{"id":136579,"date":"2020-10-20T10:48:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=136579&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-10-20T10:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T01:48:26","slug":"jr-kyushu-new-sightseeing-train-363-makes-maiden-journey","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/jr-kyushu-new-sightseeing-train-363-makes-maiden-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"JR Kyushu New Sightseeing Train 36+3 Makes Maiden Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 16, a new sightseeing train of JR Kyushu, \u201c36 Plus 3\u201d, departed from Hakata Station for the first time. The name \u201c36+3,\u201d derives from Kyushu being the 36th largest island in the world, with \u201c+3\u201d representing passengers, local residents and the railway company.The shiny, pitch-black train set out on Nagasaki&#8217;s return journey as part of its four-day trip around Kyushu (*currently, the route is partially changed due to damage from heavy rainfall in July.) The luxury train is less expensive than JR\u2019s Seven Stars, and its designer-developed interior features<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a tatami <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">floor. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20201019\/5010009732.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASNBJ5RHLNBHTIPE01M.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asahi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-136580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/train-new.jpg?resize=1024%2C749&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/train-new.jpg?resize=1024%2C749&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/train-new.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/train-new.jpg?resize=768%2C562&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/train-new.jpg?w=1338&amp;ssl=1 1338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/%E9%95%B7%E5%B4%8E%E7%9C%8C%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B9%E7%B7%9A%E5%AF%BE%E7%AD%96%E8%AA%B2-108904484224683\/?modal=admin_todo_tour\">Nagasaki Shinkansen official facebook<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Disclaimer<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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The name \u201c36+3,\u201d derives from Kyushu being the 36th largest island in the world&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":136580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-136579","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","location-kyushu","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/136579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}