Local railways team to survive virus pandemic, natural disasters : The Asahi Shimbun
An Isumi Railway train bears a logo designed in the image of the Kumagawa express train to provide encouragement for Kumagawa Railway Co. (Provided by Isumi Railway Co.) In business for more than a century, Takada Sekaikan, one of Japan's oldest movie theaters, reached out to a struggling entity trying to stay on the rails during the novel coronavirus pandemic. One Sunday in mid-October, many people lined up in front of the theater in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, to see a special attraction. The comedy-horror film to be screened was “Densha o Tomeruna: Noroino 6.4 Kilometers” (Do not ...
Source: asahi.com