守口市駅Moriguchi City Station

Today, I went with a friend out to Moriguchi City Station, near Osaka. It's on the Keihan Main Line. We had plenty of free time today, and the rest of the week is kind of packed, so today was probably the best day for this.

今日は、友達と一緒に大阪の近い守口市駅に行った。京阪本線の駅だ。たくさんの暇な時間があったし、今週はちょっと忙しいと思うから、今日は一番いいと思う。

The trip started around 2:30, when class ended for the day. Well, my friend's class, anyway. We took the subway and the Kintetsu line to Tanbabashi, and transferred to the Keihan Main Line there. Limited express train to Hirakata City, and a "sub-express" train to Moriguchi.

二時半くらい同志社を出る、授業が終わった後で。まあ、友達の授業。近鉄丹波橋まで地下鉄と近鉄線を乗って、そこで京阪本線に乗り換えた。特急で枚方市駅まで乗って、準急で守口市駅まで。

On that note... there are too many types of trains on the Keihan Line. There are nine different types! Rapid limited express (that one requires a special ticket, I think), limited express, rapid express, commuter rapid express,  normal express, midnight express, sub-express, commuter sub-express, semi-express, and local trains. This is ridiculous.

と言えば、京阪電車はたくさんのタイプがある。九つもある！快速特急、特急、快速急行、通勤快速急行、急行、深夜急行、準急、通勤準急、区間急行、普通の電車がある。バカな。

But, the trains are awesome, so it's okay. I mean, seriously. I paid 360 yen each way, and the higher-level trains (like the limited express that we rode to Moriguchi, or the rapid express that we took back to Tanbabashi) are really nice. They're basically similar to the Amtrak trains back home. Except riding on one of those will run you 80 bucks at least. (From Boston to Baltimore, and that's for the overnight train.)

でも、電車はすごいから、いいよ。360円がかかるけど、その高いレベルの電車（たとえば、特急や快速急行）はすごく快適だ。まるで、アメリカのアムトラックという電車みたいだよ。でも、アムトラックを乗るとき、80ドルがかかるよ。（深夜の電車、ボストンからバルティモルまで。）

Anyway, we mostly just took pictures when we got there. I have spent too much money as it is, and neither of us really knew anything about the area around the station. Besides, we had free time, but most of it was spent taking the trains. This is closer to Osaka than Kyoto after all.

とにかく、着いた後で、写真を撮っただけだ。僕はお金を多すぎる払ったし、僕たちは駅の近いの店を全然知らない。そして、暇な時間があったけど、その時間は電車でかかった。守口市駅は大阪のほうが近いよ。

So... why do I care about some random station on the Keihan Main Line, closer to Osaka than Kyoto? So much so that I spent nearly two hours today going there and back, pretty much entirely for the sake of taking a few pictures?

さあ．．．どうして大阪のほうが京都より近い京阪本線の駅を気に入りますか。どうして今日は二時間かかって、写真を撮るだけために京都から守口市駅まで行ったか。

Can't really put it into words, actually. Perhaps one of those pictures is the best explanation.

．．．うまく言えない。もしかしたら、その写真は一番いい説明かもしれない。

For those people who still don't understand... perhaps that's for the best. For those who do... isn't it awesome?

分からない人は．．．おそらく、分からない方がいいと思う。分かる人は、かっこいいでしょう。

(And for those who want a hint... look at the tags.)

（ヒントを欲しがっている人．．．タグを見て。）