Last year Nona and I spent a month in Japan during May and June. I took lots of train photos but have been busy with other things and had not had a chance to post any of them until now. About half the time we were in Japan we were traveling by train throughout western Honshu and on Kyushu. It was the first time either of us been to Kyushu and we wanted to see as much as possible so we mostly kept moving.
From Hakata station in Fukuoka we took a Kiha 185 "Yufu" to the town of Yufuin in the mountains. We had wanted to get on the Kiha 72 Yufuin-no-mori but it was sold out. After spending a night in Yufuin, the next day we continued on this same type of train in the same direction to reach Bepu.
The 883 Blue Sonic took us from Bepu on the eastern side of Kyushu around the northern coast back to Hakata Station in Fukuoka.
We rode the Kyushu Shinkansen round trip the length of the island between Hakata and Kagoshima. The trains we rode were 8 car consists of the 700 series.
The round trip between Hakata and Nagasaki was on the Kamome 885.
We spent a couple of nights in Nagasaki and while we were there we rode on their excellent system of trams. I got lots of photos of those that I will save for another post.
Of all of these trains the one I would like most to buy a model of is the Kiha 185 Yufu. It would be perfect for the AsiaNrail layout.
These have been done by Micro Ace in 2 or 4 car sets a few times but are currently sold out. Guess I will have to wait for the next release.
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