First impressions
I arrived in Japan in a thunderstorm, but by the time we’d got the train out of the airport it had cleared up, and I was able to watch in (relative) brightness as the countyside faded away as we got closer and closer to Tokyo. I was introduced to my first Japanese “don’t” after talking too loudly on the train – talking loudly in public is bad. As is walking around eating. So we bought something to eat after getting off the train, but couldn’t actually eat it until we arrived at the guest home I’m staying in.
Turns out this week is Golden Week so we couldn’t get any train tickets to Aomori for today. A slight change of plan then – I’m here at the guest home for another day with nothing to do. The weather is lovely, so I shall go and take some photos.
Other miscellaneous things (for which I really need a sideblog), this BBC article on virtual money is very interesting. I think that’s all for now.
Matthew @ 00:54, May 3, 2006 to Diary | Comments (6)
Comments:
Benjamin
Talking loudly on public transport in Japan is bad? How is that different to London?
Comment added at 23:40, May 3, 2006
Matthew
Walking around London you can talk as loudly as you like – in fact, yelling to people across the street is accepted in a lot of places. It happens in Oxford all the time. This (as far as I can tell) would be unacceptable behaviour in Japan.
Comment added at 00:35, May 4, 2006
Mr E
Talking loudly on public transport still isn’t exactly polite behaviour even in Britain. Think Trigger Happy TV and the whole “I’m on the train!!” sketch, which, even if you haven’t seen, I’m sure you’ll have heard of.
Comment added at 11:53, May 4, 2006
Matthew
Put it this way – no-one would have had a problem if I’d been on the London Underground, and note that I said “in public” not “on public transport”.
Comment added at 15:22, May 4, 2006
Mr E
Hmm, I was talking about public transport because Benjamin mentioned it.
Comment added at 18:48, May 4, 2006
Benjamin
I knew the hole in my argument before I posted it but I felt like posting something and couldn’t think of anything else :P
Comment added at 19:41, May 7, 2006
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