Platform doors ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

This system works well when all trains stop exactly at the right spot all the time – Japanese trains always do.

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

demo doors

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

new problems arise though

Platform doors   ホームドア

going to Ikebukuro

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

the repeated colour emphasises the metro line: Yamanote

Platform doors   ホームドア

Bullet train platform doors. In the background is a double-decker Shinkansen carriage with First Class green clover leaf logo.

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Long trains require many doors.

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Repeat colour scheme for Marunouchi Line.

Platform doors   ホームドア

Latest stations are all glassed in to stop jumpers.

Platform doors   ホームドア

  

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

Platform doors   ホームドア

(all photos from the internet for educational purposes)

Do-it-somewhere-else and Let’s-do-it-again Campaign

Not a good look. Not cool.

You get the idea quickly…

A visitor. 

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

This is an interesting one:

This poster does not suggest “No wife bashing!”

It suggests: “Please, do it at home!”

So not a good look! Totally uncool!

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Because the campaign has been so eye-catching and so popular, some people have started to “adapt” the posters. Particularly the rude and the quite offensive ones are popular with some youngsters. Of course the English translation is not the one given. Someone messed with this one on a website. The real translation is underneath.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

So much for America…

Not a good look. Not cool.

 Mind you, we’ve felt tempted at times…

Great imagined fun!

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Not a good look. Not cool.

Subway ちかてつ chikatetsu

This is at a “quieter” time…

This is a more ordinary day…

Here it is a little busier…

We’re in a hurry…

Getting pretty crowded…

You certainly don’t want to be the last one…

This is what it was like “in the olden days”…

Do it somewhere else! 他所でして下さい。よそでしてください。

でんしゃでやらないでください！
Don’t do it on the train, please!

Please, do it at the beach!

Tunnels トンネル とんねる

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

A little bit of clever science:

This principle also applies to Japanese trains, and as there are so many tunnels in Japan and the trains travel so fast, the trains and the tunnels need to be designed very cleverly. By the way, the most famous tunnel is not the Chunnel Tunnel. Surely the Seikan is much more amazing – but it isn’t between Britain and France. Sorry.

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Tunnels    トンネル　とんねる  tonneru

Trains 電車 でんしゃ

 

And this sums it all up: Japan

Traffic 交通 こうつう

your friend followed by 1000 rubberneckers… you so need them…



Cartoons まんが

 

Shinjuku 新宿 しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

More information on Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station (largest railway station in Japan). We read somewhere that in one day some four million people plus go through Shinjuku Station. Believe it or not?! Well, we didn’t count them, but it sure was unbelievably crowded!

Shinjuku    新宿　しんじゅく

The kanji for shinjuku explained 

and an easy way to remember them:

Shinjuku   新宿　しんじゅく　New Inn

More information:

Shinjuku Station

photos from internet for educational purposes

Department store デパート でぱーと