Keihan Line Station-Fujinomori

 

The Keihan train line goes between Kyoto and Osaka so its convenient for a Kansai Gaidai student in the middle of the two cities. I almost always use the limited express to get to Kyoto and Osaka though so I haven’t really seen the stops in between. 

For this post I went to a small station called Fujinomori in Kyoto prefecture. To get to Fujinomori you have to transfer at Tembabashi to the local line for two stops. 

 

I asked the station master for the history of the station but he said that he didn’t know. Right next to the station are a couple of apartment buildings and some schools so it seems like a quiet place. 

 

The station only has two platforms and four small entrances/exits. Most people seem to use the station to get to Tembabashi and then transfer to the limited express there. 

While I was at Fujinomori station a local elementary school got out and the platform was filled with little kids on their way home. 

 

The teachers came to the station to help the students get on their trains. So many kids took the train to school but it stilled surprises me to see little kids on the train by themselves. I would be so nervous to see a child walking around and using transport by themselves in the States because it seems so dangerous. It reinforces the idea that Japan is a safe country. 

Before the station got really crowded with students. 

I saw the school’s English teacher, probably from the JET program, on the train talking to his students in English about the music on his iPod. It was nice to see that the teacher interacted well with the students outside of school. 

 

Outside the station there was a nice little river surrounded by houses. Fujinomori is a small station is in a residential area so its not very lively but seems like a nice neighborhood.