in July 2011 and caused widespread damage.

Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

A JR train conducts a test run on a formerly heavily-damaged railway bridge in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as the 27.6 kilometer section of the JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services on Oct. 1. Full services will return on the line 11 years after torrential rain hit the region in July 2011 and caused widespread damage.

Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

A JR train conducts a test run on a formerly heavily-damaged railway bridge in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as the 27.6 kilometer section of the JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services on Oct. 1. Full services will return on the line 11 years after torrential rain hit the region in July 2011 and caused widespread damage.

Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Part of a railway bridge above a raging river is swept away following a downpour in the town of Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 30, 2011, in a photo from a Kyoto News helicopter. (Kyodo)