Kayashima: The Japanese Train Station Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree

(via This Is Collossal) In the Northeast suburbs of central Osaka stands Kayashima Station  The station features a rectangular hole cut into the roof of the elevated platform and, from inside, a giant tree pokes its head out like a stalk of broccoli. The large camphor tree is older than most records but officials believe it to be around 700 years old. The story of how this tree and station became varies depending on who you ask. It certainly has to do with a great reverence for nature, but also a fair amount of superstition.