Going to a local fish market, Yokohama
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Landmark Tower, Yokohama
Sogo Department Stores そごうデパート
The largest Sogo department store is not far from one of the highest buildings in Japan, the Landmark Building in Yokohama.
There are different Sogo stores around the Yokohama and Tokyo area. However, the largest department store in Japan is presently Sogo in the middle of Yokohama. It is built right over the railway station and the entrance hall is renowned for its clock. The it’s-a-small-world creation attracts tens of thousands of visitors and shoppers every day.
A kind soul recorded the Sogo clock faithfully.
The sound file is 78Mb, so take care when downloading!
The sound file is 78Mb, so take care when downloading!
Like other department stores it sells high quality goods. The departments are spread over many floors with at least two floors underground, linking the enterprise to the subway system as well.
The store displays goods of exceptional quality and one will be mesmerised by the displays and the sheer craftsmanship. Sometimes it feels more like a museum, than a shop.
The Event Corner attracts many visitors who would like some free instruction, information or some free entertainment. Anything to keep shoppers busy and constructively occupied. Today’s topic seems to be Italy, or more interestingly Italian wines – one might as well push the sales in the process.
Right in the heart of Yokohama on top of the station
Yokohama Railway Station and Subway Station
On the roof this time of the year the feature is a traditional Japanese garden, which gives the shoppers a pleasant outing to have a look at something beautiful.
Yokohama Landmark at night
横浜 よこはま
Yokohama
Landmark at night
JR700 Even more wow!
Comfort and convenience on wheels
Inside the carriage above the doors the display shows the next stations where the train will stop. It will be in Japanese, as well as in English. The display will run in time for passengers to get themselves ready should they need to leave the train. The announcer will also explain the stop in Japanese as well as in English.
The Nozomi Super Express to Himeji,
where you could visit Japan’s most beautiful castle.
The Super Express to Hakata (= Fukuoka)
Train will stop at stations: Shin-Osaka, Shin-Kobe,
(The word Shin here means Shin-kansen station)
410 Monorail モノレール ものれーる
from Hamamatsu-chō to Haneda International Airport
浜松町から 羽田国際空港まで
はままつちょうから はねだこくさいくうこうまで
はままつちょうから はねだこくさいくうこうまで
とうきょうの はままつちょうから くうこうまで
from Hamamatsu-cho inTokyo to the airport
ホームから でぐちまでは 400メートルでしょう。
from the platform to the exit seems to be 400 metres
ここから よんかいまでは じゅっぷんぐらいでしょう。
エスカレーターを つかってください。
from here to the 4th floor seems to be about 10 minutes.
please, use the escalator.
ターミナルから ちゅうしゃじょうまでです。
from the terminal to the parking lot.
はねだからよこはままでは いちばん はやいです。
from Haneda to Yokohama will be the quickest.
うえから したまでは 7メートルぐらいでしょう。
from the top to the bottom seems to be about 7 metres.
みなとから はしまでは 30ぷんぐらいでしょう。
from the harbour to the bridge seems to be about 30 minutes.
ここから はままつちょうまでは 1じかんでしょう。
from here to Hamamatsu-cho seems to be 1 hour.
いまから もう よんかげつぐらいでしょう。
from now it seems to be about four more months.
きょうから はしに はいっては いけませんよ。
from today you won’t be allowed to enter the bridge!
Yokohama Landmark Building 横浜 よこはま
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
Landmark Building in Sakuragi-cho
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
横浜 よこはま Yokohama
link: よこはま
Bullet Trains 新幹線 しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
This is your seat ticket travelling from Nagoya to Kyōto, Tokyo to Nagaoka etc. on the Shinkansen, or Bullet Train.
For tourists from outside Japan there is a much cheaper option to travel longer distances. This is easier if you buy a so-called Japan Rail Pass outside Japan first. You can exchange the voucher for a pass, which would entitle you to unlimited travel on JR for one or two or three weeks. Remember though that the Rail Pass can only be bought OUTSIDE Japan. Here is the link to more information on this subject.
It is an important piece of information to know that all Shinkansen (Bullet Train) stations are quite separate from ordinary stations. The Shinkansen stations tend to be “upstairs” and you need your tickets before you can get in. In order to separate the two stations, the Shinkansen stations are talked about as “Shin Osaka”, or “Shin Yokohama”, or Shin Kōbe “; that way no one is confused.
On the platform the space where the train doors will be opening, with their numbers, has already been marked.
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
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新幹線
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新幹線
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しんかんせん
First class Green Seat Compartment
博多 はかた Hakata
is the old name for
福岡 ふくおか Fukuoka
and it is still used by the railways
(for the western line, it is the end of the line)
The lady with the trolley will travel up and down the train for passengers who would like to buy some food or drinks and who do not wish to make use of the dearer option in the dining car. You could of course bring your own prepared food with you, as long as you do not impose on other travelling guests.
A little commercial break
Here is an important Japanese word; Japanese HATE it, they LOATH it;
it is sooooo un-Japanese:
迷惑 めいわく imposition meiwaku
bother, nuisance, trouble
bubble-crushers, loud-mouths, mess-makers, whingers
To bother other people, to impose on them, to make someone else responsible for your issues, to waste other people’s time, to burden them with your problems, to not know your limitations, to play it out in public, to cause a scene, to intrude into someone else’s bubble, to bore other people, to leave your mess for someone else, to be loud and overbearing, to forget that you are a guest, to forget that life is not about you, to seek attention unnecessarily. Do these sound familiar to you? If this is your way of getting by in life, then Japan is sooo not your place to visit!
“But what if…” – stop whingeing! Deal with it! It is your issue, not the world’s. Get help, if you need it; they’ll gladly give it to you, you can get help everywhere and anywhere and anytime, but then MOVE ON! As a nation, the Japanese are perhaps the most helpful people in the world, but DO MOVE ON! They all have a train to catch somewhere and it is a fast train and it isn’t in your direction. Get the idea?
迷惑 めいわく imposition meiwaku
Now back to the Bullet Train again:
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
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Don’t worry:
they also have western-style toilets on the train.
新幹線
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しんかんせん
“oh, dear, is that the price of petrol?”
新幹線
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しんかんせん
新幹線
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新幹線
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Look! There’s your “Shin” reference!
and here’s your real “Shin”! Oh, what fun!
The dearer option, but very pleasant indeed…
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
upstairs downstairs
Enjoy your trip!
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
Shopping 買い物 かいもの
This is what everyday shops look like. Some shops are in the newer suburbs, others are either more downtown, or perhaps the older parts of town. As public transport is amazing, all shops are so easily accessible. If you have time after work (shops are open till very late), many parts of the shopping precincts have lit-up advertising all night long, so it is never dark at night. Otherwise during the weekend (if you don’t have to work) you can go shopping all day long. A million shops to choose from!
Really this areas is not unlike any American, Canadian, Australian or New Zealand shopping precinct. The writing is different and there is a more varied and interesting choice in Japan (personal opinion).
by GhostofMatsubara
The chemist’s
plastic food
if you want to find some more ‘Japanesque’ stuff…
Or if you have a truckload of Yen, or if you want to be seen in just the ‘right’ place – plenty of opportunity here or in other upmarket department stores, but do bring an awful lot of money with you! Not to worry, you will not be alone. There are an awful lot of people who have an awful lot of money.
Or just in the city, out and about with young people.
So much to shop and so much to shop for and there is nothing like starting your training early! There is no cuter way to learn about economics and customer relations.
Let AnPanMan help you and your child get into the mood!
And that Kitty, of course.
“good shopping with snoopy”
don’t you just hate the dog already?!
“good shopping good shopping”
fascinating title – no surprise there
“good shopping series”
another fascinating title – again no surprise there
We are already exhausted from looking at the pictures. If you still have energy and you still need more visual stimulation, just follow the following link.
This is probably the last time that people around you will hear from you. Maybe you should say farewell before you click on the link… Anyway, we warned you!
SHOPPING IN JAPAN:
and if you still have even more time available:
Mt Fuji 富士山 ふじさん
Mt Fuji with Yokohama in the foreground. Visitors to Japan do not realise how close Mt Fuji is to Yokohama and Tokyo.
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