Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

The other day it was Sendai, and now... today it's Yokohama.

Of course, it's work.

And today I'm heading back to Nagoya.

 

But Tokyo and Yokohama are so crowded—it’s exhausting.

People really wear me out, lol.

After all, country bumpkins really do belong in the backwoods of Aichi.

 

I was surprised the other day in Sendai—there are buttons on the trains!

I didn't notice it when I got on, but I was standing right next to this door.

Then, as we got closer to the station, people started gathering near the doors. (So far, so normal.)

 

And he's just staring right at me...

Everyone knows there's a button to open and close it behind me, but I don't.

Then, one of the older women suddenly reached out her hand toward me.

 

He reached for the button behind me, as if to push me aside.

That was the first time I noticed the button was there!!

As soon as the train came to a stop, the woman pressed the "Open" button, and everyone filed out one after another.

I'm guessing this system doesn't exist in western Japan, right!?

What's more, there are some outside the train as well.

Is this some kind of snow preparation??

 

They say that at stations where no one gets off, there’s no need to open the doors, so the heat from the heating system doesn’t escape...

 

Thanks to that, I was standing near that button, and just like an elevator attendant, the customers...

When getting on, press "Open," and once you're on, press "Close."

When getting out, I spent about 30 minutes repeatedly pressing the "Open" button and then the "Close" button...

By the way, this is the Sengoku Line from Sendai Station lol

 

To be honest, it was actually kind of fun, lol.

Grandmas and people like that actually say things like "Thank you"! lol

Like when someone gives you a slight nod,

To the locals, I'm probably just some weird old guy pressing the open/close button, right? lol

It was such a great experience!

 

See you later.