By SHINYA MATSUMOTO/ Staff Writer
September 14, 2021 at 08:00 JST
Reserved seats in the second carriage of the Kamome Shinkansen train feature lion-inspired patterns. The seat frames are fashioned from wood, like those used for the 800 series bullet trains running on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line. (Shinya Matsumoto)
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