KITA-KYUSHU, Fukuoka Prefecture--Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) will begin running its new "36+3" luxury sightseeing train on Oct. 16, which will take passengers across all seven prefectures in ...

Kyushu’s comprehensive rail network, which includes numerous sightseeing trains, is a great way to explore the island. For tickets and rail passes, visit the Kyushu Railway Company website.

Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) has decided to convert trains including "Hayato no Kaze," with its large windows, into the new sightseeing train "Futatsuboshi 4047." ...

The renovated Nanatsuboshi, also called the Cruise Train Seven Stars, will be running along a trio of sightseeing routes in Kyushu starting in the fall. With reservations opening soon, rail operator ...

JR Kyushu has a portfolio of about 3,500 hotel rooms in 11 small to medium hotels, mostly in Kyushu. With better known tourist attractions elsewhere in Japan, Kyushu mainly relies on tourists from ...

And finally, the sightseeing train that tops my list is “Yufuin no Mori” that has been in service for quarter of a century in Kyushu. It is the first limited express that Kyushu Railway had ...

Because of the declining population in Kyushu, Kyushu Railway Co. had focused on sightseeing trains as an important pillar in generating profits.

JR Kyushu President Yoji Furumiya, center, hands an "entrance ticket" letter of appointment to a new employee inside the sightseeing train "36 Plus 3" at JR Yoshizuka Station in Fukuoka's Hakata ...

This "bus team versus train team" episode sees our travellers racing neck-and-neck from one castle to another more than 200km away, while completing challenges at various checkpoints along the way.