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Zoom in on shunjuku station with google maps. All those yellow boxes with letters and numbers are various exits/entrances. I wonder which one which entrance was

by dfxm12 3y ago

Zoom in on shunjuku station with google maps. All those yellow boxes with letters and numbers are various exits/entrances. I wonder which one which entrance was meant as "the" entrance. I'm sure it was the one they use every day, but that wouldn't help a visitor. It's kinda surprising someone like an AirBnB host, who presumably has to communicate this with many travelers from many places, is so vague about it. If you're getting directions via google maps and you have to exit a subway station in Tokyo (and maybe some other cities), it will give you directions underground to the proper exit. It will even tell you which subway car you should be on so you will be closest to the proper exit. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shinjuku+Station/@35.6916622,139.6994283,18.55z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x60188cd0d6b1ba1f:0x1c32a1f1ecacfdd5!8m2!3d35.6896067!4d139.7005713!16zL20vMDIxdnow?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shinjuku+Station/@35.69166...

jonhohle 3y ago
In 2010 AirBnB would have been more novel, so maybe there wasn’t the same expectation. I stayed on Seoul a few months ago and in addition to a specific entrance number, my host had made a YouTube video showing a first person walk from the subway exit to his place.
- jareklupinski 3y ago
  yup my host profusely apologized and emailed me back with the specific exit and a line i could use to ask locals for directions, but when we met I felt he was almost disappointed that I didn't get that we were obviously to meet by the entrance closest to the road which led to the property (it was his apartment that he was renting out for the summer because his family goes somewhere north for the summer) obvious to someone who goes there every day yes, but not to a jet-lagged traveler visiting for the first time :) i enjoyed being in the first cohort of airbnb guests, quirks and all; felt more 'personable' but yea I also remember that being probably the last year I felt comfortable traveling somewhere without a mobile device constantly connected
ranger_danger 3y ago
I can only assume that by "the" entrance they meant West.

by dfxm12 3y ago

jonhohle 3y ago

In 2010 AirBnB would have been more novel, so maybe there wasn’t the same expectation. I stayed on Seoul a few months ago and in addition to a specific entrance number, my host had made a YouTube video showing a first person walk from the subway exit to his place.

jareklupinski 3y ago
yup my host profusely apologized and emailed me back with the specific exit and a line i could use to ask locals for directions, but when we met I felt he was almost disappointed that I didn't get that we were obviously to meet by the entrance closest to the road which led to the property (it was his apartment that he was renting out for the summer because his family goes somewhere north for the summer) obvious to someone who goes there every day yes, but not to a jet-lagged traveler visiting for the first time :) i enjoyed being in the first cohort of airbnb guests, quirks and all; felt more 'personable' but yea I also remember that being probably the last year I felt comfortable traveling somewhere without a mobile device constantly connected

ranger_danger 3y ago

I can only assume that by "the" entrance they meant West.