Last Wednesday, August 3, as I was headed to my company classes in Naijoushi, I heard the announcement in the train that due to heavy rains, the train would be stopping at Kawabe station, the station before Naijoshi where I usually get off. All services between Kawabe and Hirosaki were closed due to bad weather conditions. it had been raining for quite a while and the Iwaki River was on the verge of overflowing. This means, my return to Aomori station after my class would be from Kawabe. I had to have our office manager and the factory make new arrangements to make sure I would arrive at both places on time. My company classes end at 5:00pm. The train from Kawabe station to Aomori is scheduled for 5:47pm. Looks like I will have a bit of waiting to do at Kawabe station.
先週の水曜日、８月３日。企業の授業を向かって途中、電車のアナウンスがあり、大雨の影響で電車は川辺駅で止まる。川辺から東能代の電車は全て運休となった。撫牛子はそのもう一つ先の駅でした。オフィスマネージャーに連絡し、状況を伝えて、タクシーが川辺駅まで迎えにくることになった。青森に戻る電車も川部駅で乗るしかない。企業の授業は１７時で終了して、川辺駅から青森駅の電車は１５時４７分。結構待つことになる。
Kawabe Station / 川辺駅
Kawabe Station is a very average run-of-the-mill station with nothing exciting about it. As you can see from the above picture, even the building is plain.
川部駅は田舎なら何処でもあるような駅です。超普通って感じ。魅了もなんもない。上記の写真を見れば建物自体も普通。
I found the small inn across from the station to be more interesting as it has that Showa design. It's called the Maruse Inn.
駅の向かえにある旅館のほうがよっぽろ面白そう。建物が超昭和って感じ。個人的に昭和のものが好きなので、このビルは嫌いじゃない。魅了がある。マルセ旅館という宿です。
Recently, I've been finding myself taking a lot of pictures of railway stations. Not the trains but the stations that people use (or don't use) as there are many unmanned stations in Aomori.
最近よく駅の写真を撮ってることに気づいた。自分は撮鉄ではありませんが、暇だったので、駅の周りの撮影を始めました。
Kawabe Station is the last stop on the Gono Line which starts from Higashi Noshiro in Akita Prefecture. It runs along the coast of the Sea of Japan and is a very scenic ride.
川部駅は五能線の終点駅。始発駅は秋田県東能代駅から。日本海沿いに走る線です。
Not too far from Kawabe Station is Inakadate Village, known for its rice paddy art.
川部駅から車の距離にあるのは田舎館村。この村で有名なのは田んぼアート。
Due to the pandemic, my wife and I did not see last year's rice paddy art which featured the all Aomori location movie [Itomichi].
新型コロナのせいで僕と妻は昨年の田んぼアートは見に行けなかった。描いてたのはオール青森ロケの映画「いとみち」。
I was sitting at one of end of the waiting room on the platform.
待合室で一番奥のベンチに座ってた。
A train from the Gono Line pulled into the station.
五能線の回送電車が駅に到着。
Naijoshi is my usual stop for my company classes.
企業の授業の日、撫牛子駅でいつも下車してます。
View of the other platform for trains heading in the direction of Hirosaki.
弘前方面のホーム。
These standard trains aren't as cool as steam locomotives but I like them just as well.
こういう電車はSLとは比べものにはならないけど、こういローカル線も魅了はあるよ。
The Sakura Kanko bus office also has that certain Showa flavor.
さくら観光のオフィスも超昭和感の味を出してる。
There are usually a couple of railroad cars here filled with small stones. Definitely not coal.
普段この辺に砂利がいっぱい積んでる車両がある。石炭でなない。
I walked to the very end of the platform, then took a picture looking back.
ホームの一番奥まで行って、そこからこの写真を撮った。
I made back to our school just in time for me to teach my inhouse classes.
インハウスの授業が始まる前にギリギリ学校に戻りました。
Looking out the window from one of our classrooms. You can see Mount Iwaki in the distance. It's between the two large buildings near the center of the picture.
教室の窓から見た景色。よく見ると岩木山が見える。真ん中くらいで二つの大きなビルの間にある。
Time to get back into teaching mode as I had two more classes to teach.
講師モードにもどり、インハウスの授業がまだ二つあったから。
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