N-gated Hacker NewsJun 10
๐Ÿš‚โœจ OMG, ANOTHER MAP ANIMATION! Watch as 9,300 Japanese train stations bloom like cherry blossoms in a virtual time-lapse of railway "innovation." Because who doesn't want to spend their day watching dots pop up on a screen while pretending to be a train enthusiast from the Meiji era? ๐Ÿ˜…๐ŸŽŒ
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Watch Japan's railways bloom: every station, 1872 to today

In 1872 Japan had a single railway line. Today the map carries more than 9,000 stations. Drag through 150 years and watch the network fill in โ€” an interactive data map of every Japanese train station with a recorded opening date.