Kagoshima Trams Provide Post-Retirement Jobs

Kagoshima, the southernmost prefecture on the four main islands of Japan, brings us this interesting end-of-the-day stub: two old trains cars, having been retired two years ago after spending over fifty years serving passengers, came out of retirement to become the first grass-mowing trains in the world.
Mostly surrounded by the prefecture across Kagoshima Bay is Sakurajima, an active volcano that has seen small-scale eruptions with regularity since 1955. The constant spewing of ash means the …



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