Forum - View topicINTEREST: Sapporo Gears up for Snow Miku with Itasha Train, 'Snow Miku Sky Town'
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omiya
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Technically it's a streetcar or tram service (light rail), not a heavy rail service like the Enoden in Kamakura (which has a section of street operation): http://www.city.sapporo.jp/city/english/news/news201512_3e.html
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nargun
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Drawing "tram" / "heavy railway" distinctions in japan is tricky, because most of the private railways were originally built using US-style interurban technology, essentially heavy high-speed streetcar/tram vehicles largely -- but not entirely -- in private alignments. That's why so many of them are called dentetsu, see: in distinction from the steam-locomotive lines of the national railways. But with the upgrades to the private lines to enable longer, heavier trains and the electification of main-line rail the two classes essentially merged, and 電車 which previously applied only to the light-weight lines extended to everything, eclipsing 列車. But yes, Sapporo is in english what we'd call a tramway. |
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Mohawk52
 Posts: 8202 Location: England, UK |
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I saw this posted Miku's Youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZwI3jFlR84 Though i felt sorry for the person inside the costume, I had to chuckle at Snow Miku trying to board the tram. 
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