For many, taking public transport is a form of travel, but not for Kumiko Moki, who’s 29-years-old this year. She is a “charismatic sales staffer” aboard the Tsubasa bullet train on the JR Yamagata Shinkansen Line.

When she was a high school student, Moki was a “kogyaru” and studied nothing. A kogyaru is a teen gal having the fashion to wear an outfit based on a Japanese school uniform, but with a shortened skirt, loose socks, and often other modifications as well. After graduating from school, she would go to a job agency everyday and kept pondering what she’s going to be.

On her way to Tokyo’s Shibuya district for shopping aboard a Yamagata Shinkansen bullet train around that time, Moki saw a salesperson aboard the train and decided to become one. She was 18.

It’s interesting to see that once, she was able to attain a 500,000 yen sales for a day. She has also worked out her own unique “techniques” for her job. One such example is walking backward with the trolley behind her.

She also uses the Yamagata dialect to better communicate with passengers hailing from Yamagata in northeastern Japan.

‘‘I love my hometown. I would like to promote Yamagata more to passengers by riding Shinkansen trains as often as possible,’’ she said.

So what do you want to be when you grow up? I have no idea what I want to be, just trying to finish studying. Who knows, by the time I am finished, I might have stopped loving anime. Well I hope not. =P.

Source: Japan Today