{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-26T15:15:37.132Z","story":{"id":"r_0c733c9e96cd46af8c19946a","slug":"virtual-hiroshima-station-2-u-opens-on-vrchat-may-27","url":"https://yomimono.id/virtual-hiroshima-station-2-u-opens-on-vrchat-may-27","headline":"Virtual Hiroshima Station 2.u Opens on VRChat May 27","summary":"West Japan Railway Company and JR West Communications announced on May 26 that they will open \"Virtual Hiroshima Station 2.u\" on VRChat on May 27. The world is a full renewal of the earlier \"Virtual Hiroshima Station,\" which ended in spring 2026. The new space is themed around \"Hiroshima Station after the last train, unknown to anyone.\" Visitors start inside an empty train car with no other passengers or conductor announcements, then proceed to a realistically reproduced station interior that includes a conventional line concourse and a Shinkansen concourse. The Shinkansen concourse is designed as a \"debut stage\" for user creations and a marketplace for virtual items. The \"2.u\" in the name carries the meaning \"for you.\" Alongside the opening, JR West plans an illustration contest in collaboration with the VRChat avatar Mamehinata, with selected works displayed as posters at both the virtual and real Hiroshima Station. A virtual talk relay featuring VRChat creators is scheduled for June 6 and 7. The platform is VRChat and participation is free.","why_it_matters":"The renewal shifts the virtual station from a static reproduction to a user-driven co-creation platform, treating the metaverse space as a marketplace and debut stage rather than just a replica.","published_at":"2026-05-26T13:00:48.000Z","source_count":3,"sources":["4Gamer.net","Denfaminicogamer","PANORA"],"citations":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","title":"JR West Japan to Open 'Virtual Hiroshima Station 2.u' and 'Virtual Osaka Station 4.u' on VRChat on May 27","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/794/G079439/20260526049/"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","title":"\"Virtual Hiroshima Station\" Renewed and Launches in VRChat from May 27. JR West Group's Virtual Hiroshima Station Revamped as \"2.u\", Contest Held for Selected Works to be Displayed at Actual Hiroshima Station","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2605263h"},{"source":"PANORA","title":"VRChat's \"Another Hiroshima Station\" \"Virtual Hiroshima Station 2.u\" Opens on May 27","url":"https://panora.tokyo/archives/143653"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false}}}