Do they regularly run the E353 as a 3-car formation out there? I've never been up that way so I don't know. I'm familiar with them but only as a 9-car or a 9+3 formation, it always looks funny to me when I see one with just 3 cars go by.
Kestral Thank you for your comment. The E353 series is also operated with only three attached cars. The limited express "Fuji Kaiyu" that runs from JR East to the Fuji Sanroku Electric Railway is operated with three cars attached to the E353 series, and the temporary limited express "Shinshu", which is only available on weekdays, is also operated with three cars attached to the E353 series. I have it.
Kestral Thank you for your comment. Therefore, I want you to know that there is also a limited express train with only 3 cars attached to the E353 series. In addition, there is a facility in Nagano called the Nagano General Vehicle Center that inspects vehicles such as the E353 series, so the train sometimes runs as a detour train.