Cool new stuff (buildings / trains / technology etc.)
Apr 16, 2009, 4:24 am
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15 minutes is very doable today. You want to talk about cool new stuff? Here you go.....
http://www.mori.co.jp/mcas/
http://www.mori.co.jp/mcas/
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Apr 16, 2009, 4:26 am
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Apr 16, 2009, 4:59 am
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Apr 16, 2009, 5:06 am
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Compared to the N'ex. Hmmmm....
10-20 minutes (being very generous) to get from baggage claim to the ticket counter to the next train which may or may not be arriving soon.
An hour to Tokyo.
Another 20 minutes to the same locale (i.e. Akasaka).
And nobody to carry your bags.
So 35 minutes vs. 100 minutes. Or 1/3 of the time in a manner as different as is Y from F.
Far better would be a better descriptor than "Not very much better." This is a business venture. Strictly that. Subsidization it is not.
Apr 16, 2009, 6:25 am
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Apr 19, 2009, 9:15 am
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On my last trip out to NRT on the N'Ex, I noticed that they were adding an elevated connection to the viaduct just outside of the town of Narita (when you go past the shopping center). Maybe this is some minor improvement? Possibly it could eliminate the need for the N'Ex inbound to Tokyo to have to stop and wait on the trestle?
Seems to me that if JR doesn't do something, Keisei will kill them when the faster train route opens up, it will even be significantly faster to Shinjuku than N'Ex (although the Yamanote line part is less comfortable).
Seems to me that if JR doesn't do something, Keisei will kill them when the faster train route opens up, it will even be significantly faster to Shinjuku than N'Ex (although the Yamanote line part is less comfortable).
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Apr 19, 2009, 9:53 am
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Another one from the "what the hell were they thinking" file: In Hiroo, a while back, a Nathan's hotdogs opened. Lasted about a year or so, only to be replaced by a "Chinese and Italian" restaurant. I gave that 6 months also. I think it lasted 5 months.
Apr 19, 2009, 11:10 am
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I went to a Chinese restaurant in a provincial capital in northern Italy. The noodles were delivered prior to the 'secondi piatti' and it really took us a long time to figure out that they weren't going to bring us anything else until we ate them.
Apr 20, 2009, 6:49 pm
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Was that in Hiroo? I definitely went to one in Shinagawa, in the "Fake New York" part of the Station. I thought there was one in Harajuku also? Or has that one closed as well? I
Apr 21, 2009, 2:49 am
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For the record, I actually quite like Japanese-style breakfast (fish, rice, miso soup, dried seaweed, pickled plums, etc.) But a hot dog for breakfast is just not kosher, in all senses of the word.
Apr 21, 2009, 9:00 am
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Ooof. I'm generally extremely keen on Japanese food, but the idea of waking up for a breakfast of miso soup, raw egg, pickles and a bowl full of fish fry and grated daikon is major control on my alcohol consumption when on away-days to the onsen.
Apr 21, 2009, 10:21 pm
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This was the tone adopted by the Yomiuri Shinbun that I read on my journey to Narita on Tuesday. It seems that the NRT-HND maglev is being pushed by the governors of Kanagawa and Chiba. They'd like to make Narita and Haneda into one big virtual airport. It seems to be very "product out" thinking to me.
Needless to say, their estimated costs of 1.3 Trillion yen would turn out to be ridiculous underestimate if the project were to go ahead... and they don't want to pay for it themselves...
Does this mean that a train that goes to Keisei Ueno will then continue on to HND? I didn't see any way to do that (other than having the train back out of Keisei Ueno station until it gets to a junction somewhere).
Or does this mean that some trains from Narita will route to Keisei Ueno, while others will merge with the Asakusa line, missing out Nippori and Keisei Ueno?
(Or does it mean that the new station at Nippori will allow trains to merge onto a subway line somehow?)
Provided they don't have the crummy Bombardier seating, I'll see it as an improvement.
Needless to say, their estimated costs of 1.3 Trillion yen would turn out to be ridiculous underestimate if the project were to go ahead... and they don't want to pay for it themselves...
Or does this mean that some trains from Narita will route to Keisei Ueno, while others will merge with the Asakusa line, missing out Nippori and Keisei Ueno?
(Or does it mean that the new station at Nippori will allow trains to merge onto a subway line somehow?)
Provided they don't have the crummy Bombardier seating, I'll see it as an improvement.
Jun 3, 2009, 10:07 pm
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Mt.Fuji Shizuoka Airport
An international airport opens today.
It is Mt.Fuji Shizuoka Airport.
http://www.mtfuji-shizuokaairport.jp/english/index.html
JL,KE,NH fly into the airport.
It means 3 major alliances serve it.
It is Mt.Fuji Shizuoka Airport.
http://www.mtfuji-shizuokaairport.jp/english/index.html
JL,KE,NH fly into the airport.
It means 3 major alliances serve it.
Last edited by O Sora; Jun 3, 2009 at 10:13 pm
