Some more notes on life in Japan...
The Subway
The subway and trains in Tokyo are awesome. Every train runs exactly on time and and the stations are clean and safe. It's just an extremely fluid and efficient public transportation system.
But it can get kind of crazy. There are a lot of people... and it can make you feel like an ant marching with the colony... or a sardine packed in a can (check out the second link below). Some videos to illustrate this:
Shinkjuku Station Rush Hour
Sardine Train
(we didn't experience anything like this - this is an old video and they apparently use flex time now to avoid this kind of rush hour packing in)
Student Groups
Large groups of middle school kids (always in matching uniforms) fill lines at sightseeing spots, large square footage of subway station floors, and trains all over Japan. We were often wondering, how can there be so many field trips going on all the time?
The sardine train is unbelievable!
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