Taiwanese – Japanese railway stations with same name: College students pursue dream to publish book on railway stations

Striving courageously forward in search of realizing their dream, during last year’s summer vacation Fu Jen Catholic University students Cao Shao-xin (曹少馨) and Wu Meng-zhe (吳孟哲) visited 44 railway stations with the same name in both Taiwan and Japan. They first used weekends to visit 34 stations in Taiwan, and then during last year’s summer vacation visited 44 stations in Japan, totaling a total of 78 stations in all.

From Japan's southernmost island of Kagoshimato to Hokkaido is a journey of about 2300 km, and so completing such a trip within two months was no easy task. “Almost eighty percent of the journey was spent on the train” Cao Shao-xin smilingly remarked. 

To accomplish this dream, they were forced to carry a large amount of luggage. The pair advanced from station to station with a toy Formosan black bear named “A-Wan”, which started each journey. They wish to thank the many friendly Japanese people who provided assistance along the way, and now hope that through the crowd-funding platform “flying-V”, they will be able to release a book. Wu Meng-zhe said that the book, which includes many stations with historical significance to both Taiwan and Japan and documents many of the interesting stories they encountered along the way, will hopefully help to promote Taiwanese-Japanese tourism.

Taiwanese – Japanese railway stations with same name:
College students pursue dream to publish book on railway stations 

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(以下是中文對照)

台日同名車站 大學生勇敢追火車出書「完夢」

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輔仁大學學生曹少馨及吳孟哲，在去年暑假時勇敢追夢，以「追火車」的方式，造訪了台日共44個同名車站。他們在假日時先造訪了台灣34個車站，去年暑假再前進日本44個車站，總計造訪78個車站。由於日本淨土遼闊，要在兩個月內完成這個任務，是非常艱苦的，且從日本最南端鹿耳島到北海道約2300公里，曹少馨笑說：「旅途幾乎八成都在搭火車。」

為了完成這個夢想，他們提著大包小包的行李，前進各個車站，帶著台灣黑熊玩偶「阿灣」展開了旅途，過程中他們感謝許多友善的日本人提供協助，現在他們希望可以透過在群眾募資平台(flying-V)募資出書，吳孟哲表示，書中會有台日車站的歷史文化，以及他們勇闖日本的趣事，也藉此透過書籍促進台日的觀光。