Stations, vacant properties and an old bus have been turned into tourist accommodation, giving rural communities new life With rural Japan experiencing severe depopulation, unstaffed railway stations ...
This video explores the Nagano Electric Railway, a smaller private line that offers a very different experience from Japan’s famous bullet trains. The ride includes a distinctive front-row panorama ...
TUCKED AWAY in the verdant mountains of Shimane, in western Japan, Gobira railway station has nearly disappeared. Its signs have faded, the letters hardly legible. The tracks are blanketed in thick ...