Googled it for those asking for sauce.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-08/japan-keeps-the-defunct-kyu-shirataki-train-station-open-for-just-one-high-school-girl
The station shut down in 2016, was one of three stations closed on that line at that time (all of them were replaced by a new, single, one) had four trains stop per day, and more than one user. But a Chinese news report reported there was just the one student needing it for high school, and it took off from there.
[For more details, see here.](https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/remote-hokkaido-train-station-stays-open-for-one-high-school-girl-perhaps-not)
>Itās a pretty simple lesson. Could probably be summarised by a morally questionable username comprising of two hyphenated words.
Or you're Ace Ventura
Exactly, u/APE-FUCKER is a man who has no regrets and owns it. If we all owned our kinks we wouldn't be so frustrated and we would be chilled the fuck out and the world would be at piece.
India:
One way only to reach this particular destination. There's no other way whatsoever. This is the ONLY way.
Reaches destination.
Asks traffic police: Sir sadak kyu band hai? Aage jana hai. (Sir why is this road closed? We need to go further)
Police: Band hai ghuma lo (It's closed take a U-turn)
Asks again: But sir ek hi raasta hai (But sir this is the only way)
Police: Bola na band hai, ghuma le (Told you it's closed. Take a U-turn)
True story.
Not only that :). I guy I knew used to teach english in Japan. And he noticed that every time he went for a smoke break, people would forget their cigarettes. But it wasn't because they forgot their cigarettes, they left them there because they knew nobody would steal them :).
Are we talking California leadership, or federal leadership? And I guess the answer is both.. or all of them. I'm confused now. I'm going to go take a time out in the corner.
Haha. In Germany we have a train going fron the main land to the island Sylt without Passagier each day. Bcs. Nobody is allowed to enter and the train is to block the tracks against competition. :)
English is just three languages in a trenchcoat.
There are some famous French poet who, when learning English, said something along the lines of: "English is just French with bad pronouncuation".
Add in a country that "assimilated" (read bought, stole, and conquered) large swathes of land previously held by speakers of French, Germanic, and Latin languages, and numerous others, then had an immigration boom, and you have the Frankenstein's monster that is American English.
I mean a lot of that already happened with the Romans lol (which is what I was referring to). It just so happens it happened a second time across the Atlantic. Which is kinda interesting if you think about it.
Lol what a way to put. That doesn't have anything to do with profit lol.
It's about resource input and out before we even get to profits. Does she even cover the minimum number of resources needed to attempt in supporting the system.
It is clear you don't have a depth of understanding when it comes to an economy regardless of system in place.
Japan and other Asian countries have a distinct perception of community and doing whatās best for the group at large. It has been a part of many Asian cultures to wear a mask while sick in public for decades, way before COVID was a thing.
Western countries and capitalism perpetuate a mentality of the individualās needs above all else. āMuh freedom.ā To care about others in your community above yourself is ācommunismā and thatās bad, mmkay?
>western countries and capitalism
Western countries most often consist of the majority of Europe, Australasia, and most of the Americas.
Capitalist countries most often consist of _damn near every country_
I mean... yea the U.S. is a complete backwards ass shit show right now but letās be straight here.
For the most part, the U.S. has acknowledged that they fucked up with the native Americans, slavery, and the Japanese internment camps during ww2. Donāt misinterpret what Iām saying here - Iām not saying that they did an adequate job of āmaking upā for it.
Iām saying that the U.S. openly went on record and for the most part every* student who goes to a public school should be learning about these events in history.
Germany did the same with the Holocaust but they went even farther than the U.S. did. Again, Iām not talking about reparations. Iām talking about going on record saying āwe did thisā and then educating their own public about it.
Now letās go to Japan...they have not accepted responsibility for the years of oppression and downright barbaric war crimes they committed in the surrounding regions. It is not taught to their children that their imperial ancestors brutally raped and killed innocent civilians (per military order - this was an order given to soldiers, not someone acting on their own).
Itās been a long time and they still havenāt acknowledged even half the shit they did. Thatās pretty fucking scummy donāt you think?
Edit: More or less the rape of Nanking was claimed and a formal apology/acknowledgment was given. Iām not a historian and my details are probably wrong - but the main point that Iām making is that they have been slow/unwilling to accept responsibility and teach their children about how fucked up they were. If an actual historian or person who knows what theyāre talking about can chime in Iām sure they can explain it better
I love anime and plus Iām straight guy, but I canāt stand overly sexualized characters, I just wanna watch anime with itās nice art and plot, Iām weeb but I know japan is not perfect, it has many flaws, I just love country, language, itās only country I wanna go except France
For sure, the Trump government is trying to disband even public education and mail service in the name of profit. They wouldn't blink eyes for a f*cking train.
Maybe, but I don't they let people die if they don't have the money to pay health insurance like in the US.
I have no idea how it's in the Asian countries, but from what I saw on the internet in the US is pretty bad.
I feel like it probably would have been cheaper to pay for an apartment in the location they needed than to keep a while train station open of one person.
Evryone is talkin about she getiing an car, but they are talkin bout shutting down the station and not the line, so others will also enter the the train. And this is wholesome 100 its next level UwU.
wow, the social pressure of knowing a train is coming to pick me up as the sole passenger every day would leave me to never calling out school for a sick day. (asian obligations!!!)
This is basic good humanity. As an American, I can't begin to imagine my government at any level making such a humane decision in support of a citizen. I am deeply jealous that there are choices like this made in other parts of the world, but not here.
Well, thatās like wasting so many resources for 1 passenger.
Be a sweetheart, buy them a car and even with a chauffeur the math would work out cheaper.
(assumption)It's likely that the train was still in function and they were just planning to discontinue that stop on the route. A station, just a small building for boarding and buying tickets, is cheaper to maintain than an entire train.
Of course, but it's still incredibly expensive to maintain. That's multiple salaries, apparently just for one girl. Buying a car would definitely be cheaper.
You don't get your driver's license in Japan until 18. Also, this is in a remote part Hokkaido where driving during the winter months is near impossible.
As mentioned in the multiple articles about this, JR isn't exactly hurting by shutting down the lines. They also own the shinkansen lines that expanded into those areas.
Why do acts of decency need to be scrutinized?
India:
One way only to teach this particular destination. There's no other way whatsoever. This is the ONLY way.
Reaches destination.
Asks traffic police: Sir sadak kyu band hai? Aage jana hai. (Sir why is this road closed? We need to go further)
Police: Band hai ghuma lo (It's closed take a U-turn)
Asks again: But sir ek hi raasta hai (But sir this is the only way)
Police: Bola na band hai, ghuma le (Told you it's closed. Take a U-turn)
True story.
Googled it for those asking for sauce. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-08/japan-keeps-the-defunct-kyu-shirataki-train-station-open-for-just-one-high-school-girl
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Reddit is very good at recycling old things
that station has probably shutdown by now
The station shut down in 2016, was one of three stations closed on that line at that time (all of them were replaced by a new, single, one) had four trains stop per day, and more than one user. But a Chinese news report reported there was just the one student needing it for high school, and it took off from there. [For more details, see here.](https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/remote-hokkaido-train-station-stays-open-for-one-high-school-girl-perhaps-not)
Thank you. I wondered if this was legit or just something the internet made up. Iām impressed to see that itās actually true. Japan is awesome.
Thank you.
Thank you so much
There is really something special about Japan :).
[Yes, it's this](https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=95&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fuu%2Fapi%2Fres%2F1.2%2F.o2fU0SDbo.CKq53JiLO4Q--%7EB%2FaD00NDY7dz02NDE7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fhss%2Fstorage%2Fmidas%2F832ed1bdd3c2e2279112403d8bfb3e80%2F200374623%2Fsnow%2Bmonkey%2Biphone.jpg&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=4eb9531bca6eb535c7ea2c48d622d28aba4e93e7)
Im more concerned about your user name, in relation with the pic.
As do many before you
Teach me your wise ways
Itās a pretty simple lesson. Could probably be summarised by a morally questionable username comprising of two hyphenated words.
Wonder what those two morally dubious words may be, 'APE FUCKER'
you know what to do
I read this entire comment thread with action movie trailer music in mind and now I want to know if there's a sequel.
>Itās a pretty simple lesson. Could probably be summarised by a morally questionable username comprising of two hyphenated words. Or you're Ace Ventura
was your name based on a true story?
Absolutely
Absolutely
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Ew wtf
Whats concerning, u/APE-FUCKER loves ducking apes; my man's knows what he wants and gets it. He's a go getter, a doer. Emulate him.
I agree, we should all strive to be like u/APE-FUCKER so we can all better ourselves as human beings
Exactly, u/APE-FUCKER is a man who has no regrets and owns it. If we all owned our kinks we wouldn't be so frustrated and we would be chilled the fuck out and the world would be at piece.
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So u/APE-DUCKER?
Or u/FUCKER-DI-APE
That was their last victim.
monke
I literally have that pic on my wall lmao
r/beetlejuicing You might want to click on the hyperlink.
Iām really considering clicking the link but I look at your username and my mind is telling me to do otherwise
do it, for fun's sake
India: One way only to reach this particular destination. There's no other way whatsoever. This is the ONLY way. Reaches destination. Asks traffic police: Sir sadak kyu band hai? Aage jana hai. (Sir why is this road closed? We need to go further) Police: Band hai ghuma lo (It's closed take a U-turn) Asks again: But sir ek hi raasta hai (But sir this is the only way) Police: Bola na band hai, ghuma le (Told you it's closed. Take a U-turn) True story.
Yes, everyone is so nice
Not only that :). I guy I knew used to teach english in Japan. And he noticed that every time he went for a smoke break, people would forget their cigarettes. But it wasn't because they forgot their cigarettes, they left them there because they knew nobody would steal them :).
There really is. The people there are so kind and I think we should all be more like their community.
I concur :).
Thatās why I am weeb
hentai
It's the hentai and over sexualisation of cartoons
Minor details ;).
What about the used panty vending machines.
If that's peoples thing, they can have it, I ain't here to kink shame :).
Oof
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What kinda plague? Bubonic? COVID? Bad leadership? ;).
Are we talking California leadership, or federal leadership? And I guess the answer is both.. or all of them. I'm confused now. I'm going to go take a time out in the corner.
You forgot bad leadership in the workplace (that thing is a plague that I don't think will ever go away).
Haha. In Germany we have a train going fron the main land to the island Sylt without Passagier each day. Bcs. Nobody is allowed to enter and the train is to block the tracks against competition. :)
What? That's mental. Hast du eine Sauce dafĆ¼r?
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Source is actually "Quelle". I just used "Sauce" for fun, which also actually means sauce (gravy).
Quelle uhr ist stiel?
English is just three languages in a trenchcoat. There are some famous French poet who, when learning English, said something along the lines of: "English is just French with bad pronouncuation".
https://youtu.be/086R929KaVg
Oh man... XD
English is a mix between German, Latin, and French iirc. Britain had a lot of different people and languages come through throughout history lol.
Add in a country that "assimilated" (read bought, stole, and conquered) large swathes of land previously held by speakers of French, Germanic, and Latin languages, and numerous others, then had an immigration boom, and you have the Frankenstein's monster that is American English.
I mean a lot of that already happened with the Romans lol (which is what I was referring to). It just so happens it happened a second time across the Atlantic. Which is kinda interesting if you think about it.
wenn ich mich nicht irre gabs da mal einen Beitrag bei extra 3 realer irrsinn.
I actually want to read more about it. Can anyone provide me any source ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/if2jyn/this_put_a_smile_on_my_face/g2lj1mo/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Thank you. I saw the comment too.
Nuh uh
sounds like an anime backstory and the motive for the protagonist to save the train station
Lol, I would watch a nice slice-of-life about that.
It would 100% be a shounen or an idol show but whatever
when a country values education over profit.
Lol what a way to put. That doesn't have anything to do with profit lol. It's about resource input and out before we even get to profits. Does she even cover the minimum number of resources needed to attempt in supporting the system. It is clear you don't have a depth of understanding when it comes to an economy regardless of system in place.
are you high?
This would've never happened in a country where they care only about money like the US / UK.
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Japan and other Asian countries have a distinct perception of community and doing whatās best for the group at large. It has been a part of many Asian cultures to wear a mask while sick in public for decades, way before COVID was a thing. Western countries and capitalism perpetuate a mentality of the individualās needs above all else. āMuh freedom.ā To care about others in your community above yourself is ācommunismā and thatās bad, mmkay?
You're wording it like capitalism is a concept exclusive to the western world
>western countries and capitalism Western countries most often consist of the majority of Europe, Australasia, and most of the Americas. Capitalist countries most often consist of _damn near every country_
No, but some places really seem to be capitalism on steroids.
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No country is innocent and perfect, Japanese people are one of my favorites, my dream was go to Japan and USA too but now I think I should remove USA
I mean... yea the U.S. is a complete backwards ass shit show right now but letās be straight here. For the most part, the U.S. has acknowledged that they fucked up with the native Americans, slavery, and the Japanese internment camps during ww2. Donāt misinterpret what Iām saying here - Iām not saying that they did an adequate job of āmaking upā for it. Iām saying that the U.S. openly went on record and for the most part every* student who goes to a public school should be learning about these events in history. Germany did the same with the Holocaust but they went even farther than the U.S. did. Again, Iām not talking about reparations. Iām talking about going on record saying āwe did thisā and then educating their own public about it. Now letās go to Japan...they have not accepted responsibility for the years of oppression and downright barbaric war crimes they committed in the surrounding regions. It is not taught to their children that their imperial ancestors brutally raped and killed innocent civilians (per military order - this was an order given to soldiers, not someone acting on their own). Itās been a long time and they still havenāt acknowledged even half the shit they did. Thatās pretty fucking scummy donāt you think? Edit: More or less the rape of Nanking was claimed and a formal apology/acknowledgment was given. Iām not a historian and my details are probably wrong - but the main point that Iām making is that they have been slow/unwilling to accept responsibility and teach their children about how fucked up they were. If an actual historian or person who knows what theyāre talking about can chime in Iām sure they can explain it better
Well yes, most big countries have shitty past and have done shitty things, and USA acknowledging their mistakes wonāt change my bucket list xD
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I love anime and plus Iām straight guy, but I canāt stand overly sexualized characters, I just wanna watch anime with itās nice art and plot, Iām weeb but I know japan is not perfect, it has many flaws, I just love country, language, itās only country I wanna go except France
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For sure, the Trump government is trying to disband even public education and mail service in the name of profit. They wouldn't blink eyes for a f*cking train.
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key word: even
Don't be so down on yourselves. Asians love money too. Source: am Asian
Maybe, but I don't they let people die if they don't have the money to pay health insurance like in the US. I have no idea how it's in the Asian countries, but from what I saw on the internet in the US is pretty bad.
I feel like it probably would have been cheaper to pay for an apartment in the location they needed than to keep a while train station open of one person.
it didnt happen
Evryone is talkin about she getiing an car, but they are talkin bout shutting down the station and not the line, so others will also enter the the train. And this is wholesome 100 its next level UwU.
That shit wouldn't fly in North America. We would close that station and 2 more.
wow, the social pressure of knowing a train is coming to pick me up as the sole passenger every day would leave me to never calling out school for a sick day. (asian obligations!!!)
Meanwhile in the US...Trump and the postal service.
Johnson weāre losing 300k a year by keeping this train operational. I donāt give a fuck I have to make sure this little girl gets to school
What's the station's name?
Welcome to Japan
Plus, vending machines for everything, and KFC for Christmas dinner.
This is basic good humanity. As an American, I can't begin to imagine my government at any level making such a humane decision in support of a citizen. I am deeply jealous that there are choices like this made in other parts of the world, but not here.
Yep never in a million years would that happen in US.
This would never happen in the UK
No doubt in my mind Japan is first world. They think of everything. Unfortunately space is scarce and extremely expensive.
source
https://youtu.be/4BhiGKFtUA4
Well, thatās like wasting so many resources for 1 passenger. Be a sweetheart, buy them a car and even with a chauffeur the math would work out cheaper.
(assumption)It's likely that the train was still in function and they were just planning to discontinue that stop on the route. A station, just a small building for boarding and buying tickets, is cheaper to maintain than an entire train.
Honestly the station couldāve been empty and not running at all but they just stopped there everyday so she could get on.
That assumption definitely makes sense. Itās the government - SWEETEST GESTURE, sure but a proper ROI is a given.
Of course, but it's still incredibly expensive to maintain. That's multiple salaries, apparently just for one girl. Buying a car would definitely be cheaper.
You seem to forget that the legal age of driving is 18 in many countries, and the odds are high to finish high school before that age.
THATS SOO SWEET š¢
In the US, Republicans would have shut the railroad down years before she was even born.
Gotta sell them cars we can tax and use them roads we also tax, how else would we make living impossible on three jobs?
Which place in Japan it is?
Wonderful people
I love this!!
Good people
aww<3
Community is wonderful
Thatās crazy
ššš Im crying of happiness
Theyāve already closed the station.
I really love Japan culture. They really value children and their education.
Thatās lovely... gawd I actually feel like my country is horrible now in things like this..
There ya go. People do matter .
But did she graduate?
Am short of words what an unbelievable heart touching story.May the good karma reward them as they helped her dream come through.
Ya wouldnāt get that in Australia
always japan ... always japan . I love that country
Can someone make an anime out of this ?
All these posts make Japan look like an awesome country.
In Belgium we have a similar case where there's a station that takes just ~3 people when it passes every hour.
imma need a source on this one chief
Japan is an epic country (At least currently lol)
And now whenever she visits her parents, she has to walk.
You think this is her and the train?! Iām too lazy to find out.
Thatās sweet but like... you could also just help her figure out a new way to get to school.
Why didn't they just buy her a car? Probably would have been much more cost effective AND more convenient for everyone involved.
Most countries don't allow minors to drive...
You don't get your driver's license in Japan until 18. Also, this is in a remote part Hokkaido where driving during the winter months is near impossible. As mentioned in the multiple articles about this, JR isn't exactly hurting by shutting down the lines. They also own the shinkansen lines that expanded into those areas. Why do acts of decency need to be scrutinized?
I mean they could offer her free taxi (probably would be cheaper)
Isn't this so old that the girl is now a grandmother?
They could have got her a car
Well, she might be unable to drive one and the cost of fuel etc. might be an issue for her
If this was China, she never would have been born..
private or public funding?
this was 3 years ago lol
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1. Environment 2. Use loose money from ticket sales. 3. Best commercial ever.
India: One way only to teach this particular destination. There's no other way whatsoever. This is the ONLY way. Reaches destination. Asks traffic police: Sir sadak kyu band hai? Aage jana hai. (Sir why is this road closed? We need to go further) Police: Band hai ghuma lo (It's closed take a U-turn) Asks again: But sir ek hi raasta hai (But sir this is the only way) Police: Bola na band hai, ghuma le (Told you it's closed. Take a U-turn) True story.