A surprising sight at Wakkanai Station in Hokkaido, known as Japan's northernmost station, has become the talk of the town.

A shocking sight at Wakkanai Station on the Soya Main Line.
It is not a figurine. It is a real Ezo sika deer.

Quote from @hime4145's post

Ezo-shika deer appeared majestically on the station platform! It looks as if it is welcoming us or passing through the ticket gate. ......

On SNS, there are comments such as "Even in Nara, deer don't come into the station", "I wonder if he came to greet us", "Isn't he the station chief making his rounds?

We asked the owner of the post, hime4145, what actually happened at this time.

Yezo sika deer standing on the train tracks

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The deer looked as if they were on a walking trail. The deer seemed to be accustomed to the distance from humans, and they were crossing the platform when no one was around. But how did they manage to get so far into the area?

The contributor, hime4145,

It is surmised that this is the case.

It is a common story in Hokkaido that wild deer often enter the railway tracks, but it must be quite rare to see them fleeing into the station premises. It was a slightly surprising sight at the northernmost station in Japan!