The special train "Meteor Shinkansen" of the Kyushu Shinkansen, which is equipped with special lighting equipment and runs while changing the color of the car body and illuminating the night sky, was operated on the night of the 14th.
This special train "Shooting Star Shinkansen" was planned by JR Kyushu to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the opening of the entire Kyushu Shinkansen, and on the night of the 14th, it operated one way from Kagoshima Chuo Station in Kagoshima City to Hakata Station in Fukuoka City. ..
The vehicle was designed with shooting stars in two colors, blue and purple, and 777 wishes from all over the country were decorated, and the people who made the wishes were invited to the departure ceremony held at Kagoshima Chuo Station. I was killed.
A 6-year-old girl from Aira City, Kagoshima Prefecture, who applied for and was hired to make a wish to make 100 friends, looked happy to find her wish written on the car body.
The girl's father said, "I'm happy because I didn't expect my daughter's wishes to be chosen."
After that, Kazuharu Konishi, a 5-year-old from Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture, who made a wish to "become a stationmaster for one day and have a departure ceremony" sent a signal for departure, and the "shooting star Shinkansen" slowly left the platform. ..
The car body is equipped with special lighting equipment, and the "shooting star Shinkansen" ran while changing the color of the car body and illuminating the night sky.
Related events were also held at stations along the line, and the people concerned were celebrating the 10th anniversary of the opening of the entire line.