Train scenes around "Okayama-eki"

[Sacto1985]

nimo5--who was in the Okayama area around December 23, 2012--filmed a bunch of railroad action around Okayama Station on the San'yō Main Line level of the station:

 

 

Note the KiHa 40/47 (?) DMU's coming in from the Tsuyama and Kibi lines, 115 Series EMU's coming in from the Akō Line, the Marine Liner EMU to Takamatsu over the Great Seto Bridge, the Shiokaze EMU to Matsuyama over the Great Seto Bridge, the Yakumo EMU from Izumo/Matsue coming in via the Hakubi Line, and freight trains on their way in and out of Nishi-Okayama Yard just west of the station.

[cteno4]

Sacto,

 

Thanks, very nice video. Very well shot and edited!

 

Nice painted train at 8:50 and 9:40. Anyone know more about it?

 

Cheers

 

Jeff

[miyakoji]

It's a KIHA47/40 set (in order) going to Tsuyama.  The livery appears to be a promotion for a local product of the town of Misaki, "kifuku monogatari" (I think) which is some kind of egg/soy sauce thing: http://www.town.misaki.okayama.jp/kankou/tamago/misaki.htm, http://www.yamazato-kume.net/?pid=14893194 .  The Tsuyama Line's Obara and Kamenoko stations are in the town limits.

 

I knew I'd seen this before:

 

 

From 3:00, you can see some pictures of Misaki, and after that, the raw egg and soy sauce mixed into rice.  From 3:40, you can see Kamenoko Station (kame is turtle, hence the terrifying turtle head built into the station's roof), and the yellow and black banner on the right side of the screen is for this product.  This video is on Okayama Prefecture's channel, there's lots of other interesting stuff out there although recently it seems to be all sports related.  Older uploads feature local cultural and historical stuff.

 

The second car's livery is for the 1300th anniversary of the establishment of Mimasaka Province.  I think this encompassed what is now Misaki, although the present day Mimasaka City is smaller than the old province and east of Misaki.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misaki,_Okayama

Obara Station: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E5%8E%9F%E9%A7%85

Kamenoko Station: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%80%E7%94%B2%E9%A7%85

http://www.mimasaka1300.org/

[cteno4]

Miyakoji,

 

Thanks very much! Great info as alway!

 

Both would make great tomytec models. May already have been done locally already in a small special run.

 

Jeff

[Sacto1985]

miyakoji-san, question: was this song in the YouTube video you posted sung in the Okayama dialect? It certainly didn't sound like the "normal" Japanese I hear on Japanese drama and anime shows....

[JR 500系]

Nice video! Thanks for the post Sacto 1985! I esp. like the zoom up on that pigeon wondering on the platform... CUTE!

 

Okayama... These few days i was driving shinkansen Sanyo line on my 'Densha De Go Shinkansen Sanyo Line' and Okayama was the station i stopped perfectly ~ (i.e. ~10cm)      Would really love to visit there once i get the chance to go Japan again~

[POMU]

Thanks Sacto 1985

  Enjoyed Very Much!

[miyakoji]

miyakoji-san, question: was this song in the YouTube video you posted sung in the Okayama dialect? It certainly didn't sound like the "normal" Japanese I hear on Japanese drama and anime shows....

 

Yes, it features some common Okayama words like the ja and jaro endings, although that's in other western dialects too