銀河鉄道(ぎんがてつどう)の夜(よる)

ぎんがてつどうのよる
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Night on the Galactic Railroad (story by Miyazawa Kenji)
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1. Night on the Galactic Railroad (story by Miyazawa Kenji)
A fantasy by 宮沢賢治(みやざわけんじ), left unfinished at his death in 1933 and published the following year. A lonely boy, Giovanni, rides a train across the Milky Way with his friend Campanella, and the journey becomes a meditation on death and true happiness.
『銀河鉄道(ぎんがてつどう)の夜(よる)』を読(よ)む。
To read Night on the Galactic Railroad.
『銀河鉄道(ぎんがてつどう)の夜(よる)』は宮沢賢治(みやざわけんじ)の作品(さくひん)だ。
Night on the Galactic Railroad is a work by Miyazawa Kenji.
『銀河鉄道(ぎんがてつどう)の夜(よる)』で、ジョバンニは親友(しんゆう)のカムパネルラと星空(ほしぞら)を走(はし)る列車(れっしゃ)に乗(の)る。
In Night on the Galactic Railroad, Giovanni rides a train across the starry sky with his best friend Campanella.

Cultural note

  • Kenji revised it for years and several drafts survive; the published text is put together from them
  • The JR 釜石線(かまいしせん) in his home prefecture, 岩手(いわて), is nicknamed 銀河(ぎんが)ドリームライン after the story

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Added 2026.10.13 9:21 · Revised 2026.10.13 9:27
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