"Muscle train" with on-board bodybuilding performance in western Japan

"Muscle train" with on-board bodybuilding performance in western Japan

A bodybuilder performs in front of 35 passengers inside a JR Sanin Line train in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Nov. 10, 2024, to promote the western Japan railway line, which partially resumed service in June after being severely damaged by torrential rain in the summer of 2023.

"Muscle train" with on-board bodybuilding performance in western Japan

"Muscle train" with on-board bodybuilding performance in western Japan

A bodybuilder performs in front of 35 passengers inside a JR Sanin Line train in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Nov. 10, 2024, to promote the western Japan railway line, which partially resumed service in June after being severely damaged by torrential rain in the summer of 2023.

Snow hits western Japan

Snow hits western Japan

DAISEN, Japan - A train of West Japan Railway Co. is stranded in heavy snow on the track of the Sanin Line in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2011. Snow blanketed a wide area in the western Japan region before New Year's Day.

JR West train wrapped with "Case Closed" characters

JR West train wrapped with "Case Closed" characters

West Japan Railway Co. workers wrap a train with film sheets printed with characters of the popular Japanese comic series "Case Closed" (previously known as "Detective Conan") on April 26, 2015, in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, prior to the running of "Conan Train" on the Sanin Main Line from April 29. Gosho Aoyama, author of the series, hails from the western Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Snow hits western Japan

Snow hits western Japan

DAISEN, Japan - A train of West Japan Railway Co. is stranded in heavy snow on the track of the Sanin Line in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2011. Snow blanketed a wide area in the western Japan region before New Year's Day. (Kyodo)