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Unmanned station in northeastern Japan popular among anime fans

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2016, shows Maeda-Minami station, an unmanned railway station on Akita Nairiku Jukan Tetsudo Railway Co.'s Akita Nairiku line in Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The station has become popular among movie fans for its resemblance to a station in the Japanese anime film "Your Name," directed by Makoto Shinkai.

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Railway runs anime-themed trains, sells sumo goods

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo taken July 25, 2014, at Anamizu Station, the last stop on the Noto Tetsudo Line on the Noto Peninsula, shows goods related to Endo, a popular sumo wrestler who hails from Anamizu town, such as a teacup featuring his portrait. The railway has been boosting efforts to attract more visitors to the area, such as through selling Endo-themed goods.

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Railway runs anime-themed trains, sells sumo goods

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo taken July 25, 2014, shows a train operated by Noto Tetsudo, a local railway running on the Noto Peninsula, decorated with pictures of female characters in the popular Japanese animation series "Hanasaku iroha." The railway has been boosting efforts to attract more visitors to the area, including running anime-themed trains.

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Postwar model train magazine publishes 800th edition

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 16, 2014 shows Haruo Ishibashi, editor in chief of the monthly magazine "Tetsudo Mokei Shumi" (model railway hobby), at the office of its publisher Kigei Publishing Co. in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. Launched in 1947, the magazine issued its 800th edition in January 2014.

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Amputee runners find 'god' in 57-year-old man

TOKYO, Japan - Prosthetist Fumio Usui holds a sports-specific artificial leg on May 1, 2013 at Tetsudo Kosaikai's support center in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward.

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'Night Train to the Stars' on paddy field

HANAMAKI, Japan - Images of a locomotive and stars created with rice varieties having different colors are shown in a paddy field in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, along with a message of encouragement for the prefecture still suffering from damage caused by the March quake-tsunami disaster. Hanamaki is the birthplace of reputed Japanese poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, known for such pieces as the children's story, ''Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru''(Night Train to the Stars). The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens.

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line on March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo cars. The large white building in the background is the Otsuchi Town Hall, March 1, 2019, near Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi Town, Kamihei-gun, Iwate Prefecture; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line from March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo trains. A Sanriku Railway train near Otsuchi Station, March 1, 2019, near Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi-cho, Kamihai-gun, Iwate Prefecture.

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line from March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo trains. A Sanriku Railway train near Otsuchi Station, March 1, 2019, near Otsuchi Station, Otsuchi-cho, Kamihai-gun, Iwate Prefecture.

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Trial run of the Yamada Line, JR East Japan

The JR East Yamada Line between Miyako and Kamaishi will become the Sanriku Tetsudo Rias Line from March 23, so training operations are being conducted daily using Sanriku Tetsudo trains. A Sanriku Railway train near Unozome Station, March 1, 2019, near Unozome Station, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Privately owned library in Osaka attracts railway, travel lovers

Kazuhiko Fujita, owner of "Tetsudo Toshokan," meaning railway library, in Osaka, western Japan, shows railway-related publications, such as train schedules, and other mementoes on display at the library on April 29, 2015. The privately-owned library also sells train-related goods. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Private library in Osaka attracts train lovers

The building housing the privately owned "Tetsudo Toshokan," meaning railway library, is seen from a platform at Noda Station on West Japan Railway Co.'s Osaka Loop Line in western Japan on April 29, 2015. The library attracts travel lovers, elderly people who love nostalgia, and train enthusiasts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Night Train to the Stars' on paddy field

HANAMAKI, Japan - Images of a locomotive and stars created with rice varieties having different colors are shown in a paddy field in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, along with a message of encouragement for the prefecture still suffering from damage caused by the March quake-tsunami disaster. Hanamaki is the birthplace of reputed Japanese poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, known for such pieces as the children's story, ''Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru''(Night Train to the Stars). The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens. (Kyodo)

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Railway runs anime-themed trains, sells sumo goods

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo taken July 25, 2014, at Anamizu Station, the last stop on the Noto Tetsudo Line on the Noto Peninsula, shows goods related to Endo, a popular sumo wrestler who hails from Anamizu town, such as a teacup featuring his portrait. The railway has been boosting efforts to attract more visitors to the area, such as through selling Endo-themed goods. (Kyodo)

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Ninja train

Photo taken March 21, 2018, shows people taking a selfie beside an Iga Tetsudo Co. train painted with a ninja face pattern at Igaueno station in Iga, Mie Prefecture. The central Japan city is known as home to one of the most famous ninja clans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rural railway in western Japan

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2018, shows a statue of "Kagami Mikan," a character created by Japanese cartoonist Takashi Yanase, at Kagami station in Konan, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. It is one of the characters created by Yanase for each of 20 stations on the Gomen-Nahari Line operated by Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo (Railway) Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rural railway in western Japan

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2018, shows a statue of "Ananai Nasubi," a character created by Japanese cartoonist Takashi Yanase, at Ananai station in Aki, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. It is one of the characters created by Yanase for each of 20 stations on the Gomen-Nahari Line operated by Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo (Railway) Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rural railway in western Japan

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2018, shows Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo (Railway) Co.'s single-car train at Wajiki station in Geisei village, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. The open-deck train allows its passengers a great view of the Pacific Ocean. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rural railway in western Japan

Photo taken Aug. 3, 2018, shows Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo (Railway) Co.'s single-car train running along the Pacific Ocean in Aki, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo