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Japan's Creepiest Station

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Re: Japan's Creepiest Station

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Post by sho_hn »

stronglikedan wrote: post #70
kccqzy wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it has more to do with lighting as well as the height of the ceiling. In NYC the escalator going to Grand Central Madison is very long and yet it doesn't feel uncomfortable at all. It has way more lighting than your picture and the ceiling seems higher too.

no it doesn't. long escalators are just really fucking scary. regular length are scary too, so it just follows

I'm reading and acknowledging all these comments, but I don't get it. Can one of you describe the fear?

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Post by ziml77 »

DemocracyFTW2 wrote: post #78
ziml77 wrote: post #30

The only thing that is making this creepy is the color grading on the photos. Here's the first video I found of the station, which shows the stairs and the platform are well-lit https://youtu.be/V3vYuMdCsqs?t=557

So how do you know it's the photos and not the video that has been altered to give a certain impression? Also, there's still this seemingly endless staircase...

Because the lighting in the photos simply make no sense. Look at how many florescent light tubes there are. The place should be much brighter and whiter.

Re: Japan's Creepiest Station

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Post by jefurii »

I encountered this station by accident one summer while on a cross-Japan trip. I was doing the cheap but slow Seishun 18 Kippu thing. All the passengers that had boarded at Kanazawa had gotten off and I was the only one in the car. I looked up from my book as the train neared a mountain and then it was dark outside. I'd been through lots of tunnels before, no big deal.

But then the train slows down and stops at this station in the middle of the mountain. There's an announcement but it's so echoey that I miss it. I think they're saying the train is going to stop for 10 minutes but I'm not sure. I poke my head out. I eventually look around but I take all my gear with me - I don't want the train to suddenly take off with my stuff on it. I stand for awhile looking up at the staircase going up into the rock, feeling it suck the air upwards, wondering what the heck is at the top.

I found this experience to be frickin' cool and random rather than creepy. Years later Google Maps let me visit the station at the top and it was pretty much just a boring local station with a couple unique features.

Re: Japan's Creepiest Station

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Post by tdeck »

ziml77 wrote: post #30

The only thing that is making this creepy is the color grading on the photos. Here's the first video I found of the station, which shows the stairs and the platform are well-lit https://youtu.be/V3vYuMdCsqs?t=557

Interesting that people leave kegs of beer down there to age.
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