On January 24th, on the Konan Railway Owani Line, a yoga event "Owani Line Yoga Jack" was held to rent out cars. Sponsored by Tsugaru Bijin Project.

The event was held using a moving vehicle. “There is no such thing as a nationwide yoga event held in a chartered car,” says Masashi Nakata of Konan Railway. "When I received this proposal, I didn't get an image at first," he laughs.

The line runs about 14 km from Chuo Hirosaki Station (Yoshino-cho, Hirosaki City) to Owani Station (Owani-cho, Minamitsugaru-gun), and yoga was departed from Chuo Hirosaki Station for about 75 minutes round trip. ..

Junko Fukushi, a freshman at Hirosaki University who participated, was the first to practice yoga on the train and the first time to board the Owani line. "I enjoyed yoga using straps and seats, and I'm glad that I was able to go to places I had never been to," he said, and took a picture at a station where he stopped with his friends.

The person in charge of the project is tentative this time and is enthusiastic about making it an annual event in the future. Mr. Nakata says, "I am grateful that the number of customers will increase at these events. If it leads to the activation of the railway lines," he said.