Yoshio Naka, 38, has never been an avid fan of trains, but he is the man behind the recent dazzling debut of Kyushu Railway Co.'s Seven Stars in Kyushu cruise and sleeper train.
"People like me (who get sick on trains) will not get on a train unless they need to," the deputy director of the cruise train's headquarters said. "So there has to be a special meaning if we ask people to choose Seven Stars."
Kyushu Railway, better known as JR Kyushu, launched its new Seven Stars luxury train in mid-October. The Seven Stars can carry 30 guests in 14 compartments across seven cars. Building the diesel-powered train cost ¥3 billion.