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Train museum on track for 2 million visitors

Japan's biggest museum devoted to all things locomotive, the Railway Museum in Saitama City, welcomed its millionth visitor at the end of March. Amazingly, it has only been open since October. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Thu, May 01 2008

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