Sapporo Station — Attraction in Sapporo

Be cautious when passing through the toll gate at this JR station. My son accidentally triggered an alarm after inserting his ticket, mistakenly passing through the gate after past the trunk first then himself. Immediately, an elderly station attendant with white hair stopped him, started interrogating, and began scolding him harshly.

Just before that incident, my wife had left her smartphone on the train. I approached the gate and asked that old guy where the lost and found was. Sensing my non-native Japanese, he pointed vaguely outside, with an attitude that felt dismissive—almost like he was annoyed.

Unable to find the lost and found, I returned to the gate and discovered the situation with my son. Since he doesn’t speak Japanese, he said he didn’t understand while the old man was yelling at him. My wife tried to explain in her limited Japanese that we had bought four tickets—one for each of us—and even showed the receipt. She said that everyone had inserted their ticket one by one, but our son must have made a mistake.

Still unaware of what exactly had happened, I tried to ask the attendant calmly about the lost and found. But he yelled at me, saying, “It’s right out there after the gate!” That’s when I realized the problem involving my son.

I tried to de-escalate and asked, “So is this about the money? If that’s the issue, I’m happy to pay for the ticket.” But the old man remained agitated. Thankfully, a younger female clerk approached and began listening to what we were saying.

She kindly re-explained the situation to the old man, but he still refused to calm down. So I said, “If you think we’re lying or trying to cheat the system, fine—I’ll pay. Is that enough to resolve this?” The young clerk tried to persuade him by saying it was likely just a mistake and that we could move on. He didn’t respond verbally but reluctantly showed agreement.

I know very well and have faced so many this type of old guys despise foreigners especially Asians thinking it’s still World War II era, they were colonizing and oppressing the people.

Instead of confronting right at the spot, I left the site bringing my family because we’re too much exhausted coming here and it’s almost 10 pm.

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