Upside Down.
My guest poster wrote his own intro:
My friend, who lives in Japan, is waiting until he moves to Korea to travel around Japan. Strange, you say? Not when you look at the numbers.
Here is the rest of the post.
Travel Costs: By CW
It’s cheaper to fly to Korea than to visit a different city in Japan (and Kanazawa is fairly close to Tokyo, only a 50 minute flight)
- Kanazawa to Narita–about 32,000 yen by train round trip
- Kanazawa to Tokyo–about 26,000 yen round trip
- Narita to Seoul–about 20,000 yen (off season) by plane
Visit Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Kanazawa by train as a resident of Japan. (All Prices in Yen.)
- Tokyo to Osaka–14,250
- Osaka to Kyoto–540
- Kyoto to Hiroshima–11,290
- Hiroshima to Fukuoka–9,100
- Fukuoka to Kanazawa–28,100
- Kanazawa to Tokyo–13,010
Total cost is: 76,290 yen. Additional cities? Add $$$$$. The same trip, Non-Resident flying in from Korea:
- Flight: 20,000 yen
- 14-day Japan Rail Pass: 45,100 yen
- 7-day Japan Rail Pass: 28,300 yen
Total: Between 48,300 and 65,100 yen. Additional cities? Same cost. It’s cheaper to travel around Japan if you live in Korea than it is if you live in Japan.
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Amagasaki Rail Crash:
So, there was a major accident earlier this year:
The Rapid Service bound for Doshisha-mae (a seven-car commuter train) came off the tracks on the JR-West Fukuchiyama Line (JR Takarazuka Line) in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, near Osaka, just before Amagasaki Station, and the front two carriages rammed into an apartment building. The first carriage slid into the first floor parking garage and as a result took days to remove.
Apartment building?
Japanese building codes currently do not regulate the distance between train lines and residential buildings due to high confidence in the engineering of the rail system. Railway lines often pass within several metres of apartment buildings in metropolitan areas.
Staying Safe on Public Transportation:
How does one stay safe or minimize getting all jacked up? It seems the solution is to ensure you are holding on to one of the straps or poles when standing. This keeps your from flying head first.
My Diary by Lachesis:
Date: 24 Sept, 1967
Dear diary, today I had the pleasure of measuring out the life of a very nice young man. Unfortunately, as with every life, his will have trials and tribulations. From what I can see, he will face a cheating wife - Effing slut -, have to pronounce an acquaintance’s friend as “dead”, have two years of health problems, suffer through his parents divorce, end up in ICU after a car accident, never attend the Suzuka F1 GP, and for several months in 2005, work is going to suck ass - Oh, you just don’t know how close I was to quitting. If I had only had options.
I need to offset that with something nice, so on October 13th, 2005 he will ride home in the perfect carriage.
My Blog by Me:
Okay, fate must like me or something. Today, after roaming up and down the platform, twice, I ended up in the perfect carriage car. The Carriage:
Well dressed men and women.
Overall, everyone was good looking.
No drunks.
No teens.
No crying babies.
No loud G.I.s.
No unwashed geeks.
No fat chicks.
One fat dude: How many layers of fat can one man have!
It was such a nice ride.
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