I really don't know how many trams (streetcars) there are in Kagoshima. Maybe 20 active. There's only one main line, but it splits in the middle, with an eastern and a western track. Essentially, all of the streetcars have to stop at the end of the line at Kagoshima station (which, actually, is under reconstruction now, so they stop at a makeshift end platform near the aquarium). The two sets of streetcars, called Tamiyama and Korimoto, then run along the one set of tracks through Tenmonkan to the Takamibaba intersection. The Korimoto streetcars continue along Streetcar Street to the main Kagoshima station at Amu Plaza, then along kind of a rectangle shaped line to the Korimoto street intersection (hence the name, Korimoto, for these cars). The Tamiyama streetcars make a left at Takamibaba, then run straight through the Korimoto intersection down another 10 miles or so to the Taniyama main station (hence the name, Taniyama, for these cars). The station house, where all of the cars go to sleep for the night (usually around 10 PM) is on the Korimoto line, past Amu Plaza, next to the big prefectural hospital (which is where I had my eye surgery in October last year). Anyway, the cars all have wrap around art that works as advertising for whatever company pays for it, from shochu distilleries to ramen manufacturers. One morning, I ended up getting on the car sponsored by KYT TV.
After a little while, I noticed their "stupid bird" mascot toys hanging from the bars at the ceiling. Most of the other passengers just ignored them.
Turns out there's a whole "stupid" family on this train.
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