Four local trains in Shizuoka Prefecture (Oigawa Railway)
Four local railways in Shizuoka Prefecture (Oigawa Railway) Table of Contents 1: Introduction 2: Oigawa Railway 3: Horai Bridge 4: Hamamatsu Gourmet 1: Introduction I spent two days and one night in April on four regional railways in Shizuoka Prefecture. There are seven regional railway operators in Shizuoka Prefecture (95 in Japan as a whole), seven being the largest number in the country by prefecture. In order of operating distance, these are Tenryu Hamanako Railway (67.7 km), Oigawa Railway (65.0 km), Izu Kyuko (45.7 km), Izu Hakone Railway (29.4 km), Enshu Railway (17.8 km), Shizuoka Railway (11.0 km) and Gakunan Railway (9.2 km). On the second day, I planned to take Gakunan Tramway, which has the catchphrase ‘the railway from which you can see Mount Fuji from every station.’ I gave up this time because clouds prevented me from seeing Mount Fuji. 2: Oigawa Railway The first train I boarded was the Oigawa Railway. We left Tokyo early in the morning and boarded the 8:48 train from Kanaya Station, a retro train built in 1958 for express and limited express service on the Nankai Koya Line. Just getting on this train would be exciting for railway fans. The seats were