Tateyama Station — Attraction in Tateyama

A station that is close to a beach. Definitely not a regular looking station. Frequency of the trains are almost every hour so watch out for that if you are used to the train schedules of bigger city. I guess maybe it's a countryside thing?

There are also a few souvenir shops around the station. Bus that'll take you around the city, to Chiba City, and Tokyo (Shinjuku and Tokyo Station). They've got bicycles for rent, a regular japanese bikes and MTB/Road...

The station area somehow reminds me of an American beach city. You need to ask the station staff for the Eki Stamp, it is located inside their office. Fun fact: from what I understand from the stamp, the station has been around since 1919! They don’t provide bidet at the toilet, but they provide a tower fan inside the toilet when I visited in the summer. I lost my Pasmo in this station, but thankfully somebody found it and brought it to the...

First time at Tateyama and impressed with the station, few minutes walk to the ocean. I heard you can see clear Mount Fuji sets at the ocean in the morning hours . It takes 2.5 hours by train to get here but it is worthwhile to do a day trip and...