By SATOSHI JUYANAGI/ Staff Writer
November 17, 2020 at 08:00 JST
Obanai Iguro appears on a smartphone screen at JR Bungomori Station in Kusu, Oita Prefecture, with the help of an augmented-reality app. He remains on the screen even when the app user goes to the Bungo-Mori Roundhouse Koen park about 300 meters from the station building to take pictures against the backdrop of the locomotive and the old roundhouse. (Satoshi Juyanagi)
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