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Japan's railways are well-known, with train fans outside as well as inside the country.

Its trains are famous for being reliable and for their modern technology.

In Japan, trainspotting is a popular hobby.

Most behave well.

But now one small group is different.

These are 'toritetsu' or train photographers.

These fans are all trying to take the best train pictures.

The competition means there are sometimes arguments or fights.

Trainspotter Tsutomu Okawa is disappointed with some fans' terrible behaviour.

In Japan, there are about five million train lovers.

They watch or ride trains.

Sometimes they collect the beautiful train station lunches.

70 year old Masao Oda's been a trainspotter for years.

He's also tired of the way some fans are behaving.

Many railway companies are now stopping trainspotters from getting onto the train tracks.

But the enormous East Japan Railway has a different solution.

It's using the photos which the toritetsu take.

By putting them on social media, they hope to create a fan community to encourage better behaviour.

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