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Exploring The Remains Of A Former Railway Line In Hiroshima

Posted on February 1, 2023 by tokyofox

Miyoshi in the northern parts of Hiroshima Prefecture came to my attention back in 2020 when I compiled a list of every station in Japan with a platform zero. The only one in Hiroshima was at Miyoshi but when doing … Continue reading →

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Going Underground To Explore One Of Japan’s Most Dystopian Stations

Posted on October 30, 2022 by tokyofox

An unstaffed and virtually abandoned Japanese train station located deep beneath the surface but this is not that famous one in Gunma Prefecture! 160 kilometres north-west of Doai station is this similar nuclear shelter-like one in Niigata Prefecture which has an … Continue reading →

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The Station Just Over The Border From Tokyo Which Has No Trains At All For 8 Hours…In The Daytime!

Posted on September 6, 2021 by tokyofox

  The beauty of taking trains in and around Tokyo is that you never have to wait too long if you miss your intended train. That is definitely not the case though at this station just over the border from … Continue reading →

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Tokyo Daytripper: Japan’s Deepest Underground Station Is Probably It’s Creepiest Too!

Posted on October 18, 2020 by tokyofox

A couple of years ago I visited the virtually-abandoned station just over the border from Tokyo but this one is a step up from that. Or rather it is 462 steps down as this creepy underground station in Gunma Prefecture … Continue reading →

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