Discovering the abandoned remnants of Japan's slowest train | Kurayoshi

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I visited the small city of Kurayoshi, near the Sea of Japan in central Honshū. This part of Tottori Prefecture features an abandoned railway called the JNR Kurayoshi Line. JNR was the predecessor of JR, and this line was a short route through a stunning forest of bamboo and cedar trees. It was also Japan's slowest train, chugging along more slowly than marathon runners!
I took a bus from Kurayoshi station out to the Taikyuji stop in a very rural area. From there I walked along the old rail lines and saw the remnants of the platform at Taikjuyi station. I made it as far as a tunnel, which was sealed shut.
After that adventure, I took a bus back to the town of Kurayoshi and saw the famous row of old storehouses. They're situated right in the middle of old town, a remarkable look at buildings that weren't destroyed during the 20th century. Other than that, the town of Kurayoshi was full of curious little statues and figures and buildings. Quirky small-town Japan.
The day wrapped up with an unexpected look at more about rail history in this area - a locomotive from 1935 sits in a field on the edge of town. Kurayoshi is a lesser-known place but it's worth a trip to see it all.
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[@CathyS_Bx]

Nice to view again!

[@T1DWanderer]

Thanks! I actually meant to set this to not notify subscribers (who might have seen it already) but forgot 😊

[@rcmrcm3370]

Keep an eye out for old monorail farm trains. The animie movie Letter for Momo, shows one in several scenes.

[@s.porter8646]

Thanx for posting, I'm living in japan and looking for abandoned railways

[@KyDarknight]

Love it❤❤❤

[@scooterxx6094]

I noticed that chained next to the capsule machine was what appeared to be a hole punch so you could be your own train conductor and punch your ticket. Nice touch.

[@T1DWanderer]

Ah, I thought it was like a stamp, like they do with tickets still nowadays. Could have been a hole punch, but the ticket was pretty thick cardboard

[@northeastern_chugger]

​@@T1DWanderer Please come to india, very very underrated country. And, we also have a very old British Era metre gauge railway track that runs through the thick forests and hills of NC Hills in Assam. It's very unknown line, since no-one comes to explore it. There are such abandoned lines all over India, but this one is least explored. I hope you come one day.....

[@loudmouthnewyorker2803]

Could those be stone walkways instead of concrete?

[@T1DWanderer]

Hmm, good point. May be. I'm just so used to seeing everything in Japan made of concrete, I didn't consider it 😅