Originally Posted by
jib71
Yeah. And because the gates work in Yen, you'll find hundreds - or even thousands - deducted from your account. Scary stuff!
(No. In reality, if the reader is confused by multiple NFC chips in the vicinity, it will just refuse to let you through and you'll need to pull out the right card and place it on the reader).
LOL, I wasn't implying it would read my credit cards at the train terminals. Guess it was better to say, what is the best way to store a second card so that it doesn't cause that confusion or possible double deduction for fares?
Originally Posted by
jib71
GoogleMaps show the scale in the bottom left corner. You can get exact distances that way. Basically, most urban spaces are on a smaller scale than you're likely used to. However, in some neighborhoods (e.g. skyscraper districts in Tokyo / reclaimed islands in Kobe etc.) the scale can get pretty "inhuman".
Don't know how I missed that, but the directions to and from started working, so I have an idea of how long the walk should be. Would suck to walk 15 minutes in the wrong direction with a suit case...
Originally Posted by
jib71
Apparently the hotel is 3 minutes walk from Anamori Inari station. From there the Keikyu train to Shinagawa should take about 20 minutes. Easy peasy.
Great, just what I was looking for, thanks.
All this transportation stuff is confusing, but locally we only have one bus company and one train company to get around (and of course I just get in my car). I'll have to be revising my transportation budget, since there is still so much not included with the JR Pass.