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Four-decade resident of Japan here. While small towns might have their appeal, for me the real Japan is the Yamanote Line between Shinjuku and Ikebukuro on a Fr
by tkgally 2y ago
Four-decade resident of Japan here. While small towns might have their appeal, for me the real Japan is the Yamanote Line between Shinjuku and Ikebukuro on a Friday evening in summer, the cars packed with sweaty drunk and sober people of all kinds, talking and laughing and reading and looking at their phones and dozing off as they sway against each other when the train stops at Takadanobaba.
- WXLCKNO 2y agoI visited for the first time last year and I loved people watching at night in this area. It felt so alive.
- jefurii 2y agoTakadanobaba! Home of the Big Box, and that little underground jazz kissa/bar.
- jslabovitz 2y agoI traveled there in 2008, and had that precise experience! I always wondered whether I'd just been there on a particularly excellent night, or if it was a normal happening. I'm so glad to hear it's the latter!