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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.

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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.

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UNESCO "eco park" list

UNESCO "eco park" list

KOFU, Japan - Hirofumi Nakagomi, mayor of Minami-Alps in Yamanashi Prefecture, receives the news that UNESCO has decided to add Japan's Southern Alps mountain range to its list of biosphere reserves, known as eco parks in Japan, at the city hall around 1 a.m. on June 12, 2014. The 302,474-hecatre region straddles Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures. UNESCO also decided to add the Tadami beech forest in Fukushima Prefecture to the list.

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Downpour leaves a residential area inundated in Tadami, Fukushima Prefecture, in a photo from a Kyoto News helicopter on July 30, 2011. On top R is the Tadami River.

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Taj Mahal snow statue

Taj Mahal snow statue

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A snow statue featuring India's Taj Mahal, 13 meters high and 30 meters wide, is displayed at a snow festival in the town of Tadami, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2011.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Downpour leaves a residential area inundated in Tadami, Fukushima Prefecture, in a photo from a Kyoto News helicopter on July 30, 2011. On top R is the Tadami River. (Kyodo)

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Downpour leaves a residential area inundated in Tadami, Fukushima Prefecture, in a photo from a Kyoto News helicopter on July 30, 2011. On top R is the Tadami River. (Kyodo)

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Downpour leaves a residential area inundated in Tadami, Fukushima Prefecture, in a photo from a Kyoto News helicopter on July 30, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Taj Mahal snow statue

Taj Mahal snow statue

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A snow statue featuring India's Taj Mahal, 13 meters high and 30 meters wide, is displayed at a snow festival in the town of Tadami, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2011. (Kyodo)

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UNESCO 'eco park' list

UNESCO 'eco park' list

KOFU, Japan - Hirofumi Nakagomi, mayor of Minami-Alps in Yamanashi Prefecture, receives the news that UNESCO has decided to add Japan's Southern Alps mountain range to its list of biosphere reserves, known as eco parks in Japan, at the city hall around 1 a.m. on June 12, 2014. The 302,474-hecatre region straddles Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures. UNESCO also decided to add the Tadami beech forest in Fukushima Prefecture to the list. (Kyodo)

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Live wrestling on train in Japan

Live wrestling on train in Japan

Live pro wrestling is shown to about 40 passengers on a JR Tadami Line train between Niigata and Fukushima prefectures on Oct. 3, 2020. The event is aimed at supporting the train line hit by the July 2011 rain disaster.

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Live wrestling on train in Japan

Live wrestling on train in Japan

Live pro wrestling is shown to about 40 passengers on a JR Tadami Line train between Niigata and Fukushima prefectures on Oct. 3, 2020. The event is aimed at supporting the train line hit by the July 2011 rain disaster.

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Live wrestling on train in Japan

Live wrestling on train in Japan

Live pro wrestling is shown to about 40 passengers on a JR Tadami Line train between Niigata and Fukushima prefectures on Oct. 3, 2020. The event is aimed at supporting the train line hit by the July 2011 rain disaster.

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