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@wrzlbrnft@troet.cafe Well, it helps that I happen to know the name already - the line forms part of the "Itto Rokken Ōmawari", as depicted in the second chapter/episode of the manga/anime Tetsuko no Tabi. The Ōmawari is a mad endurance trip exploiting the so-called "Daitoshi Kinkō kukan" tariff rules, allowing JR tickets between stations within certain metropolitan areas to be used with any route, as long as you stay within the area (those generally do not include Shinkansen, aside from two exceptions around Ōsaka, but the spirit of challenge is to avoid buying the necessary supplements anyway), do not break the journey at any point (the endurance part is because you have to make do with the facilities available inside the ticket gates) and do not double-back (you may only pass each station once). The Tōkyō area for the purposes of this rule is gigantic, covering pretty much all of the surrounding prefectures and reaching out all the way to Nagano on the conventional line. This lets you travel something to the tune of 450+ km on the shortest single ticket #JR #Japan #rail