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家族でいく現代の阿房列車 Stories of "Aho" Railfan from Tokyo
鉄道は、たくさんの人たちをつないでくれる「道」だと思います。 This is a blog about railways in Japan and around the world by an enthusiast.
Railway literature in Japan: achievement of Miyawaki Shunzo 宮脇俊三 (1926- 2003)
Miyawaki Shunzo is a famous writer in Japan to develop railway travelogues into the sphere of literature. 
 In 1978, he debuted to write a novel “時刻表2万キロ Timetable 20,000 kilometers” describing his experience to ride all the rail lines of former Japan National Railways (JNR, 国鉄). 

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As a same railfan, I respect him very much. More personally saying, Miyawaki is a mentor of my life. I have read all his books since young age and learned the pleasure of railway riding, writing travelogue, how to enjoy train timetables and so many things from him. When younger, I dreamed that I would be like Miyawaki to be independent as a rail novelist in the future, although I now recognize it is so unrealistic thing.

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He was addicted in the interests of train timetables, bought them every month and “read” (not just search) them thoroughly till midnight. He even wrote a book to plan a virtual train timetable of constructing and unopened lines.

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In older celebrated novelists in Japan about railway novels are Uchida Hyakken (内田百閒, 1889- 1971) and Agawa Hiroyuki (阿川弘之, 1920- 2015). Miyawaki was strongly influenced by Uchida and Agawa.


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