A train from Kyoto crashed with a JR West train on the SKR Shigaraki Line at Onotani Signal Station (they only place where two trains should have been able to safely pass), making this 1991 disaster the deadlliest Japanese crash between 1963 and 2005.
A special JR West rapid service train (501D) from Kyoto bound for Shigaraki had entered the Shigaraki Line at Kibukawa Station from the Kusatsu Line, transporting 716 passengers to the World Ceramic Festival that was being held in Shigaraki at the time. 
