10 Season
153 Episode
Japan Railway Journal - Season 5 Episode 2 JR Gono Line: A Popular Local Line Worth the Journey
JR East's Gono Line, which runs between Akita and Aomori Prefectures, currently boasts 3 popular tourist trains with the name "Resort Shirakami," attracting more than 100,000 passengers annually. Once facing discontinuation, the line has made a comeback with the support of JR East staff, and local residents living along the line. See how a local line running in a depopulated region has become Japan's most popular local line.
- Year: 2024
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: NHK WORLD-JAPAN
- Keyword: train, railroad, train travel, train station, railway history, railway, bullet trains, japanese train
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- Cast: Ryo Takagi