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In today's corporate world, which is focused on reducing costs while speeding up production, Japan has once again demonstrated to the world an example of humanity and commitment that will last for generations. The Kyu-Shirataki Station on Hokkaido Island in Japan operated until 2016 simply to ensure that one high school girl would be able to attend her classes. Might sound fictional? But it is true. Read the story below..
This inspiring story has recently caught everyone's attention. The Kyu-Shirataki Station on Hokkaido Island in Japan is more than just a train station. It shows that when infrastructure is designed for people instead of profit, it serves humanity at its best. Japan's action shows just how far support for education can reach.
With fewer passengers and no more freight services, Japan Railways planned to close the little-used station. But when they learned that local students, especially a teenage girl named Kana Harada, depended on it to get to school, they decided to keep it open. For several years, trains stopped only a few times a day—once in the morning to take her to school and once in the afternoon to bring her back.
If the train line had not been operational, Young Kana would have otherwise had to walk 73 minutes to catch an express train to get to school. Even with Kyu-Shirataki Station being open, her commute was still challenging ─ only four trains were making the commute daily, of which only two matched up with the timing of her school. View this post on Instagram
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Kana wasn't able to participate in any after-school programs due to the train schedule. Many times, she had to run immediately after class to catch the last train. Still, it was the only dependable way to continue with her education.
The station eventually closed in March 2016 after the student graduated and the academic year ended. The story made headlines around the world and reached people emotionally, serving as a meaningful case study of how infrastructure can be kept for people, not profit.
