Happy Whitepill Sunday everyone, it's trainposting time
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The northern terminal of Shin-Keisei is at Matsudo Station, which it shares with the Joban Main Linepic.twitter.com/9QuEeAQkG4
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The northern and eastern suburbs of Tokyo aren't remotely as glamorous as the southern and western suburbs...pic.twitter.com/mwlpZHFywa
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If you're familiar w "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time," the train she falls in front of is Shin-Keisei (old colors):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkxg8ter_8k …
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The last suburban railway for today is the Hankyu company, serving Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobepic.twitter.com/i1z5GYfCd7
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Their Osaka terminal, called Umeda, is the busiest station in West Japanpic.twitter.com/z2LdWjX2ZR
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The striking mahogany color scheme is my favorite thing about Hankyu...looks great at nightpic.twitter.com/aeBygXcOyL
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Heading out to the interior of West Japan--this is the Kisuki Linepic.twitter.com/HhoLNG4URj
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This is one of several routes winding between the mountains of the Chugoku region--inland Honshu west of Kobepic.twitter.com/Wkxi78C4ID
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It's much warmer in West Japan than in Massachusetts, but snow isn't unheard of...pic.twitter.com/saJ2vR1ULn
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Vast forested hillscapes + one-car trains = a fun game of "spot the train"pic.twitter.com/QYJ3aBNyrG
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winding from the coast to the heart of the mountains...pic.twitter.com/pQd56tWJ9m
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...stopping at the forgotten villages of an older Japan along the waypic.twitter.com/EYZ10aYJdx
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casual station aesthetic--last pic is view from a stationpic.twitter.com/Hkf48Mxp7k
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visiting your hometown; you ride a sequence of trains from the heart of the city to the heart of nowhere--get out, the air says "I'm home"pic.twitter.com/Ziqh35Iyx3
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They use a newer model for rapid and express servicepic.twitter.com/OORBlso6qJ
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looks like someone made anime art of the Sanko Line too listening to an acoustic cover of "Country Roads" while posting, just rightpic.twitter.com/hZcRhNXqcF
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Heading back east again but staying in West Japan--this is the Kisei Line, a long coastal routepic.twitter.com/FtMXcsnfl0
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this route is insanely long, with a ton of stations, all in mountainous coastal land with very low populationspic.twitter.com/k7cXCMccum
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the route is electrified; express trains from Osaka wind their way along it all the way to Shingupic.twitter.com/Qy0d9AoiXj
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Shirahama station is a major tourist destinationpic.twitter.com/nxdy3CHd2r
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