My Morning Commute Tokyo
posted on 2009-08-18 - amd.im/BeL8
When I stay in Tokyo, I rarely "stay" in Tokyo long. It's more of a base-of-operations, or more accurate: a place where I leave my suitcase.
I have not yet had a vendor that could actually call themselves, "based in Tokyo" but it's still a major hub and so it ends up being a hub of my travels in Japan.
This commute is not a single day's commute like the other days, instead I'm posting pictures from two days of commuting as they were drastically different.
Day 1:
The first day I had to visit a vendor in Toyama, which unfortunately is difficult to get to by train (mountains in the way). This meant a day flight, not my favorite.
It took me nearly 5 hours to make the 176km flight for a 4 hour meeting and then another 5 hours to get back to the hotel, but that's life.
Day 2:
The Chue express line from Shinjuku to the Tokyo Central Station.
On the second day, I had to visit a vendor that was outside Niigata, a ways north of Tokyo, but much more easily accessible by train.
Stripes generated by the blur of a passing train.
To get there, I took the Chue line from Shinjuku to the Tokyo Central Station then the JR Shinkansen up to the Tsubame-Sanjo Station.
A self-portrait in one of the tunnels during my commute
And a bonus shot below, of my evening commute back to Shinjuku after a long day...
My Evening Commute
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