Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Lost
I would like to detract or uprate the previous estimation that Ikebukuro, the 2nd largest trainstation in Tokyo is 'slightly smaller than Belgium'. It is, of course, marginally larger than France. I took a different exit yesterday, and wandered around for at about an hour looking for familiar sights on the surface. Thorougly distraught, hot and bothered, I gave up, re-entered the subway, and followed the signs for JR Line, East Exit. The place looks completely different at night. Also, there are easy landmarks from which you can gauge direction or location. Every towering neon building looks the same. I have no doubt that the same will happen for many weeks to come.
I love bread, and dammit for not being a well consumed item here. It's 200Yen=1sterling for 1/2 a loaf of rubbish bread. Perhaps I will have to find a place that sells yeast.
Dammit, my eye has become irritated once more, and now I have a puffy eyelid once more. Got to be applying hot towels to get it down again.
On the train this morning, I walked up toward the escalators, and did not notice that two orderly queues had formed from around the corner. It meant i had to push my way in. Nobody said anything. They have crowded (ram packed) trains here. If they can't solve the problem, nobody can. The London Underground is forever doomed. The Germans took a different approach. By ensuring that no city developed to supernatural size above another, overcrowding was never an issue. And relatively harmonious employment levels across the nation are a good thing, too.
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