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By Kan Sakurai / Special to Ryoko Yomiuri Publication
19:01 JST,
November 25, 2025
The Koumi Line is a railway that runs through the part of Nagano Prefecture where I spent my childhood. The cities of Komoro — where I was born — and neighboring Saku — where I was raised — both sit along the line. It even employed my parents, who were both Koumi Line station attendants, my father a...