57. A colour-coded orange section on the subway car with priority seats (the elderly, injured, parents with kids and pregnant women), but also a quiet zone?pic.twitter.com/TnAoTgUeSg
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57. A colour-coded orange section on the subway car with priority seats (the elderly, injured, parents with kids and pregnant women), but also a quiet zone?pic.twitter.com/TnAoTgUeSg
58. A lot of cabs are older cars, with mirrors mounted all the way in the front.pic.twitter.com/H7geDXh3JO
59. A handle to help you sit down and get up, plus a little notch for your… cane, I think?pic.twitter.com/DkEgVUXHo7
60. Manspreading: A global epidemic. :·/pic.twitter.com/2A2cReIqH6
61. A split-flap date clock in an older subway station!!! Google Translate says both buttons (which I assume are for manual advancing) say “push,” but they look slightly different?pic.twitter.com/0pwpmatlLk
(By the way, I really enjoy all of you jumping in with context, stories, corrections, and so on. This is very informative and I appreciate it!)
62. In addition to 2+ writing systems, each subway station in Tokyo also has a letter+number identifier, e.g. E09. Also, I liked the convention “grayed out text = stations already visited.” It helped me once I got it. Does it mean each line is always shown in the same order?pic.twitter.com/tpUchRfwb8
63. I didn’t know I had so many feelings for vending machines until I started seeing dozens of them outside, exposed to elements. (Which explains the money cover above.) Also, vending machines don’t seem to be gross here! Which is becoming kind of an overall theme.pic.twitter.com/iVDps94mxs
64. Speaking of vending machines, this Tommy Lee Jones encounter was very Lost In Translation.pic.twitter.com/Vd8sPdIRqN
I loved the vending machines and I think became addicted/dependent on the canned coffee during my 2.5 week trip last year. Here’s my favorite encounter with Boss Tommypic.twitter.com/VLI1BjVccc
I bet he’s listening to his own soothing voice.
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