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Montag, 2. März 2009
Lost in Tokyo (I)
diegolego, 03:23h
After 6+12 hours of flights, we felt like tuna. Especially the long flight from Los Angeles to Tokio was a torture. Although the plain was bigger, the space per seat was reduced compared to the domestic flight. The best thing one can do is to sleep.
They showed several films. However, I saw only the city of amber. It is quit interesting, although the end is a little childish. In the physical sense it is unlikely that they go down the flow and still end up at the surface. To some extend some idea of the film is similar to Matrix (people living under the surface of earth) and Wall-E (people fleeing and loosing control of what is their aim).
The first steps leaving the airport were already interesting. The city is amazingly clean, almost hygienic. A little strange is to see people wearing SARS-style protection masks. We could not figure out what is going on. Maybe they are afraid of polution, maybe they are fearing an infection, or maybe it is just fashion.
The subway is funny. I am confident it is very well organized. However, the maps look very messy. In addition, there are different companies and one cannot just transfer from one train to another. In total, also because of the names, which are hard to memorize, it is rather difficult to understand the commute – although being used to the NY trains.
We also found out that here left-hand traffic is practiced. As know from London, this causes the risk, that one could be hit by a car because of looking to the left instead of the right. Further it is surprising how disciplines people are. Pedestrians almost never cross the street at a red light.
They showed several films. However, I saw only the city of amber. It is quit interesting, although the end is a little childish. In the physical sense it is unlikely that they go down the flow and still end up at the surface. To some extend some idea of the film is similar to Matrix (people living under the surface of earth) and Wall-E (people fleeing and loosing control of what is their aim).
The first steps leaving the airport were already interesting. The city is amazingly clean, almost hygienic. A little strange is to see people wearing SARS-style protection masks. We could not figure out what is going on. Maybe they are afraid of polution, maybe they are fearing an infection, or maybe it is just fashion.
The subway is funny. I am confident it is very well organized. However, the maps look very messy. In addition, there are different companies and one cannot just transfer from one train to another. In total, also because of the names, which are hard to memorize, it is rather difficult to understand the commute – although being used to the NY trains.
We also found out that here left-hand traffic is practiced. As know from London, this causes the risk, that one could be hit by a car because of looking to the left instead of the right. Further it is surprising how disciplines people are. Pedestrians almost never cross the street at a red light.
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