A train on a busy Tokyo line was temporarily stopped Sunday evening after a passenger reported seeing what appeared to be a snake on board.
The counter-clockwise service on the JR Yamanote Line, which loops around the capital, was brought to a halt at Komagome Station after a passenger who got off at Shibuya Station reported spotting "a small animal like a snake" to staff.
A search was conducted for around 15 minutes, but no such animal was found. The service resumed at around 6 p.m., about an hour after the report was made.
Another passenger said they saw a small animal "escape into the heater under the seats," the line's operator East Japan Railway Co. said.
Around 2,700 people had their journeys affected as a result of the case. No injuries were confirmed in relation to it.
