The "secluded station," or 秘境駅, is a popular target for photographers and touristspic.twitter.com/Hx4nqcDW75
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The "secluded station," or 秘境駅, is a popular target for photographers and touristspic.twitter.com/Hx4nqcDW75
The vast majority of Japanese people live in cities, but the vast majority of the country's land is ruralpic.twitter.com/pzFzPPDPaW
Rural places are still generally accessible by train, but ridership at some stations is so low that they appear derelictpic.twitter.com/13Ii8neFuc
Lacking any functional purpose for transporation, these stations have instead started drawing visitors for their scenerypic.twitter.com/T1tXlC4AB1
The station in the previous tweet, Koboro, is inaccessible except by train--the only way out is a dirt path to a hidden beach!
Imagine stations like this tucked away in the woods of Maine...pic.twitter.com/uhWcftSvz7
...or in the emptier parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts...pic.twitter.com/zcKHR3fVii
...express trains would pass by en route to more important places, leaving them in peace. Speaking of express trains...pic.twitter.com/5dy01EwpEm
lived in Japan when very young
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