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The story
On September 27, a man riding JR’s Limited Express Hida started a live-thread on 5channel’s VIP board. It began with back-and-forth about which train departing Osaka he was on and whether his destination was before Takayama, then veered off into how the Hida differs from the Shinano line and the origins of place names like Gero and Ujiyamada. Along the way, posters shared local knowledge that the Shirakawa and Hichisou area often sees service suspensions from heavy rain, and the OP admitted he really wanted to eat the local specialty, hoba miso-marinated meat, once he arrived. The thread ran on into the night, wrapping up with a Doraemon parody.
What people said
Don't think so
One stop before that
The Shinano and the Hida have nothing in common except they both start from Nagoya
I wanna go to Nagano
Impressive that Uji and Imaichi even came up
My late grandma, born in the Meiji era and from Ise City, used to say Ise City was called Ujiyamada City way back when
Re: #34
Mr./Ms. Yamada…
Shirakawa, Hichisou, that whole area gets slammed with heavy rain and service suspensions all the time
Seriously? That's scary
Go get some sleep
Not that again, quit posting it!
Do you know Takagishi from the comedy duo Timondy? (*^^*)
https://youtu.be/keW0NdqaJ18
Hey there, Tamako-chan
Who's that?
But I know Ano-chan!
Hello! (*^^*)
Re: #64
He's a comedian who's seriously into baseball!!
I think Takagishi-san is a lightworker too (a "warrior of the universe")
Seriously?
He's on par with Ano-chan
What is this, looks delicious
Done
Gonna watch this tonight while I eat plain white rice
Worst case, just grab a souvenir set to take home
Me
Sorry, forgot about that
Did something mess you up mentally?
Nah, just tired from work
No way, that's gross
Sorry, Nobita
I gotta head back to the 22nd century soon
Just leave the pocket and everything in it, okay?
Background and Talking Points
The Limited Express Hida connects Nagoya and Osaka with Takayama and Hida-Furukawa. The Shinano also departs from Nagoya, but its route is completely different, so sharing a starting station is about the only thing the two trains have in common. Ujiyamada, a place name that came up in the thread, is the former name of Ise City: it was formed in 1906 when the towns of Uji and Yamada merged, and became today’s Ise City in 1955 after merging with surrounding towns and villages. The Takayama Main Line also runs along the Hida River, and the area around Shirakawa-guchi and Hichisou is well known for frequent suspensions and slowdowns whenever heavy rain hits. Rather than digging into any of this background, though, the thread mostly stuck to riffing on the sound of place names and casual chat along the way, and never really developed into a fact-based discussion.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “The guy riding the Limited Express Hida lmaooooooooooo.”
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