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How to Get A Unique Souvenir from Japan Railways

Posted on December 12, 2014 by findingfoodfluently

I was never really interested in train travel until visiting Japan. It might have to do with a combination of uniformly unpleasant experiences riding Amtrak, the primary passenger service in the US, and wanting to be squeezed into a train … Continue reading →

Posted in East & Southeast Asia, Japan, Non-Aviation Transit | Tagged history, Japan, japanese, souvenir, Suica, train, travel | 3 Comments

Crowded

Posted on August 29, 2014 by findingfoodfluently

Before I went to live in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2008, I was already well-equipped to spin yarns about some particularly heady commutes. Getting smushed into train carriages in Tokyo by station staff dressed better than me (or maybe that’s why … Continue reading →