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道の駅めぐり日記: A Roadside-Station Walking Log

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A personal Japanese travel log tracking visits to roadside stations across the Kanto and Koshin regions by train, car, and on foot.

Why it surfaced

The site turns a very specific ambition into a readable progress board: 9 of 189 stations visited, with maps, recent trips, and a carefully scheduled queue of future stops. Its author, サメがむ, says the project began with a love of roadside-station food and is being pursued one reachable destination at a time.

Explicit Chemistry, Side A

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This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-09 Domain Arrivals issue.