The Historian · Hana · Tokyo
Old Shimbashi Station Museum
I bring everyone here within the first two days. The railway began here, October 14, 1872. You're looking at the moment Japan decided to move at industrial speed. The floor is glass.
Beneath a glass floor: the original 1872 Shimbashi station platform, the terminus of Japan's first railway. The excavated stonework is the earliest large-scale Western construction project in Japan.
— Hana, The Historian
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