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The signs are incredibly confusing and often will all point to each other from every direction.
by ranger_danger 3mo ago
The signs are incredibly confusing and often will all point to each other from every direction.
- SapporoChris 3mo agoDo you have an example? Your comment seems like an exaggeration, I have never seen any signs pointing to each other from every direction. Also, I am curious of the justification. Why would anyone place signs that "... are incredibly confusing and often will all point to each other from every direction."
- dwaite 3mo agoThe problem I would typically have (not just in Shinjuku) was with directions that did not repeat/update as you continued on through junction points. It made navigation more stressful.
- razorbeamz 3mo agoNo they aren't. People who say this have never spent a significant amount of time there.
- pezezin 3mo agoYes they are. Every time I visit Tokyo I try to avoid Shinjuku because it is extremely confusing and I always get lost. Signs are mostly useful for people who are new to a place, if you need a significant amount of time to familiarize yourself then they are useless.
- razorbeamz 3mo agoNo, it's incorrect that signs "point to each other." There are multiple ways to get to various lines' platforms. This is not signs pointing to each other, this is signs in different places pointing to the same destination. I live in Tokyo and while I do not go through Shinjuku often as I mostly live and work on the east side, I have no issue using the signs to find the platforms and exits I am looking for. If you pay attention to what the signs have written on them, they will take you where you are trying to go.
- ranger_danger 3mo agoTIL 21 years is not enough time to notice confusing signs. Two signs pointing at each other (I've seen way more of this but here is one example): https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSe-8IRkrWxAMbhBckbTjzjA2dVXU9r6ZB5scmmwb7sNTiqNgtMOo28qwq1&s=10 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSe-8IR... In addition to signs pointing to each other, you also see several signs at once pointing to the same thing in opposite directions: https://skyticket.jp/guide/wp-content/uploads/pixta_46188735_M-e1561080486195-680x428.jpg https://skyticket.jp/guide/wp-content/uploads/pixta_46188735... Or signs pointing the same direction for both East and West exits: https://basyauma.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_5141-2-1024x363.jpg https://basyauma.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_5141-2-1... and https://owl-eat-drink.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/tokyo/step2/%E4%BA%AC%E7%8E%8B%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%BF%E9%A7%85/route18.jpg https://owl-eat-drink.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/tokyo/... Same thing at Ikebukuro: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fi-hate-you-ikebukuro-v0-kfqkaehf3ldd1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3Db7c93bbb19660178a6afe0123cdfc336fa40c199 https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.... There are many, many more examples of this.
- razorbeamz 3mo agoAll of those signs legitimately point towards the destinations on them. I don't understand what your argument is.
- epolanski 3mo agoNot only that but Shinjuku is under massive renovation work which makes the signs genuinely outdated at times.