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Do kids in european countries get as excited about trains given they are super common? I feel like my kids get excited because they rarely see trains, they’re kinda special.
Oh man, I think it's the other way around. In Japan, the country with the highest rate of passenger train usage in the world, rail fans are a well-known category of nerd.
At one station, there was a mini museum and display of children's train artwork. Saw kids proudly posing in front of it for their parents to take pictures plenty.
Thanks for that link, that's so cool. I know of otaku in general, but densha otaku are new to me.
By the way the perfect kiss, that's referenced in the first paragraph there, looks like this:
Train boop