page_title: Shimokita (train)
section_title: Rapid (1993 - )
hierarchical_section_title: Shimokita (train) / History / Rapid (1993 - )
caption_attribution_description: English: A pair of JR East KiHa 40 series DMU cars at Ominato Station on a Shimokita rapid service to Aomori 日本語: 大湊線 大湊駅
context_page_description: The Shimokita is a "Rapid" limited-stop train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company and Aoimori Railway Line, which runs from Aomori and Hachinohe to Ōminato via the former Tōhoku Main Line and Ōminato Line.
context_section_description: The Shimokita name was revived in 1993 when new KiHa 100 series DMU trains were introduced on the former Usori rapid services operating between Ōminato, Noheji, and Aomori.
caption: A JR East KiHa 40 series DMU set on a Shimokita service in 2008
exif: {"Image Make": "PENTAX Corporation", "Image Model": "PENTAX K10D", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "K10D Ver 1.30", "Image DateTime": "2008:02:07 10:56:34", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "772", "Image PrintIM": "[80, 114, 105, 110, 116, 73, 77, 0, 48, 51, 48, 48, 0, 0, 0, 33, 0, 1, 0, 22, ... ]", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 0, 0, 0]", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[41, 2103/125, 0]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "E", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[141, 2427/250, 0]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "4", "GPS GPSMapDatum": "WGS84", "Image GPSInfo": "608", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "46334", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6595", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/400", "EXIF FNumber": "71/10", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2008:02:07 10:56:34", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2008:02:07 10:56:34", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "-3/10", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "28", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3872", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2592", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "46210", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Manual Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "42", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "3"}