Shimada Station | SHIZUOKA GOURMET

After all I had a good time the other day taking pictures inside Shimada JR Station away from the wind and the cold as proven by the Ghost Ikebana Picture and a third one!

Station is “Eki” in Japanese and the Kanji character is “駅”

The left half of “駅” is “馬” for “Horse”!
The designer had a great idea to use a neck tie for the second vertical line!
The second part of “駅” is “尺” which is measurement unit used in old times. In short “駅/eki” means a post or station where horses could be exchanged!

Footnote: This is a poster demonstrating the work of police to keep stations safe from criminality!

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Shimada Station for all the size of the City and the proximity of Shizuoka Mount Fuji Airport is one of the drabbest ones in the Prefecture. Mind you nearby Kanaya Station does a lot to compensate as it is part of Shimada City!

I had 10 minutes to spare waiting from my train back home and did not want to spend on the cold and windy platform.

I found this live ikebana/flower arrangement in its display glass case and tried to take a picture of it. Unfortunately at night the neon lamps prevented me to make a deserving rendition of the beautiful arrangement but I ended with this fluke shot which rewarded my futile efforts!

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