28 minutes at Keyakidaira

Unazuki 8:17 → Keyakidaira 9:33 Keyakidaira 10:01 → Unazuki 11:20 One early-October outing on the Kurobe Gorge Railway in Kurobe, Toyama: 155 minutes riding, 28 minutes at the terminus. That stop covered the visitor centre and the station viewing area. A queue at the snack counter meant skipping a steamed bun. Those departures remain on the timetable through 23 November. Beyond the station and visitor-centre area, the usual sightseeing walks are still closed for repairs. The railway suggests about an hour at Keyakidaira. The outward ride was in a windowed Relax car, the return in an open-sided one. At current adult fares, that mix totals ¥5,560 return: ¥4,960 base fare plus one ¥600 supplement. The open car brings tunnel drafts and running noise, sometimes enough to make the announcements hard to hear.