Stay In A Train Station

[RS18U]

Very interesting article, with some facts I was not aware of:

• As of March 2020, 48.2 percent of 9,465 railway stations in Japan were completely unstaffed, marking an increase of about 10 percent over the past two decades, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
• Among the 4,368 stations operated by the six Japan Railways Group companies, nearly 60 percent have run without staff since August 2023, with the trend likely only to accelerate amid Japan's aging population and shrinking workforce.

 

Since we like visiting rural areas of Japan this could be an option for us at some point.

 

https://japantoday.com/category/national/feature-japan's-unstaffed-train-stations-getting-rural-revival-on-track

 

 

[Gunzel]

Thanks, I’ve stayed at Hirafu Station Guesthouse a couple of times, will have to see if we can get to Futamata-Honmachi on a future trip.