Beth Baker, Set for the journey. (PEOPLE 2026)

As fate would have it, our two trains aligned perfectly in a rural area of Japan. In a moment of haste, I grabbed my phone to take this shot as my camera was tucked away. The scene disappeared in the blink of an eye.

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