Japan’s railway network may be renowned as one of the best in the world, but that doesn’t stop large parts of it, particularly many tiny rural stations, from being rather shabby – train and photography otaku share the worst examples:
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Japan’s railway network may be renowned as one of the best in the world, but that doesn’t stop large parts of it, particularly many tiny rural stations, from being rather shabby – train and photography otaku share the worst examples:
I live in the same area as some of these stations, heh. These places aren’t a big affair because most folks own cars in them but they’re there for folks traveling across Japan and the occasional locals that don’t have access to a car like the students and the elderly. It’s quite nice though, sitting in the country side waiting for you train is quite relaxing.
I think they are fine. Japan is to be commended for having a good rail system for commuters and travelers, something that is rare here in the US.
What they lack in size they make up in character!
Most of them are pretty damn cute (for the lack of a better word) and the pattern I see is “buy ticket here, sit or stand for train” that’s it. I mean if you’re used to fucking TVs everywhere and fast food or vending machines every 2 feet, then yeah they look shabby. And most of them are single tracks, so its not like they need a massive building for a s♥♥t load of passengers, just a schedule table and a dude selling tickets.
I stole a couple of this pics for wallpapers 😀
Most of them look okay-ish. That you invest less on the countryside where fewer and fewer people live is normal. Even if it shouldn’t be that way in a first world country. What bugs me way more is how towns are build up in Japan. Streets, buildings, how the sidewalk suddenly ends…or isn’t even there. How can this be in a country where everything seems to be planned so carefully? It could be a cultural thing or effect of the earthquakes but I doubt japanese people wouldn’t be happy about good streets, broad sidewalks and buildings that don’t look like they would fly away any minute if the wind blows a bit stronger. I don’t want to be a smart european ass about it, japanese have a good reasons to build this way, for sure. And I want to know those reasons and understand them but I see alots of unecessary accidents happen how it is now.