SL Taiju, the steam locomotive which Tobu Railway borrows from JR Hokkaido, runs between Kinugawa-Onsen and Shimo-Imaichi in Tochigi.pref, Japan.
I went there to see the locomotive.
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I went to Utsunomiya to ride Nikko Line train
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At Tsuruta, intermediate station
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At Shimotsuke-Osawa, I guess
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We got off at Imaichi
From the station, we walked to Shimo-Imaichi station on Tobu Line.
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SL museum at Shimo-Imaichi station
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Shimo-Imaichi Depot
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SL Taiju arrived at the station
Coaches pulled by the steam locomotive were also pushed by this diesel locomotive to supplement the power
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SL Taiju on Railway turntable
SL Taiju
After taking the picture, we boarded train for Tobu-Nikko.
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By this one
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Just before Tobu-Nikko station, we can see JR Nikko station
And, got off at Tobu-Nikko
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Station nameplate
We hanged out around Nikko.
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Many languages
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Shinkyo Bridge
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JR Nikko station
After sightseeing, we went back home by JR Nikko Line.
Train on JR Nikko Line
We went back to Utsunomiya.
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Utsunomiya is famous for dumpling, and it's the statue of dumpling
