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Photographer Arrested After Taking Chainsaw to Trees In Search of a Better Train Photo

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Police arrested a 23-year-old Japanese man after a tree he cut down to get a better photo of a train landed on vital communication wires.

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A taxi driver who cut down trees was arrested while trying to take a picture of the last run of the popular tourist train “Kushiro Shitsugen Norokko” in Hokkaido. “Oshita Yoko Wide!” broadcast on 2026/10/16 “Scramble” (TV Asahi) picked it up, but it is said that it is difficult to deal with nuisance acts caused by some railway fans. A taxi driver in his 20s was arrested on the 14th on suspicion of the risk of train traffic coming into contact wi…

Topics of Interest: [Sad News] Extreme trainspotter with chainsaw gets arrested for real lol. The fate of a 23-year-old man who risked his life on the last run of the "Norokko" train is too shocking. A taxi driver from Kanagawa goes all the way to the Kushiro Marsh in Hokkaido.

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A man arrested on suspicion of cutting down trees near the JR Senmo Line tracks has reportedly said he "wanted to take good pictures." Koudai Watanabe (23), a taxi driver from Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, who was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of endangering train traffic, is suspected of cutting down trees near the JR Senmo Line tracks in Kushiro Town, Hokkaido, on September 30th, causing the fallen trees to come into contact wit…

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FNN.jpプライムオンライン broke the news on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
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