The lack of rubbish and graffiti along the line is apparent.

There is a car journey from Tokyo around Mt Fujiama and the lakes. When you get near to the mountain you get onto country roads more like your roads at home. Including potholes. [ Driving Japan ] Go to Mount Fuji and the lakes around it. 2023/May/16 Tue 3:36 am. 富士山. Greetings from Sydney, OZ

@@geoffreymartin2764 Love to slowly explore the back roads. So much local flavour to enjoy. Also see one of mine: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z5mUi9B1ndbHlp8.html

Same here! It's absolutely a gorgeous thing and a nice change of pace!

Now if only us Canadians could finally join the world to the 21st century with our transportation systems! Our trains and tracks are still quite antique!

It was projects like these that basically bankrupted JNR (predecessor to the current Japan Rail companies) and forced them to be privatized. I really did wish that they had finished the route to Hokunō Station as that would have made it more profitable.

お取り寄せしそうな路線だね

ジブリ

飛天御剣流かな？

I think about 400m ! 🤔

塗装出来るって事は鋼体車両ならではですね… ステンレス車両だと塗装省略しちゃう位ですし

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A printed transcription of the announcements into the video description would be enlightening. We could use Google translate into the language of our choice. 🤔 I am wondering if the photographers are the Japanese equivalent of train spotters.

It's mostly done for people with sight disabilities. A brief summary of what is usually announced (might have missed some since it's hard to hear): Thank you for using this train, destination of this train, the doors are opening/closing, turn your mobile phone to silent mode and refrain from talking on the phone, pick up a ticket when you board, pay the fare by the driver/let the driver know if you are getting off since he/she is the only person operating the train, this train has priority seats so give up your seat if you sit on it for someone that may need it, if you see any dangerous or suspicious objects then let the driver know, press the emergency button if there is an emergency, the train will depart soon. Also, everything is said in formal Japanese so it sounds longer than it really is.

@@joeswanderings The photographers are indeed train spotters. In Japanese, they're called "tetsudo otaku" or "railway enthusiasts". Rural trains have wrappings that are unique to the line and so are popular with train spotters.

@@khamronsingame Ah, like the much-loved "see it, say it, sorted!" in the UK

@@AndreiTupolev Honestly I wish Australian trains had an automated announcement system similar to Japan. Our trains, at least in Melbourne, are announced by the driver with a thick accent through horrible speakers so half the time you don't even know what they're saying.

Maybe It's a meadow

I thought they were; rice needs so much water to grow and those fields, and many more as we rode along, were FULL of water.