A two-carriage train chugs its way through the green forests of Fukushima Prefecture. As it crosses a bridge over a blue river, it slows down so passengers can soak in the view.
It has been gone for a while but the rain-wrecked JR Tadami Line came back into full operation from Oct. 1, for the first time since 2011.
Locals and locomotive fans alike are glad it’s back. While the train itself transports only a handful of passengers, out and away from the line many more people are gathered with complicated camera setups to snap a shot of the train running across an iron bridge. For them, it’s like watching a supermodel sashaying down a runway.