The Only Stationmaster Who Waits for the Last Train – intro video
The Midori River Line runs through the mountains of Iwate with only six trains a day, and it closes at the end of December. You're a photographer from Tokyo, here to shoot its last three months. Station master Toru Kubota stands on the platform with a red-and-white flag and sets one condition for your camera: “Keep the station sign out of the frame. After the end of the month, it's no longer my problem.”
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