52 Fujis #22 - Fuji Film Mae

I never really held out much hope for this one, to be honest. The name implied exactly what Google maps showed me - the station was right in the middle of the burbs of Odawara, servicing a massive complex belonging to Fuji Film, they of the cameras and the um, film. On the up side, this means that the station is a true Fuji, bearing, as it does, the same kanji as the mountain in its name (富士) -

The best part of the trip was that I got to ride yet another private train line, which once again outranked JR in terms of style, I mean, check this out -

When I got off this styling train at my destination, I was greeted by an old man smoking, who fixed me with the kind of look that gives people in horror films a set time to live. Outside the station, I found no signs of anything approaching anything remarkable. Except for a manhole cover that bore Kintaro on it -

… and a thatched house -

… the first of its kind I have ever seen in Japan. At least, the first of its kind with people living inside.

That was essentially it for Fuji Film Mae.

Fujis remaining : 30
More pics at Flickr: Fujino.

Don’t know what the 52 Fujis is about? Check this out.

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 52 Fujis, Japan Trackback URL for this entry