jorudan – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today. Mon, 18 Jul 2016 05:00:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/en_rocket_1024.png?w=32 jorudan – SoraNews24 —Japan News— https://soranews24.com 32 32 176746664 Hanshin Rail Line gives hilariously cute reason for train delay https://soranews24.com/2016/07/18/hanshin-rail-line-gives-hilariously-cute-reason-for-train-delay/ https://soranews24.com/2016/07/18/hanshin-rail-line-gives-hilariously-cute-reason-for-train-delay/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2016 05:00:53 +0000 http://en.rocketnews24.com/?p=333474 
This has to be the cutest excuse for a train delay we’ve ever seen involving a train driver, a dog, and a cookie.
Japan has lived up to its “kawaii” (cute) reputation again with this official reason given for a Hanshin Main Line train delay.
“A dog is on the Mukogawa train station tracks. The train driver is still trying to coax the dog with a cookie but it keeps biting.”
▼ A train pulling into Mukogawa Station in Osaka
▼ The official excuse can be seen in Japanese on the Jorudan mobile app
さすがに草 pic.twitter.com/EY7M62sSCb
— ハオウジュ (@Haouju99) July 14, 2016
If that’s not the cutest explanation given for a train delay we need to keep researching official train excuses.
Five minutes later there was a new official post informing commuters the train service had resumed.
“We have caught the dog that was on the tracks and the outbound rapid express has resumed normal services with a 15-minute delay.”
わんちゃん捕獲されたみたいｗｗｗ
運転士さん大丈夫かな（笑） pic.twitter.com/qD7WqanGnd— ｱﾈﾖ ▼o'ᆺ'o▼
(@ykII00) July 14, 2016
We can just imagine the train driver pulling to a halt, purchasing a bag of cookies from the platform stall, and trying to coax the biting dog off the tracks. They could have at least posted a photo for us! [Editor’s note: The featured image is of a generic but adorable dog on some train tracks.]
Twitter users were thankful for the detailed explanation saying:
“I don’t know where this is but the reason for the train stopping on the Hanshin Main Line is too funny.”
“Hanshin Main Line – haha”
“It looks like they caught the dog. I wonder if the driver is okay.”
Despite Japan’s impeccable record of train punctuality, or perhaps precisely because of this punctuality, it can be a little frustrating when a train does become delayed, but I’m sure the reason posted for this Hanshin Main Line delay brought a little smile to everyone’s face. After all, you can’t really be angry about a train delay caused by an act of dog…
Source: Jin115, Twitter/@Haouju99, Twitter/@ykII00
Top image: Flickr/kurt-b
Insert images: Wikipedia/もんじゃ , Twitter/@Haouju99, Twitter/@ykII00
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