The oldest examples include the problem about whether Kyoto Station should be placed or not when the Tokaido Shinkansen line was constructed, and the dispute about the placement of the Gifu-Hajima Station due to an intervention by Banboku ONO (however, it is said that the Gifu-Hajima Station has been placed as a measure for snow fall in the Sekigahara area as well, apart from political influence, and has not been placed solely by political power).
最も古い話では、東海道新幹線の建設時に起こった、京都駅の設置是非をめぐる問題や、大野伴睦の介入による岐阜羽島駅の設置騒動がある（ただし、岐阜羽島駅の設置には関ヶ原の降雪対策という、政治的な影響力とは別の理由もあり、政治力のみで設置されたわけではないと言われている）。