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Ahhh, that reminds me of my year as an exhange student in Yohokama. Specifically the time when I cought the last train on the Den-en-toshi line from Tokyo towar
by brazzy 2y ago
Ahhh, that reminds me of my year as an exhange student in Yohokama. Specifically the time when I cought the last train on the Den-en-toshi line from Tokyo towards my dormitory at Aobadai, only to realize that the last train doesn't go all the way - I think it stopped at Tama-Plaza, 5 stops early.
There was a line of at least 50 people at the taxi stand, and I didn't fancy staying for 4 hours until the trains would run again, didn't see any all-night restaurants either. So I walked.
Note that this was years before Google Maps, I didn't even have a cell phone. I just tried to follow the train lines, walking through unfamiliar, quiet, dark residential areas, occasionally passing the areas I knew, around the train stations, but seeing hardly any people even there.
Then the train line went underground - I think that must have been here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AhUkt1HcvquknHpK6 https://maps.app.goo.gl/AhUkt1HcvquknHpK6
With nothing else to do, I just continued through the night into the same direction, until I recognized the area around the Aoba Ward Office, where I had been to get my residence permit. I knew how to get back to the train line, across the flood plains of the Tsurumi river, and there I came across the only place that was actually busy at this time of night: a distribution center for the morning newspaper where delivery drivers loaded stacks of newspapers onto their scooters. I'm pretty sure it was this building: https://maps.app.goo.gl/YgEAFMGvrkbPkPxR8 https://maps.app.goo.gl/YgEAFMGvrkbPkPxR8
I continued following the train tracks for another half hour or so until I finally reached my dormitory to catch at least a few hours of sleep.