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Japan's Sloppiest Temporary Bus Stop Still Has Its Defenders

A gas company's makeshift bus stop — a wooden board with a crooked timetable photo taped to it — earns more grace than expected.

· 3 min · Togetter

What's going on

When utility construction forces a bus stop out of commission, someone has to set up a temporary replacement. In Japan, bus stops always include a printed timetable listing every departure — a fixture riders depend on. What one company apparently decided to do was tape a photograph of the original timetable to a rough wooden board and call it a day.

Photos of the improvised stop spread online and people couldn't stop laughing. The timetable photo is shot at a jaunty angle — one commenter later deduced that the protective acrylic panel on the original stop reflects light, making it nearly impossible to shoot straight on. It's a workaround on top of a workaround. Another commenter noted that the board may not even be an official bus stop at all: the gas utility doing the construction likely put it up as a guidance sign, while the real city-designated temporary stop is somewhere nearby. In other words, buses probably don't stop here.

Even so, the thread's mood shifted pretty quickly from roasting to something closer to grudging respect. At least there's a timetable. At least it isn't just a QR code.

Comments

So sloppy it’s sending me 💀 (In Japanese internet slang, “草” — “grass” — is the equivalent of “lol.” The laughing shorthand “w” written out in strings looks like blades of grass.)
Even worse than I imagined lol
That is one hell of a brute-force solution
So sloppy it’s over (A nod to the kanji “滅” from 鬼滅の刃 — Demon Slayer — used here as a dramatic reaction word meaning something like “destroyed” or “done for.”)
Even as a temp setup… this is something else lol
There’s such a thing as too sloppy even for a quick fix lol
Was someone told “make this in five minutes or the collar on your neck explodes”?
I’ve seen bus stops with a proper “Temporary Stop” placard before, but using a standing board as a substitute with a photo of the timetable pasted on… I don’t know about this.
Photo 1: “Okay, whatever, you can at least figure it out” — Photo 2: “This is genuinely horrible lmaooo”
The board I can live with, but even the timetable being like this… that’s rough
At least take the photo straight
But using a photo as the timetable lol. Was there really no other option?
The sign stands out fine, but a photo of the original printed from outside? You can’t actually read it… Just print from the official site and laminate it, come on.
Even if you’re gonna paste a photo, there’s a right way to shoot it and stick it. This is just embarrassing. Must be a sloppy company.
Ahahaha 😂 I once saw a temporary bus stop where the timetable was taped to a utility pole, which was also wild to me~ 😅🚌
Well, it’s temporary. As long as you can read it, it does the job.
Feels like an emergency gas repair situation.
Normally when a stop goes out of service, an official temporary stop — set up by the city transit authority (Nagoya City Transportation Bureau in this case) — should be installed nearby. This board looks like it’s just a guidance sign put up by Toho Gas (the utility company doing the construction). City buses don’t actually stop here.
As long as it does the job, right?
Thank god it’s not a QR code
At least there’s a timetable at all
This is fine, actually. The transit systems that scrapped timetables and slapped on a QR code can go to hell (“たひね” is a softened internet version of a blunt Japanese insult — same meaning, gentler consonants.)
The site supervisor is probably some grandpa doing his best and printing photos is already the full extent of his tech skills.
“I tried shooting it straight on but the protective acrylic reflected the light and the text wouldn’t come through, so I had to use this angle…” — probably what happened. Still, better than nothing.

My take

It's temporary, so. Still beats having nothing at all!

Comments loosely translated for tone.

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