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Shepard said:
I couldn't say this in any other thread, but hot dang, I love the Green Line. Even when it's slow, stalled, or broken it makes me happy. Ding ding! All the other lines should have been the Green Line. A wild tangle of green trolley noodles. Who looks at the Orange Line and says damn, that's an attractive line? Nobody. This isn't just because green is my favorite color (even though I think that does play a role to a small extent). Go Green Line!
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It was even better when it was all PCC's. Their drivers would actually accelerate into the stations to produce a merry and raucous clatter. Each and every arrival was thus celebrated, while Japanese tourists scattered in alarm.
 
Speaking of which, the subways in Japan are so orderly they're quirky. I love how everyone lines up on the mark to enter the car.
 
The seat cushions they have are so deep and plush! I wonder what kind of capital punishment they mete out for knifing them?
 
Boston once drew noticeable numbers of Japanese tourists? Musta been during the early 80's.

Blah, not a day goes by when I don't miss riding the rails in Tokyo.

Another awesome thing about public transit in Japan: the ticket kiosks, many of which look about 20 years old, accept big bills (all the way up to 10,000 yen notes) and actually dispense change in the form of bills when appropriate...not a sea of coins like a Vegas slot machine (this happens nearly every time I ride CalTrain or BART). You can even stuff a stack of bills simultaneously and the machines have no trouble processing them.

Also, who would have a knife in Japan besides a yakuza, who'd be riding around in some black German-make auto and not stooping to ride the train?
 
Another awesome thing about public transit in Japan: the ticket kiosks, many of which look about 20 years old, accept big bills (all the way up to 10,000 yen notes) and actually dispense change in the form of bills when appropriate...not a sea of coins like a Vegas slot machine (this happens nearly every time I ride CalTrain or BART). You can even stuff a stack of bills simultaneously and the machines have no trouble processing them.
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And if one of your bills gets stuck an attendant will POP OUT OF A SECRET HATCH IN THE WALL OF THE STATION and hand it back to you. I had heard about this but it didn't stop me from being amazed when it happened.
 
blade_bltz said:
Boston once drew noticeable numbers of Japanese tourists? Musta been during the early 80's.
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You've obviously never been in the Back Bay when Matsuzaka starts?

And Van, I have no idea what the hell that was that you posted, but it's absolutely amazing.
 
I've seen huge Japanese tourist groups wandering through the North End during the summer. And one just yesterday, taking up almost all of MIT's Lobby 7.
 
briv said:
You've obviously never been in the Back Bay when Matsuzaka starts?
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LOL no, I've had to watch the whole DiceK, uh, spectacle from afar. But I'd assume that crowd would consist of Japanese nationals living in Boston/Cambridge, affiliated with some university or other, rather than tourists per se (like the big groups Ron describes).

In my neck of the woods, the Japanese tourist stereotype has been discarded in favor of "Asian tourist" more generally, since it didn't take long to realize that those equally well dressed businessmen are speaking Mandarin, not Japanese. Something about the economy or something.
 
Japanese tourists and Chinese tourists behave so differently I'm not sure how anyone can confuse them.
 
yes IAM seeing this on the Newberry ST w. the rainscoats AND the plaidshoes annnd scarf und PUPPY poop plad BAGS,
 
Not the way they dress, the way they act.

I don't think there are many mainland Chinese tourists around Boston. People would notice. There's a much less formal vibe than one sees with Japanese tourists.
 
we saying SAME think here. Birdbery VERY butoning down like STICK up back
 
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