William A bit of news for us train geeks. JR Kyushu is holding a “Kumamoto Railway Festival,” where all railway operators with routes in Kumamoto Prefecture gather to sell goods and railway equipment, this weekend at Amu Hiroba in front of JR Kumamoto Station. It will end Sunday, so be like JR and don’t delay. Also, from the 22nd (today), Kumamoto Electric Railway will start operating a “Halloween train” with Halloween decorations (see photo). This is the first of several projects to encourage ridership, which had declined due to the corona virus. Which car it is was not specified; perhaps you’ll just have to wait at a tram stop until it comes by. The theme car will run until November 6. https://kumanichi.com/articles/831506 https://kumanichi.com/articles/831544