{"id":2369,"date":"2020-07-09T16:59:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T07:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2020-07-22T15:10:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T06:10:30","slug":"tetsuincho-connecting-local-railways-nationwide-is-now-on-sale-echigo-tokimeki-railway-also-participates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/en\/2369\/","title":{"rendered":"Echigo Tokimeki Railway is participating in\u201cTetsuincho\u201d<br>A stamp book for connecting local railways nationwide! Now on sale!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Collect original stamps from 40 local railways nationwide!<\/h2>\r\n<p>A service to issue station original stamps called \u201cTetsuin\u201d at local railways nationwide started from July 10th. \u00a0The Echigo Tokimeki Railway, which runs in the Joetsu region of Niigata Prefecture, will also participate and you can get two types of \u201cTetsuin\u201d at Naoetsu Station and Itoigawa Station.<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- x-tinymce\/html --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-117822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0709_00000.jpg\" alt=\"Still0709_00000\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0709_00000-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>This is the Tetsuin of the Echigo Tokimeki Railway. You can get this Tetsuin at Naoetsu Station on the right, and this one from Itoigawa Station on the left. Hanafubuki is designed in the image of the cherry blossoms in Joetsu City and the resort train \u201cSetsugekka\u201d on the Echigo Tokimeki Railway.<\/p>\r\n<p>You can see the word \u201cShindo\u201d on the upper right of the stamp. \u00a0It was written by Keisetsu Watanabe, a calligrapher in Joetsu City. It means \u201ctokimeki\u201d in the Taiwanese language.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is because the Echigo Tokimeki Railway \u201cSekiyama Station\u201d has a sister station agreement with Taiwan\u2019s \u201cKanzan Station\u201d which uses the same kanji.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-117824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0709_00002.jpg\" alt=\"Still0709_00002\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0709_00002-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Echigo Tokimeki Railway staff said, \u201cYou can get enjoyment just by collecting the Tetsuin. Not only railway fans but also children and adults can collect them.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>This \u201cstamp book\u201d is necessary to receive the Tetsuin. You can get the Tetsuin by purchasing the stamp book at the window of Naoetsu Station or Itoigawa Station, and presenting your ticket. \u00a0The price is 2,200 yen including tax for one stamp book. \u00a0If you don\u2019t have a train ticket, you must pay the entry fee of 300 yen to receive the stamp.<\/p>\r\n<p><!-- x-tinymce\/html --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-117823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0709_00001.jpg\" alt=\"Still0709_00001\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" data-low-src=\"https:\/\/www.joetsu.ne.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Still0709_00001-400x225.jpg\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>A limited number of stamped books signed by Akira Torizuka, president of the Echigo Toki Meki Railway, are being sold at Naoetsu Station. \u00a0The ticket counter is open from 7am to 8pm.<\/p>\r\n<p>40 local railway companies from Hokkaido to Kyushu participate in this Tetsuin service. \u00a0If you have all 40 companies, you can purchase the \u201cTetsuin Meister Card\u201d with its own unique number.<\/p>\r\n<div tabindex=\"0\">\r\n<p>Why don\u2019t you buy a stamp book and enjoy your trip on the railway?<\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collect original sta&#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/?p=2365","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[163,33,154],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","tag-163","tag-33","tag-154","en-US"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yukiguni-journey.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}