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Japanese train station stirs up nostalgia with beautiful rural setting and one-carriage train

Feb 23 (soranews24.com) - For people living in crowded cities in Japan, nothing tugs at the heartstrings more than a picturesque image of a tiny train station in the middle of the countryside.

When it comes with an unmanned wooden building and a single-carriage train that quietly shuttles people back and forth, the wave of nostalgia becomes so intense that it’s almost too beautiful to bear.

One such train station has come to everyone’s attention in Japan recently, thanks to updates on social media, like this tweet from Twitter user @enuenuenubi.

The beautiful images show a day in the life of Chiwa Station, which sits on the Inbi Line in Okayama Prefecture.

Surrounded by nature and wildlife, the station building itself is filled with remnants from yesteryear, charming everybody who lays eyes on it. Dating back to 1931, when the station first opened, the wooden building still stands as it did so many decades ago, like a museum dedicated to preserving a sense of travel during the Showa Period (1926-1989).

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