 Because of this, "kantaku" stations are considered only one step above an unmanned station.There are a few places within the JR East and JR Kyushu, however, where the station attendant at a "kantaku" station handles the collection of the tickets as well as selling the tickets.An exception to this are many of the "kantaku" stations operating within the area serviced by JR Central which have the MARS logo above the ticket window.