Thank you, Tokyo, for being such a magnificently weird and fun proof of concept that better cities are possible. May I live to someday drink Bikkle from an unattended vending machine at Civic Centerpic.twitter.com/vZ0sXyk6lL
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Need a place to park? No problem, but you will pay through the nose, as you should. Should have used impeccably clean and reliable mass transitpic.twitter.com/eKFE78cxZR
Hungry? Here’s delicious ramen for nine bucks, not a hipster in sight. You don’t need to tip, here or anywhere else. The staff earn a living wagepic.twitter.com/zHrJI4p7iS
(This isn’t some urbanism master thread; I’m just walking around Akasaka taking random pictures)
And I’m not pretending Japan is perfect. Every place has its flawspic.twitter.com/FUX75HnGeN
Leaving Tokyo now via the elevated, sound insulated, seismically safe toll highway in a taxi covered in doilies. The driver doesn’t want to talk to me about Uber. Bliss.pic.twitter.com/5yRQ661kLY
Also Tokyo Swallows is the best baseball team name on Earth, especially if you support a rival team
Need to board a train quickly? We'll show you where/how to queue.pic.twitter.com/twk8aC9kaa
Oh yeah! The queuing here makes the British look like a disorganized mob
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