Pretty disappointed in the quality of service from fast food joints lately. They’re so rude and act like you’re a bother to them. Japan has great customer service at their fast food joints. America does not. Especially in Columbia, South Carolina.
Wulle83 on
Do they mean the stop was closed or the entire train line? Because if they kept the whole train line going for just one person that’s pretty crazy, but if it’s just one stop that’s more of a “good manners” thing.
notanelonfan2024 on
Awesome and sad all at the same time.
Professional-Air2123 on
And here I had to quit college because the bus stopped driving there through my village. And nobody told us either. The bus just didn’t come one morning.
However, the situation may have been romanticized.
A Taiwan Apple Daily report said that the girl featured in the story does take the train every day, but the year-three student takes it from Kyu-Shirataki Station, instead of the Kami-Shirataki Station, along with more than 10 schoolmates at 7.15am. That is the only train in the morning.
On their way home, they have a choice of three trains, with one as late as 7.25pm.
Apple Daily also confirmed that Japan Railways, as part of an effort to rationalize its operations, will close three underused stations — Kami-Shirataki, Kyu-Shirataki and Shimo-Shirataki stations by March 2016.
But this may not have anything to do with the schoolgirl’s graduation.
It is not clear how the story started, but nostalgia for Japan’s vanishing rural villages and the heartwarming details, which many say are akin to a Hayao Miyazaki film, probably helped it spread online.
RoninZulu1 on
Heartwarming but imagine the pressure on that little girl. “We gave you a whole train station to get to class so you better get good grades!”
dumpyfangirl on
This story took place in Alaska last time it was posted
thewarloq on
She graduated in 2016, she wasn’t even born in the 80s
PeterJoAl on
No idea why this says 1980s. The station was Kyū-Shirataki Station (「旧白滝駅), and this was 2013-2016. The train line was the Sekihoku Main Line in Engaru, Hokkaido. The trainline kept running, it was just this station and 3 others that closed due to low passenger numbers.
The story that went viral goes that in 2013, the station was down to 1 regular user and Japan Railway Hokkaido was considering closing it. They decided to keep the station open another 3 years so the single passenger, a 15-year old high school student named Harada going to Hokusei High School in Engaru Town, could finish her education. It closed on March 16th 2016, the day after she graduated.
Actual records say this is just an utter coincidence and was just a nice viral story. The decision to close the station was made in 2015 and the date for closure was March 2016 as that was when the JR timetables were next getting updated. Harada had the option of also using Shirataki station, but this one was nearer so she could leave for school a few minutes later. She was regularly the only passenger waiting at the station. There was one train that stopped on her way to school and three that stopped on the way back. The train was always busy with other passengers and students going to her school. Lots of other trains ran on the line, they just didn’t stop at that specific station. She took the train on the last day of operation for her graduation ceremony.
umbly-bumbly on
It’s cool but it’s just making an extra stop along the way.
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Pretty disappointed in the quality of service from fast food joints lately. They’re so rude and act like you’re a bother to them. Japan has great customer service at their fast food joints. America does not. Especially in Columbia, South Carolina.
Do they mean the stop was closed or the entire train line? Because if they kept the whole train line going for just one person that’s pretty crazy, but if it’s just one stop that’s more of a “good manners” thing.
Awesome and sad all at the same time.
And here I had to quit college because the bus stopped driving there through my village. And nobody told us either. The bus just didn’t come one morning.
https://www.arabnews.com/world/news/863301
However, the situation may have been romanticized.
A Taiwan Apple Daily report said that the girl featured in the story does take the train every day, but the year-three student takes it from Kyu-Shirataki Station, instead of the Kami-Shirataki Station, along with more than 10 schoolmates at 7.15am. That is the only train in the morning.
On their way home, they have a choice of three trains, with one as late as 7.25pm.
Apple Daily also confirmed that Japan Railways, as part of an effort to rationalize its operations, will close three underused stations — Kami-Shirataki, Kyu-Shirataki and Shimo-Shirataki stations by March 2016.
But this may not have anything to do with the schoolgirl’s graduation.
It is not clear how the story started, but nostalgia for Japan’s vanishing rural villages and the heartwarming details, which many say are akin to a Hayao Miyazaki film, probably helped it spread online.
Heartwarming but imagine the pressure on that little girl. “We gave you a whole train station to get to class so you better get good grades!”
This story took place in Alaska last time it was posted
She graduated in 2016, she wasn’t even born in the 80s
No idea why this says 1980s. The station was Kyū-Shirataki Station (「旧白滝駅), and this was 2013-2016. The train line was the Sekihoku Main Line in Engaru, Hokkaido. The trainline kept running, it was just this station and 3 others that closed due to low passenger numbers.
The story that went viral goes that in 2013, the station was down to 1 regular user and Japan Railway Hokkaido was considering closing it. They decided to keep the station open another 3 years so the single passenger, a 15-year old high school student named Harada going to Hokusei High School in Engaru Town, could finish her education. It closed on March 16th 2016, the day after she graduated.
Actual records say this is just an utter coincidence and was just a nice viral story. The decision to close the station was made in 2015 and the date for closure was March 2016 as that was when the JR timetables were next getting updated. Harada had the option of also using Shirataki station, but this one was nearer so she could leave for school a few minutes later. She was regularly the only passenger waiting at the station. There was one train that stopped on her way to school and three that stopped on the way back. The train was always busy with other passengers and students going to her school. Lots of other trains ran on the line, they just didn’t stop at that specific station. She took the train on the last day of operation for her graduation ceremony.
It’s cool but it’s just making an extra stop along the way.
Our. They were actually overly kind
Now *that’s* a government *for* the people.
just wow
That’s mind blowing
Fake
lol
NOT IN AMERICA
“DOESNT SHE CARE ABOUT THE POOR CORPORATION?!?!”
That girls name? Albert Einstein-San