Until She Graduates

On July 21, 2015, JR Hokkaido told the town of Engaru that it would close Kyu-Shirataki. Almost no one used it, and neighboring stations on the line would close too.

The closures would come with the new timetable in March 2016.

The station's closure had been discussed many times before, NHK's Sapporo station later reported. But local residents had pushed for it to stay until she finished school.

The four daily stops, NHK said, were there for one passenger. Her.

Now the date was set. The station would close in March 2016, just weeks after her graduation.