Wouldn’t train travel be more fun if you could pay in chocolate rather than buying a ticket? If that sounds like your thing then head to Japan, where travellers using the Sanriku Railway network ...

The Sanriku Railway Rias Line runs 163km the length of Iwate Pref. in Japan's northeast, from Kuji Station in the north through Sakari Station in the south. The only way to conquer the rugged ...

After recovering from the devastation wrought by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in 2011, Sanriku Railway became known as the operator of the longest semi-public rail line in Japan ...