Hokkaido excursion picked as 2016 best railway trip in Japan

Hiroyuki Sebata (R) of Nippon Travel Agency Co. poses for a photo with two other award winners at the Railway Museum in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 25, 2017, after his tour package -- a ride featuring seafood barbecue on a scenic local Hokkaido railway line -- was commended by travel professionals as the best tour of 2016 in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo