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What’s up with Tokyo JR?!

Well, I take back what I said about the reliability of public transportation in Tokyo. Right now I am so angry…I’m about to punch the wall! Actually, it’s still the most reliable transportation system I’ve ever seen, but when it fails, it sure chooses to fail at the right time!
Tonight, I was gonna go see […]

Well, it’s been awhile since I could post anything on here, but I saw something the other day I’d like to talk about. A suicide, otherwise known as an “accident” on public transportation in Japan.
The first time I came to Japan, and a train was delayed, a friend explained to me that there’d been an […]

The Nambu line

Here’s a pic I took of one of one of my trains, the Nambu line, as it rolls into the station.
This line runs mostly through Kawasaki and Tokyo, but I took this photo near the border of Kawasaki and Yokohama…an area that reminds me of the Port neighborhoods in LA: San Pedro, Harbor City, and […]

Public Transportation in Tokyo, Japan is probably the best in the world, and you can easily live all your days without a car here.
There are tons of train and subway lines, each run by different companies. The biggest is JR (Japan Railways), and it’s the one I take everyday.
I used to live in San Francisco […]