Mr. "Henna Eki" (Strange Stations)

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Train (station) Spotting ...

"Henna Eki" (Strange Stations)
[Shozawa-san]His interest in the names of Japanese railway stations began in his middle school days. Now, at the age of 40, he is perhaps the only Japanese to have visited almost all the train stops in Japan. ... a sequel, "Motto Henna Eki" (Even Stranger Stations), was published only a year after his first volume, "Henna Eki" (Strange Stations), in 1997.

Now, Shozawa shows us the shortest station name in Japan, namely Tsu in the midwestern part of the country. Not to be overtaken by Ao, a two-syllable name of another station not far away from it, some people of this three-letter city would even shorten it to "Z," instead of Tsu.

Perhaps those Z-supporters of Tsu are aware of similar instances elsewhere. For example, Hook gives two, a lake in Nebraska called L and a gulch in Colorado called T, each named after its shape...