Message Board at the Station Revival in Corona Thoughts on "Inconvenient Life" June 13 22:42
Although he continued to refrain from going out due to the influence of the new coronavirus, at the station in Kanagawa prefecture, the “handwritten message board” that was active when the mobile phone was not popular was revived, and the loneliness I felt in my inconvenient life It includes spells, pains, and encouraging voices.
At JR Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Kanagawa Prefecture, the message board was revived for the first time in about 20 years, in order to create a place where users can interact even a little in April, when they continued to refrain from going out with the new coronavirus.
Over a month later, more than 1,000 people have been writing messages on their message boards.
A large message board with a width of more than 3 meters, which is installed right next to the ticket gate, is filled with messages by customers every day.
However, it is not the same appointment as it used to be.
"I have a lot of work from home. I want to go to the office soon."
"May the peaceful days come soon . " This
is the candid thought of those who have been forced to have a crippled life because of the new coronavirus.
(Woman on the way to work)
"When I look at this, I can feel a connection with other people, so it's really good."
Thanks to the message board
There was a woman standing still in front of the message board. My name is Maiko Inoue, an employee of Yokohama City.
“I wrote “Thank you for protecting the infrastructure in a difficult time.” I am an office worker, so I am able to work from home, but I have to come to the hospital for the first time in a month. And I'm grateful that there are people who are protecting the (railroad)
.
" After he said, " I'm at my limit. I've been withdrawn for 3 months. I'm sorry."
He told me that my life today was more difficult than I had imagined, with tears.
The center of the revival is the station employee in the 3rd year after joining the company.
Originally, a travel poster was posted on the place where the message board was installed. After being removed due to the influence of the new Corona, young station staff proposed to install a message board as if it could be a place for people to communicate.
The center of the story is Misaki Homma, who has been in the company for 3 years.
Honma himself could not return to his hometown of Niigata and felt loneliness that he could not meet his family.
I thought that the warmth of the message board, which interacts with handwritten characters, encourages people who have the same feelings as me.
(Mr. Homma)
“The number of customers has decreased, but somehow there is a closed atmosphere. We are encouraged by doing something rather than doing nothing now. According to
JR East, this message board wants to continue as much as possible while listening to the infection status of the new coronavirus and the voices of passengers at the station.