Vast forested hillscapes + one-car trains = a fun game of "spot the train"pic.twitter.com/QYJ3aBNyrG
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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
Heading back east again but staying in West Japan--this is the Kisei Line, a long coastal routepic.twitter.com/FtMXcsnfl0
this route is insanely long, with a ton of stations, all in mountainous coastal land with very low populationspic.twitter.com/k7cXCMccum
the route is electrified; express trains from Osaka wind their way along it all the way to Shingupic.twitter.com/Qy0d9AoiXj
Shirahama station is a major tourist destinationpic.twitter.com/nxdy3CHd2r
we're following the Kisei line inbound towards Osaka in this sequence of tweetspic.twitter.com/6IVf6YLcLp
some of the express trains on the Kisei Line...first pic is the "Ocean Arrow"pic.twitter.com/FWZ8Nx13cB
going north of Osaka now--this is the Obama Linepic.twitter.com/kvgqwGPcw1
no relation to the president, obv--"Obama" in Japanese means "little beach" [小浜]pic.twitter.com/wwNPYPsd6E
like the Kisei Line, the Obama Line is close enough to Osaka to be electrified despite being very ruralpic.twitter.com/LLjriafK1d
some stops on the Obama Line...2nd pic and last pic are at Obama Stationpic.twitter.com/Bltb3Hog5j
A brief musical interlude will follow...
On JR lines in the Tokyo area, a melody plays on every platform before the train's doors close--a sort of audio "yellow light"
If you're on the platform, hurry in; if you're almost there, don't rush because you won't make it
So with that said--these are the melodies at Shinjuku Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N25AMw1EQxQ … I'm fond of the ones at 2:16 and 2:41
These are the ones for Shinagawa, Ikebukuro, and Tokyo.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3CHmmHyeN0 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXmXbofjQwY … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK0W5j0wEjA …
...and these are the melodies of Ebisu Station. Do they sound familiar to anyone?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzHlp7t_-KY …
No takers...it's the theme from "The Third Man" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEsWi88Qv0 …
The evening is getting away from me, so I'll wrap up this thread with a return to Hokkaido...
...looking at the Hakodate Main Line between Oshamambe and Sapporo. There's a station here for you @menaquinone4 (last 2 pics)pic.twitter.com/DNnBJHn5cO
this stretch includes the popular Niseko skiing resort--last pic is Niseko Stationpic.twitter.com/7QyETqSrH8
trains used on this route include the "Niseko Liner," shown in first two pics (the second is painted for the local baseball team)pic.twitter.com/ERCmx4Rdw3
Kutchan Station, in the largest town on the route, will have Shinkansen service by 2031. From here you can see the imposing Mt Yotei volcanopic.twitter.com/9D3h2nuHmE
Shikaribetsu and Ranshima Stations...Ranshima is the smallest train station in Japan that I've actually visitedpic.twitter.com/fxXnfEQe9f
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