By JIRO TSUTSUI/ Staff Writer
May 26, 2020 at 08:00 JST
A departure ceremony is held at Sakamoto-Hieizanguchi Station in Otsu on April 2 to unveil the special train. (Jiro Tsutsui)
OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--Keihan Electric Railway Co. has debuted a two-car train here to celebrate next year's 1,200th anniversary of the death of the monk Saicho (767-822), the founder of the Tendai school of Buddhism. [Read More]
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