There are still plenty of stops before and after. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kami-Shirataki+Station/@43.876495,143.1431023,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0

There are still plenty of stops before and after. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kami-Shirataki+Station/@43.876495,143.1431023,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb12990146a8e54ea https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kami-Shirataki+Station/@43... Kamikawa station to the west actually has sizeable population.