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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇

This train platform in 's Yamaguchi Prefecture has no ticket booth, no entrance or exit.

Why does it exist?

🇯🇵🚉🧵

It's only purpose is to allow passengers to stop, get out, and enjoy the view of the Nishiki River.

Sigh...I love Japanese rail culture.

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Here's a video of that line:

And where do these tracks lead? To a platform on this little wooded island. It's one of 's "hikyō" (secluded) stations. People travel all over the country trying to visit them...

Many of them have a rubber stamp and inkpad, with a distinctive image that proves you've been there...