Despite not serving any trains since August, when torrential rain devastated southern Kyushu, a station in Kagoshima Prefecture on the JR Hisatsu Line still sees customers line up to buy its specialty ...

Kagoshima Prefecture has been working to subsidize third-sector Hisatsu Orange Railway with support from all 43 of its municipalities, including those not serviced by the railway. The subsidies cover ...

The odds are stacked heavily against him, but Mason Buskirk is continuing his drive for a resumption of operations on the JR Hisatsu Line in Kumamoto Prefecture, especially a beloved steam locomotive.

A cat photograph which will come with tickets commemorating "Cat Day" to be sold by Hisatsu Orange Railway Co. on Feb. 22, 2022, is seen in this image provided by the company. A ticket commemorating ...

YATSUSHIRO, Kumamoto -- A ceremony was held in this southwest Japan city on March 24 to celebrate the retirement of Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu)'s popular steam locomotive sightseeing train "SL ...