My son Mitaro is a great fan of the "Thomas the Tank Engine" series and takes fancy to steam locomotives. So we, Mitaro and I, visited a place in Kyoto where you can actually ride passenger cars towed by a huge old engine, a C62 or a D51, on April 4.
This was actually our second visit to the place. When we went there the previous time, Mitaro was scared at the huge engines in the huge dim-lit garage, and the very loud sound the engine's whistles made, and got out of the institute quite soon. So this was virtually our first visit.
We took supper at a sushi restaurant in Sanjo Kawaramachi, Kyoto. We found small bullet-train-shaped automatic carriers bringing orders to our seats. You could imagine how happy and excited my railroad-buff son was!









On the train home




My wife took the five pictures below at a nearby community playground on April 6. My son is proud of the fact that he can ride swings by himself.











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