@article{oai:shiga-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00008448,
 author = {小川, 功},
 issue = {第407号},
 journal = {彦根論叢},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Departmental Bulletin Paper, When one thinks of unordinary trips, an
around-the-world cruise on a luxurious ship
and a transcontinental trip on a deluxe sleeper
train come to mind. Yet this paper will discuss
the opposite of these types of travel: namely,
low-class trips by what the author calls “fictitious
railways.”
The mysterious and fictitious railways run by
a private logging train company existed briefly
before the Second World War on the southern
edge of Shikoku Island, and vanished without
being noticed. People used the service to enjoy
a scenic view of a valley with a famous waterfall
from a train that did not have a roof or even
seats.
Trolley trains on Yakushima Island - a World
Heritage Site - and the Kurobe Gorge have
been serving the same function for tourists. But
the Shikoku one is unique in that a car with
several adult passengers was pulled by a western
dog up a several-kilometer slope to the waterfall.
The train service was sold to tourists by the
Sightseeing Railways, which was founded and
run by a cooperative association of the owners
of a local mountain and forest. Even though
the association was approved by the Ministry
of Agriculture and Forestry, it did not have a license
issued by the Railway Supervision Bureau
to operate a commercial train service. Thus, it
was an unlicensed, fake railway company.
So why was it able to provide the service?
The answer can be found through examination
of similar unlicensed railways operating in
Hokkaido at the time of its original development
in the 1930’s. Remote mountain areas
where regular railways were unlikely to be developed
were considered special districts, and
the bureau was lenient concerning train services
in those areas and did not apply strict
regulations there., 彦根論叢, 第407号, pp. 108-121, The Hikone Ronso, No.407, pp. 108-121},
 pages = {108--121},
 title = {観光鉄道における虚構性の研究 : 観光社会学からみた“擬制鉄道”の非日常性},
 year = {2016}
}