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The consistent line colour-coding and set platform allocations makes it super-easy to find your platform (and train) as a foreigner. The only issue I ever had
by dwd 7y ago
The consistent line colour-coding and set platform allocations makes it super-easy to find your platform (and train) as a foreigner.
The only issue I ever had was determining the best exit at an unfamiliar station. Pick the wrong one at a larger station and you can find yourself a long way from where you were heading.
- myrandomcomment 7y agoDid you try to figure out Shibuya when it was under construction? ;) Also trust me, it is great you had no issues (engineer likely since you are on HN) and were able to see the patterns, however most foreigners are like deer in headlights. Also exits are simple. Figure out where you want to be and on their website it will say what station and what exit. Their is alway a map when you get off a platform with the exits labeled.
- dwd 7y agoI was there in May and did end up going in a circle the first time at Shibuya and finding myself back at the viewing area overlooking the crossing after just following the ramps. The stairs down were quite easy to miss. Once you know to keep walking the platform to the exit you need it's very easy for most stations. Where I struggled was finding a specific shop or eatery I had previously visited at Ueno. Too many separate concourses and shopping areas.