Shinjuku (新宿) and Ikebukuro (池袋)
These 2 Railway stations are supposedly the 2 busiest stations in the whole of japan and i can understand why... just walking in there makes me feel extremely minute and getting pushed along the crowd was a really interesting experience to say the least. There ain't any pushing goin on, but somehow you feel this force of people's flow, and you would just flow along with it
Japanese are extremely "walkable"... they walk real fast and really a lot. An old man walks faster than my dad. Getting out of Shinjuku and looking for places around Shinjuku station is definitely not for the faint hearted... If you think Citylink Mall is big, wait till you visit these 2 stations, I reckon it has a whole Shenton Way under it....The number of exits are just amazing... and so is the number of lines. 12 Japan Railway lines run through Shinjuku, and many other subway lines, and railways run by other Rail companies... Leads me to a question... maybe Tokyo wouldn't suffer another earthquake, cos they really almost dug all the earth away...
Japanese are a decently considerate bunch of people. They are advised to switch off their handphones when they are seated near the "Priority seats" catered for the disabled, the elderly and the pregnant ladies... guess they didn't want the Electromagnetic waves to harm them. They are advised to switch their phones to silent mode in the trains and advised not to talk on the phones in the train... Well today I saw this guy alight the train just to talk on the phone and he just waited at the platform while talking.... Guess I wouldn't see that in Singapore in 100 years, where people speak on the top of their voices in the MRT.
You are to stand on the left side of the escalator or you would be kindly reminded by the person behind you so that he/she can walk up/down the escalator. They also have sort of this campaign that advises you not to smoke while walking along the street. So these 2 elderly men, braving the cold stood on the main street for the whole day and say their slogans when they see a guy walking past with a cigarette...
interesting yea?
Had Japanese curry rice today.... I really liked it, if I had to choose between indian curry and Japanese curry, Sorry man, I would have to take both. It got so bad that when a Japanese company tried to patent the word "curry" and their product, the Indian government lodged a protest and said that curry was invented by them, and cannot be patented by others, I have no idea what went on later... So do head down to try some Japanese curry if you have the chance and tell me if you can really make a choice....
Heading for the beautiful area of Hakone and Mt Fuji tomorrow... so yea... check out the next entry....
Japanese are extremely "walkable"... they walk real fast and really a lot. An old man walks faster than my dad. Getting out of Shinjuku and looking for places around Shinjuku station is definitely not for the faint hearted... If you think Citylink Mall is big, wait till you visit these 2 stations, I reckon it has a whole Shenton Way under it....The number of exits are just amazing... and so is the number of lines. 12 Japan Railway lines run through Shinjuku, and many other subway lines, and railways run by other Rail companies... Leads me to a question... maybe Tokyo wouldn't suffer another earthquake, cos they really almost dug all the earth away...
Japanese are a decently considerate bunch of people. They are advised to switch off their handphones when they are seated near the "Priority seats" catered for the disabled, the elderly and the pregnant ladies... guess they didn't want the Electromagnetic waves to harm them. They are advised to switch their phones to silent mode in the trains and advised not to talk on the phones in the train... Well today I saw this guy alight the train just to talk on the phone and he just waited at the platform while talking.... Guess I wouldn't see that in Singapore in 100 years, where people speak on the top of their voices in the MRT.
You are to stand on the left side of the escalator or you would be kindly reminded by the person behind you so that he/she can walk up/down the escalator. They also have sort of this campaign that advises you not to smoke while walking along the street. So these 2 elderly men, braving the cold stood on the main street for the whole day and say their slogans when they see a guy walking past with a cigarette...
interesting yea?
Had Japanese curry rice today.... I really liked it, if I had to choose between indian curry and Japanese curry, Sorry man, I would have to take both. It got so bad that when a Japanese company tried to patent the word "curry" and their product, the Indian government lodged a protest and said that curry was invented by them, and cannot be patented by others, I have no idea what went on later... So do head down to try some Japanese curry if you have the chance and tell me if you can really make a choice....
Heading for the beautiful area of Hakone and Mt Fuji tomorrow... so yea... check out the next entry....
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That was interesting to know. Best if you could show a picture or 2 =)
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