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It's impossible to get lost in in a Japanese subway.They have made their subway systems so even the most confused people can figure it out.
by ChumpGPT 3y ago
It's impossible to get lost in in a Japanese subway.They have made their subway systems so even the most confused people can figure it out.
- AlotOfReading 3y agoIt's definitely possible. Try meitetsu station sometime. It's directly adjacent to the sprawling monstrosity that is Nagoya station (where it's also easy to get lost). Not only does it use a different, color-coded system of notation than other stations I've seen, trains stop at multiple platforms unlike virtually everywhere else. Consequently there are places where multiple signs are visible giving you different directions to the same train.
- Klonoar 3y agoMany people skip Nagoya on their typical “visit Japan” trip and the trains there can be underwhelming compared to Tokyo/Osaka, so while I agree with you, it sounds like a case of OP not deviating from the “blessed path”. And great, now I want red miso.
- ekianjo 3y agoOsaka makes it possible.
- makeitdouble 3y agoYou should try going to Shinjuku with the Oedo line and change to the Odakyu line, it's an experience.
- Klonoar 3y agoThis one isn’t as bad as long as you know that many Oedo transfers are a pain due to just how far underground it is. Oedo in Shinjuku should, once you finally make your way up, be near enough signs indicating where Odakyu is.
- makeitdouble 3y agoThis one is pretty messy right now as they're redoing the building, but yes with enough RPG skills one should find the way. Conversely, I've been avoiding Shibuya with all the construction, didn't know it also touched the Tsutaya/Starbucks building.
- modeless 3y agoI also found in my recent two week vacation that it was easy 99% of the time, thanks to good signage and Google Maps. But I did miss one sign in a way that was difficult to recover from; if my partner hadn't noticed it I might have gone pretty far before I realized my mistake.
- robotresearcher 3y agoI managed to get lost there. An incredibly nice person stopped and asked in English - I’m a tall white person - if I needed help and insisted on walking me to my exit, several minutes out of her way. I love Japan and traveling around there is easy.
- AlunAlun 3y agoThis is very Japanese. My experience was that if you ask for help directly from a stranger, they will stammer and be flustered and not be so helpful; but if you stand around and look like the lost tourist you are, within a minute or two somebody will approach you and offer to help.
- beretguy 3y agoAn incredibly nice Japanese person in subway who cares.
- latentsea 3y agoI take it you've never been to Nagoya?
- bugglebeetle 3y agoI love all the people responding with “Nagoya” to this because this was my first thought too.
- GuB-42 3y agoShinjuku station is a special case because it is so huge. More precisely, the problem is not the train/subway station part of the station, that part is surprisingly easy to navigate. The problem is when you leave the station. There are 200 exits, and there is a good chance you end up in a place you didn't expect.
- anilakar 3y agoYou just need to memorize this handy song then https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKbR_iHwio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKbR_iHwio :-)
- numpad0 3y agoOT but since multiple others are mentioning Nagoya: what's the best place to get some sweetened miso in mayo bottle thing(the tsukete-miso) around or inside Nagoya station? I mean, I'm guessing I can just buy online, but it's something Nagoyans refuse to admit that every household in Nagoya/Aichi has one despite all having one in their fridge. It's almost strange there isn't an akafuku and kakete-miso bundle package in souvenir shops.