Abt train in Kawanehon Town, Shizuoka Prefecture

#0yentravelnovember Let's ride the Abt system train in Kawanehon-cho, Shizuoka Prefecture! Japan's only Abt system train is in operation here. This railway is full of sights, including the highest railway bridge in Japan (Sekinosawa Bridge) and Okuoikojo Station, which appears to be floating on Lake Sesso. (Tourist Association website) The Oigawa Railway's Ikawa Line (between Senzu Station and Ikawa Station) is nicknamed the Southern Alps Abt Line, and the 1.5 km section between Abt Ichishiro Station and Nagashima Dam Station has the steepest gradient in Japan, 90 per mille, for ordinary railways excluding cable cars, so the Abt system railway was adopted here (Reference: The former Shinetsu Main Line between Karuizawa Station and Yokokawa Station is 66.7 per mille).