Scenic route
Hanayome Noren
Kanazawa → Wakura Onsen · Japan
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A rolling Kaga bridal curtain: vermilion-and-black cars finished in Wajima-lacquer motifs and gold leaf, serving Ishikawa sweets en route to Wakura Onsen’s seaside baths.
How this line was checked
- The 55 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 20801193 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR West — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Hanayome Noren?
The Hanayome Noren runs 71 km from Kanazawa to Wakura Onsen.
How long does the Hanayome Noren take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 31 min for the 71 km. That is an average of 47 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 95 km/h.
Who runs the Hanayome Noren?
JR West, with KiHa 48.
How old is the Hanayome Noren?
The line has been in service since 2015. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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