Japanese Rail Sim 3D Journey in Suburbs #1

Overview

Japanese Rail Sim 3D: Journey in Suburbs #1 (known in Japan as Tetsudou Nippon! Rosen Tabi: Nagaragawa Tetsudou-hen, which loosely translates to "Railway Japan! Route Trip: Nagaragawa Railway Edition") is a train driving simulation game developed and published by Sonic Powered for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on September 26, 2013 (as a retail release) and in North America from June 11, 2015 to March 23, 2016 (as downloadable "Volumes").

The first in a series of train driving simulators, Journey in Suburbs #1 follows the complete Nagaragawa Railway line in the Japanese Gifu Prefecture (from Mino-Ōta Station in Minokamo to Hokunō Station in Gujō) on the Nagara 300 diesel train. Similar to similar train driving simulators, such as the Densha de Go! series, players are tasked with driving the train in a first-person perspective along a set route. The game uses touch controls representing a mascon and brake, which players use to maintaining the correct speed and route timing.

Similar to the Train Simulator and Railfan series, Japanese Rail Sim 3D uses real-life footage for full-motion video, showing a front-facing perspective of the train being driven. The game also includes an unlockable guidebook to the areas encountered and their surroundings.

While the Japanese version includes the full route, the overseas version is split up into four "Volumes", with the first volume released on June 11, 2015 and the rest released on March 23, 2016. Each Volume handles a different part of the route:

• Vol. 1 - Mino-Ōta Station to Minoshi Station
• Vol. 2 - Minoshi Station to Minami-Kariyasu Station
• Vol. 3 - Minami-Kariyasu Station to Yamada Station
• Vol. 4 - Yamada Station to Hokunō Station

To celebrate the series' 10th anniversary, the game later received a remake for the Nintendo Switch on August 24, 2023.