Toke Station - Chiba

It can be used without problems.

The south side has a bright atmosphere.

Soon, construction of a 14-story condominium will begin. It seems to be completed in May 2023. Should it be sold out and become more lively? 2021.04.18. Description

Surprisingly, the station square flourished, but the intervals between trains may vary and the waiting time may be longer.

The roundabout in front of the South Exit Station, which used to feel wide, feels small now. Because it is a station with a lot of land and car transfers, I would like to see more space for getting on and off.

It seems that a new condominium will be built in front of the station.

It is a station on the JR Sotobo Line at the end of Chiba City. It seems that an apartment will be built in front of the station.

The station in my hometown. The photo of Toke Station in the Showa period was framed in my parents' house, so I will give it to you. At that time, there were only towns around the station on the north side, and mountains in the south. From the end of the Showa era, the south side (Asumigaoka) was developed in Heisei, and stations are on both sides. The north side is now a town where you can feel the wabi-sabi of a lonely Sotobo line station, and the south side is like a modern commuter town that has gradually grown from the former new residential area. There are different landscapes on both sides of this station, which is also one of the attractions to enjoy your trip. There is a Times Car (share car) near Toke Station, so it may be convenient for members to go around Toke. There are also buses and taxis, but there are surprisingly few buses, especially on the north side, so it can be difficult to get there. (If you want to rent a car, you can rent a Toyota rent-a-car at the next station = Oami station = the limited express from Tokyo also stops =. Two stations are about a dozen minutes by car.) The station itself has nothing to see, but the kiosk staff inside the station are friendly and you can get a little souvenir from the Sotobo. The station staff's evaluation is "miscellaneous" and "unfriendly" in other reviews, but from the experience I spent in Toke until high school, I think that it is "the same station as in the past, where the Showa era customer service still exists". increase. The people at the local stations in Boso during the JNR era were closer to the officials than the customer business, and I thought it was normal, so I think it would be better to get in touch with the station staff with the intention of enjoying the world of the Showa era. I tried to buy a ticket to Sendai at Toke Station, but I didn't know the long-distance ticket vending machine, so can I buy it? If you ask After "... (silence)", he disappeared Please come out He opened the long-distance ticket purchase screen by operating the buttons on the ticket vending machine. You can see from there, I thank you, "It's okay. You can see from here. Please come back to the station." "... (silence)" And continue the operation. The atmosphere around here is like "I'm clumsy", and it's like Showa. I don't hate it. From there, I'm used to buying tickets, so I thought that I didn't need to operate it as I proceeded with the operation here, so I left for a while and went to the station. I went back. Not only he, but I felt it when I met him several times at the counter, but when I was assigned to Toke Station, I don't know if it would be like this kind of interpersonal atmosphere or if I would like to gather people with that kind of atmosphere. However, this is the style here. Therefore, I recommend you to enjoy it as a customer service theme park where you can eat noodles that you don't want to waste and listen to the owner at a ramen shop that kills people. (I think the station staff are also busy, so I think it's better not to use the window as much as possible, to enter with a watermelon and buy a Shinkansen ticket at Tokyo Station.) If the first impression of a person who landed in his hometown is this station, he would be lonely if he thought, "Toke is not good for people," so I would like to say that it is only the station. Many local people are good people, so please try entering the shop for a meal or a coffee shop. You will meet good people in a simple town with nothing special in the Sotobo. (In addition, at the deserted station of Sotobo, the station staff's original philosophy, or limited express, will come, but at the counter, you will get a ticket slowly, so please stop running and take the train one hour later- There are a few places like, where it's hard to think of customer service from the service industry. I think it's not just the soil.) Now, while the redevelopment in front of the station is progressing, it may be possible that the station will become a modern customer service station, such as staff education at the station. In that case, the generation who knows "the killing of the former Toke station" may feel nostalgic. It's a complicated feeling that I want you to change and stay as it is.