Dogs allowed out of their carrier on a pet-friendly bullet train on Saturday

The picture shows a bunch of dogs in the train carriage, free of their carrier, as they enjoyed special treatment on Saturday on a pet-friendly bullet train from Tokyo to the resort town of Karuizawa near Nagano in central Japan. They normally have to travel in a carrier on the shinkansen (the proper name for the bullet train).

Dogs given freedom to travel in the carriage out of their carriers on the bullet train
Dogs given freedom to travel in the carriage out of their carriers on the bullet train on Saturday. Photo: BBC. Taken I believe by Behrouz Mehri and provided by AFP/Getty.
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