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- Shinkansen stations such as Tokyo Station, Shinagawa Station, and Shin-Osaka Station are always crowded with many passengers. However, some stations are vert quiet and not used very much.
In this video, I'll show you 10 of the least used Shinkansen stations.
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Yet another fascinating, well thought out and professionally produced video. Thank you once again on behalf of all the global Japan rail fans!
How about doing the passenger numbers for each type of shinkansen train next??
I think it's strange that so many stations don't have at least one train per hour. I know that some of these stations have low population numbers but less than one stop or hour seems just to few to drive demand to the station.
I have been to a few of these like:
1) Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station: I went to this station not long after the line opened it made it super easy to visit Kurobe Gorge as a day trip from Fukushima.
2) Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station: In my last trip I used this station 6 times in just 2 days lol!
3) Kikonai Station: I used this on my last trip to access Matsumae via Bus. In my case I was traveling from Hakodate but I was the only person to get off and when I later got on to head to Amori from there I think I saw maybe 1 or 2 other people. I would assume that this station gets very busy during the spring when people travel to see the Sakura in Matsumae.
There is some I actually have plans to visit!
1) itoigawa station: I plan to use this station on my ski trip after next to connect to or from the JR Oito Line.
2) Iiyama Station: I almost ended up using this station on my last ski trip but I may use it on my ski trip after next when I return to that area.
I used Kurobe-Unazukionsen station to transfer to Uozu and Kurobe Gorge, it was quiet and has only 1 small konbini and a museum. I think the shinkansen station becomes more busy during the popular tourist seasons, particularly in autumn when the gorge is a beautioful shade of red. But to improve access, the connecting Chiho railway needs to be upgraded. It is charming, but old and slow.
Local private railways have a limited budget, so it is difficult to bring new vehicles, renovate stations and facilities. Toyama Chiho Railway has taken a used New Red Arrow from Seibu Railway, so it seems that it will be remodeled into a new sightseeing train.
Great information
Great video. Thank you. :)
This is a wonderful intro to trains in Japan.
I went through Ninohe Station in 2008, when I visited Iwate prefecture. Yep, it was really quiet.
I was a little surprised that some stations didn't make the list.. I would have thought that at least one on the San-yo or Kyushu shinkansen routes... and the Joetsu shinkansen might have been in the 10 least used. I wonder where stations like Shin-Minamata, Jomo-Kogen, Asa or Shin-Iwakuni (or that set of three stations between Kurume and Kumamoto) fit into the mix.
On the Joetsu Shinkansen, Urasa is the least used but it has 700 users a day and 34 trips a day.
All stations on the Kyushu Shinkansen are not bad. Izumi station is the least used but it has 1,000 users and 46 trips a day.
Shin-Iwakun is the least used on the Sanyo Shinkansen but it has more than 1000 users a day and 45 trips a day.
If I compare only the number of trains departing and arriving, these stations are higher than Shin-Aomori station.
JR West and JR Kyushu operate the Sanyo Shinkansen and Kyushu Shinkansen with high frequency of short trains, which increases the number of departures and arrivals. In addition, it is more convenient, so there are many users on the commuter pass.
@@JPRailcom I was at Shin-Iwakuni station last year and I was also surprised it did not make it to the list too because there was nothing around the train station. I think it is thanks to Kodama trains that stops at every train station, so it did not make it to the list.
Many people said that they don't understand why Shin-Iwakuni was built.
I would like to go to Itoigawa...
Thank you for sharing your interesting video with us.
Nice idea. There is a nice small train museum.
That shinkansen "hidden station" sound interesting & cool but from the picture, look like is in the middle of nowhere far away from the most nearest town
Poor Hokuriku... so many stations on the list of disgrace... hopefully it will improve as they built that line out.
That is partly the reason why they are really pushing to extend the line from Kanazawa to Fukui and Tsuruga (opening in March 2024) all the way to Kyoto and Shin-Osaka by 2045.
@@ianhomerpura8937 Well that and they want to get some of that juicy Tokyo-Osaka revenue that has made JRC successful. Now that it runs to Tsuruga, I'm looking forward to taking it next spring!
I definitely want to take the Oito line from Itoigawa to Matsumoto one day, I Remeber watching an anime that takes place among several stations on the line.
lol i've been to a few of these... kurobe-unazukionsen, shin-hakodate hokuto. some i've passed by before i.e. kikkonai but never heard of annakaharuna
That is why Annakaharuna is a hidden station of the shinkansen. LOL
I read that Ninohe station is the closest to the Haikyuu author's hometown, so it could be a good tourist station...but the area doesn't seem to be keen in promoting tourism?
Ninohe Station and Karumai Town, which is the stage of the story, are connected by a bus, and Karumai Town is promoting. However, that does not have a significant impact on the number of users at Ninohe Station.
Not included Hakata-Minami,
Yup. That’s a conventional line station.
Hakata Minami isn't really a passenger station though, more of a station for the workers at the shinkansen depot. For some reason it is classed as a limited express line and not a shinkansen line. The only reason ordinary passengers have for going there is to do some shinkansen train spotting, albeit on a huge scale!