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A letter pad (writing paper) featuring a design of a ticket from "Aikoku to Happiness" and a poem by Moratin, which became a big boom after an NHK program in 1973. Size: B5, 30 sheets. Condition: New, unused, but with some stains on the edges of the first few sheets due to aging, and the first two sheets are detached from the pad. The poem by Moratin: "To love and to be loved... I neither desire nor know any greater happiness than that." "Aikoku to Happiness" was a catchphrase for the train ticket between Aikoku Station and Happiness Station on the former JR Hiroo Line in Obihiro, Hokkaido. It can be interpreted as "Going from the Land of Love to Happiness." It became a big boom after the travelogue program "Shin Nihon Kikou" (New Japan Travelogue) on NHK in 1973, titled "Journey to Happiness - Obihiro." The ticket sold 3 million copies in that year alone, and over 10 million copies in the following four years, mainly among couples and students preparing for exams. Currently, the Aikoku Station building is preserved as a transportation memorial hall, displaying tickets and SLs from that time. In front of the station building, there is a monument shaped like a "Happiness-bound" ticket, which is a popular photo spot. Happiness Station, even after the line was discontinued, has preserved the station building, platform, and two diesel cars, retaining the atmosphere of the time, and is enjoyed as a transportation park and interaction plaza. The auspicious name "Aikoku to Happiness" attracts many tourists today as a "sacred place for lovers" and a "starting point for happiness." It's also nostalgic that Rumiko Koyanagi appeared on the 25th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen on New Year's Eve in 1974 and sang her hit song "Fuyu no Eki" (Winter Station). The stationmaster of Aikoku Station appeared and delivered a message of support for the Red Team, and handed a ticket to Rumiko Koyanagi, who began singing while receiving it. Moratin was a Spanish playwright and one of the leading figures of Neoclassicism from the late 18th to the early 19th century. He was a typical pro-French figure and translated Shakespeare's "Hamlet" into Spanish for the first time. He favored French theater, especially Molière, and left five comedies as a writer. At the time, there was no one who surpassed him in his knowledge of theater, and he was appointed librarian of the Royal Library by the King of Spain, but he fled to France following the defeat of the French army and died in Paris. For those who love Showa retro stationery, how about it?
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