By TORU SAITO/ Staff Writer
March 27, 2024 at 07:30 JST
The Satono, a sightseeing train set to make its debut in April, runs on tracks near JR Koriyama Station in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 28. (Toru Saito)
KORIYAMA, Fukushima Prefecture--East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will introduce the Satono sightseeing train for three prefectures in the southern Tohoku region in April.
The Aizu Satono will operate on the Banetsu-sai Line in Fukushima Prefecture.
Passengers can watch the passing scenery and enjoy sake, bento lunch boxes and sweets made with local specialties from Koriyama and the Aizu region.
Remodeled from a diesel hybrid train, the two-car excursion service is named as a tribute to the countryside “sato” landscape, people and food of the Tohoku region.
The first car, which is green, is equipped with box seats and observation seats. The second car, which is blue, has reclining seats.
The Aizu Satono will run between Koriyama and Kitakata stations mainly on weekends from April 6 to June 9.
The service will operate as the Sakuranbo Satono on the Aterazawa Line in Yamagata Prefecture from June 15.
It will then run in Miyagi Prefecture as well.
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