The Timeless Station (Photo: Takane Shoji)

Isawa-onsen Station

A gate to Yamanashi's onsen hotspot

Takane Shoji   - 1 min read

You may equate train stations in Japan with multi-platformed hubs of urban centers, but just a few hours away from Tokyo, traditional, quiet train stations still operate in the beautiful countryside of Japan. Yamanashi is one of the most famous onsen spots, and Isawa is home to one such station. So you may want to stop for a second and look around the train station that was frozen in time.

Takane Shoji

Takane Shoji @takane.shoji

Currently studying at a university in the United States, he has been an avid photographer, as well as a passionate writer with an extensive overseas experience from his residence in Singapore, Tokyo, and New York. He is excited to shed a mix of native and foreign light upon some of the hidden gem...