 The route is indirect and winding, but connects several cities along the coast.The company has a total of 19 diesel cars, but two of them are reserved for special events.Shareholders in the railway include prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima, cities of Yatsushiro, Minamata, Izumi, Akune and Satsumasendai, towns of Tsunagi and Ashikita, and the Japan Freight Railway Company.