A landowner who owns land along the JR Ou Main Line in Akita Prefecture has set up a standing sign in the vicinity, saying, “If you shoot without permission, I will call you.”
The property is located on a slightly higher ground than the surrounding area, and it seems to be a popular shooting spot. It was also a problem for the police to be dispatched, and I talked to the landowner and the police about the situation.
“If you find someone without permission, report or prohibit all”
“Recently, there are only a few people who have bad manners in taking pictures.” The signboard is titled “To Taketetsu-san,” and the handwritten text is spelled out like this.
Then, he continued to warn some railroad fans as follows.
“So, railroad photography is prohibited without the permission of the owner of the land here. If you want to take a picture, please contact the owner !! If you find someone without the permission of the owner, report or prohibit it altogether.”
The photo of this sign was posted on Twitter on July 3, 2022 by a man who is also a railroad fan. The tweet also includes a photo of a slightly elevated place in the farmland.
According to the post, a signboard was erected at the shooting point between Kita-Kanaoka and Moritake stations on the JR Ou Main Line in Mitane Town, Akita Prefecture. The landowner of this land set up early in the morning of the 3rd because a fan with bad manners came to take a picture on Saturday the 2nd of the previous day.
It is said that some fans were scared of children by driving through the private land in front of the landowner’s house, and after shooting, they dumped garbage such as cigarette butts and PET bottles into the shooting spot. As a result, it is said that permission from the landowner was required when shooting at this place, and the man who posted it told some fans, “Let’s shoot with the minimum etiquette.” Let’s take it home. ” However, in the post, he reported that the landowner was “a very kind person.”
On July 5, the landowner who owns the land in the shooting spot told J-CAST News about the situation on the 2nd when the trouble occurred.
“Why don’t you leave a pylon?”
“Around 9 am, I heard on the phone that there was a car that had run away in front of my house at a tremendous speed, and I hurried home and rushed to the scene, but the car was no longer there. I heard that the same car was out of control twice. I have a small child who started toddling, but I’m scared and can’t play outside. “
When the landowner said to the fans who parked their cars around the shooting spot, “It’s private land,” he said, “If anything, leave a pylon.”
After that, when the landowner put two cars at home around and dealt with it, he called the police because a railroad fan’s car passed through the two cars and stopped at around 11 o’clock.
The police rushed in and said, “I like the person who got the permit, but this is private land, so please go home.” The car left. The landowner said that he installed a signboard and a pylon the next morning at the direction of the police.
“I’ve allowed it as a hobby, but if the manners get worse, I’ll completely block the shooting spots. There are many cars passing in front of the house, so children can’t play outside. Hmm. Some people throw their cigarettes on their property and I want to say that they will take responsibility in the event of a fire. “
A railroad fan who witnessed a runaway car on the spot also posted the situation on Twitter, and the duo run the car at the speed of a rally, and after a while, at the same speed to take another train. It is said that he is back.
Noshiro Police Station “We provided crime prevention guidance to both the shooting iron and the landowner.”
As part of a large-scale tourism campaign, JR East temporarily operates the sightseeing train “Cassiopeia Journey” and the express “Tsugaru”. I saw the fans shooting.
The man who posted the photo on Twitter said on the 4th, “I think I was chasing the train I was aiming for and passing in front of my house at high speed in order to shoot quickly. It is natural to follow the minimum etiquette. I posted it because I couldn’t forgive it as the same shooting iron, “he told the interview. The man was acquainted with the landowner’s family and had previously obtained permission to take pictures of the sleeper train at this location.
Regarding this trouble, the Noshiro Police Station of the Akita Prefectural Police admitted to the interview that the landowner had contacted the police station around 11:00 am on the 4th and 2nd, and explained the circumstances as follows.
“The police officer responded to the scene when he was informed that the car was parked on his premises. The policeman said,” I wasn’t surrounded by a fence and I couldn’t tell that it was private land. It wasn’t an incident such as assault or intimidation, but the person who was notified said, “I should have obtained permission in advance.” It is not a parking violation because it is a general site and it does not hit. Here, we are giving security guidance to both sides, and in order to clearly indicate that it is your own land, install a sign so that you can not enter because it is private land. I advised you. “
(Hiroyuki Noguchi, J-CAST News Editorial Department)