A trip to Ise and Toba, Mie

Kintetsu Railway Company abbreviated to as Kintetsu is a Japanese passenger railway system is
the largest in Japan, excluding Japan Railways Group. The railway network connects Osaka, Nara,
Kyoto, Nagoya, Tsu, Ise, and Yoshino.


This map shows the railway track route of the Kinki Nippon Railway ( Private rail company )

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Toba-Nagoya Line

(L) The underground passage to the Kintestu terminal station (R) Limited-express train, Vista Car of Kintestu Railway

(L) Kintetsu's express fare table at Kintesu Nagoya station (R) The underground station premises of Kintestu Nagoya terminal station

(L) Interior of the Vista Car to Kashigojima (M) The tall building near Nagoya station (R) Tunnels goes through a mountainous area of Toba.



(L) A standard-type express car (R) The train view is good at the section between Iseshi and Toba.

(L) Aside from the railway track, the rape blossoms are in full bloom. (R) Express and local trains at Ujiyamada station

(L) Ujiyamada station of Yamada Line and Toba Line. This is the closest station to Ise Grand Shrine.
(R) Isuzugawa station

Toba station and express trains

(L) A new Ise-Shima Liner at Toba Station (R) a destination indicator board at Toba Station

(L) Urban Liner express train at Toba Station (M) An interior of the deluxe car (R) The driver's seat is the best panoramic seat.

(L) Ise-Shima Liner express car (M) A rail-track junction at Isenakagawa (R) A train is crossing the Kisogawa Iron Bridge.

An express train is now approaching to the underground Kintetsu-Nagoya station.

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Osaka-Nagoya Line


(L) An express train to Nagoya is arriving Osaka-uehonmachi station. (R) The seat in the deluxe car has three seats in one row.

(L) The driver's seat is the best panoramic seat.
(R) After the train left Tsuruhashi station, it stops at Tsu station only ( beyond Kii peninsula ) until the destination of Nagoya.
A passenger enjoys a peaceful country-side spring landscope of Kii Peninsula.

Kintestsu Osaka Line merges with Yamada line at Ise-Nakagawa.

(L) An interior of the deluxe express train (R) The train passes through Suzuka River, Nagara River, Kiso River and many small rivers.

(L) A large river (M) A train depo (R) An electric guidance

(L) A train depo (M) Kintstu Nagoya station is located underground. (R) An electric information board announced we are almost arrived at Nagoya.


Ise Grand Shrine
Toba Aquarium
　Tennouji Zoo

JR東海、JR西日本、および近鉄特急は、世界の完全禁煙との動向を完全に無視した、副流煙によるがんなどの
病気、2020年以降は「密閉、密集、密接 」の場で、コロナウィルス感染症に罹患することを誘発しかねない
列車を運行する鉄道会社と言える。

The railway company leading a passenger to health damage（健康障害に導く近鉄特急喫煙車両）日本語表示、英語併用
　　Smoking rooms are provided in Kintestu Express trains, in 2017.
　　Attention on the Kintetsu express trains: When you reserve seats, take a carriage as far as possible from smokable vehicles.
Request for removal of smoking places in a train station and all smoking booths inside of an express train
　　of Kinki-Nippon express-trains 　15の学術団体から近鉄内喫煙室の撤去を求めての要望書 (日本語）削除済
The response of Kinki-Nippon Raulway Company　近鉄からの回答書 (日本語）削除済
Japan is the only country in which smoking is allowed on the train.

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　After three months of delays in deciding to abolish smoking rooms at JR Tokai, JR West, and JR Kyushu, the Kinki
　Nippon Railway Company has finally decided to abolish a total of 126 smoking rooms installed on limited express
　trains from March 2024.●●●

朗報 　近畿日本鉄道は、特急列車に設置している喫煙室を2024年３月から廃止することを決めた。 近畿日本鉄道は、一部の観光特急を 　除いて、「ひのとり」や「アーバンライナー」などの特急列車には、喫煙室を１か所以上設置して、分煙対策を進めてきた。 　しかし、JR東海、JR西日本、 JR九州での喫煙室の廃止の決定を受け、また乗客から「喫煙室を廃止してほしい」という要望が 　増えていたため、JRの決定に遅れること3か月、会社はやっと、特急列車に設置している合わせて126か所の喫煙室を2024年 　３月から廃止することを決めた。 廃止後、喫煙室として使っていた場所の活用方法については、今後、検討するとしている。 　最近新規導入した近鉄名阪特急の新型80000系「ひのとり」に「車内の居住性を従来から大幅にグレードアップし、名阪間の 　ビジネス、観光、お出かけなど多様な用途のお客さまに快適な移動空間を提供」、「特に３号車に喫煙室を設置するなど、より 　快適な車内環境を整えます」 としていた。先進国が2003年から2007年の間にすべての列車内喫煙室を廃止したことも無視、 　喫煙行為をサポートして来た馬鹿さ加減を露呈していた。

近鉄特急
2017年4月執筆 医学博士 宮本順伯

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The article was written, and all photography was taken by Dr. Junhaku Miyamoto in April 2017.
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