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Sometimes getting lost is a good thing to discover something new or find a new adventure
Preach! So true.
I have the distinction of being a first time tourist in Japan who braved and conquered Tokyo subway in one try. But I almost lost that distinction right there in Ueno. I was a step away into a train going to Saitama instead of riding the Yamanote line. Good thing I read the sign and ask assistance from a rail personnel. Got to my destination safely. If not for his help, who knows what prefecture where I might have been.
Tokyo videos are the ones I enjoy the most, I love the vibe and the energy and it seems like everywhere there's something interesting to see.
So much Great Info, Thanks John.
Amazing! Thank you for touring us around. ✌️
When I first arrived to Tokyo from Narita I had to transfer from Keisei airport train to subway to get to my hotel. So Ueno was my first local station. I felt so lost in this maze of low corridors with so many platforms and tracks. Though I have to say Shinjuku station is even more of a maze. At one point it took me about half hour to find my way from entrance to train tracks.
Travel tip: when I was returning from Kyoto, my last few days in Tokyo were in a Ueno hotel. So after disembarking the the Tokaido Shinkansen, I stayed on the Shinkansen level within Tokyo Station, and entered into the Tohoku Shinkansen waiting area. The Tohoku Shinkansen brought me to Ueno directly, no other stops. This is better than exiting and going up 4 levels onto the Yamanote platform to get to Ueno, especially if it is during rush hour, and you have luggage bags.
Thank you for the info. I watched this when it came out, but it really helped when I started planning for a trip to Tokyo. All my other visits was me wandering around lost at that station too.
Thanks for the tour.😁👍🏻
Had a very nice walk from Ueno Station when we were in Tokyo. We went into the park, then through the beautiful Yanaka neighborhood and the cemetery all the way to Nippori Station. We had a nice lunch in a local yazakaya close to the station and then back to Ginza. Probably one of my favorite days in Tokyo
I miss this place, I love sitting at Andersen Bakery and people watch.
I miss doing that too!
Yes!
Love Andersen Bakery. So much variety!
Awesome
Ueno is one of our favorite area coz of the food and golf shops but havent explored the station this is a great content. Hope we can all travel soon
Those low posts are my sign Ginza line is near and I'm a ride, 3 stops away from my hotel in Asakusa. Missed Ueno, especially the market across it. Lots of street food to eat.
Love the video. Whenever I'm in Japan it's always my hub. I like to stay in this part of the city, Ueno, Minowa or Asakusa :)
It's amazing
I got lost in Ueno Eki in 2016 While trying to find the Ueno Zoo. I following google maps and walked around the outside before walking back and realising I had to go through the park to get the entrance. But I remember getting some Pan from the ANDERSEN's in there and also street food for dinner after the Zoo. I really miss Ueno, it's a lovely area!
Incredible to see how UENO sta. has changed and continues to grow. Love the Eki Ben. 🍱
@@furinkazan4464 Ekiben are designed to help enjoy the train journey more. ekiben shops at train stations make them thematic in some way such as by using local produce that their region is famous for, or by shaping the (edible) decorations inside in the form of local sights. Or making the whole box train shaped, itself. It is a more special experience than standard conbini bento.
The idea is that you sit in your train, eat your delicious Ekiben and think about the places you visited.
Seeing you crouch under those arches was cool 🎉. It makes you look like a giant.
When I was there in the 80th, on one of the floors above the platforms they had a very large restaurant with those plastic dish examples in vitrines, and working with tickets from vending machines. It was an excellent place to eat for city folk and tourists alike. But such a long time ago, I assume it's probably gone now.
Hi John, Ueno Station is my favorite eki in Japan because it leads to.many beautiful places in Tokyo such as the zoo, the parks, the restaurants, the fountains, and it's very near the temples. You can also take a train to any part of Japan
0:37 Hello there, Yamashiroya Toy Store. Damn, I miss that place and Ameyoko. Thanks John for showing us around.
Thank you so much for sharing. I have phobia taking Metro trains at Osaka Station. Is massively busy and huge. I lost inside the station for hours.
Yes, me too! It’s not so bad off peak hours. 9-11 and 7-11pm can be pretty bad!
Too funny. As soon as you said Dentist I could gave guessed Ueno!
Stayed at MyStays hotel in Ueno east..2019..enjoyed our stay..from Ueno station outwards..Yayoi outlet..Shinoya..and many more just near the station..& Eleven..Natural Lawson...Family Mart..walked to Asakusa Sensoji..yes.. very practical place
nice☺️☺️
The touchless machine made you touch more buttons than if you just ordered. lol
It did! I thought that was odd … glad I wasn’t the only one 😂
On yamatone train, there is a new 60 second cartoon every week on pieces of interesting information (reading kanji, flag, tradition, flowers & plants). I don’t know if other trains has that, too.
Man, my biggest memory of Ueno station was the literal homeless city outside the station, they have built an entire city of cardboard.
The last thing I envision Tokyo would have are homeless people. I thought they never existed. I never saw them on Ueno station even late at night as I had a drinking session with my former classmates. But on the last day of my stay, I went to Ueno Park and saw them there, lots of them. It's a sad part but they do exists.
@@glenndavidtorres There's a book called 'Tokyo Ueno Station' which is about a homeless person, his experiences and how he ended up there. In the book it's mentioned that the Station was popular for homeless people.
@@alexadamtravels could be, I might have missed them. Don't need a book to know more about homeless people, they're everywhere, even here in my hometown. We can either help them or let them be.
@@furinkazan4464 I try not to make it a political one, didn't know they were used for political gains. I don't know either where your hometown is. If the homeless are behaving well, then good for you. Some are not as lucky as you.
i recommend that particular hard rock cafe 👍
Need a time machine back to when I went. Got lost and ended up getting a taxi back to Shinjuku 🤣 I walked to Ueno from Asakusa and it was stinking hot. Too tired to figure it all out as the day came to an end.
How much did that taxi cost and how many years ago?
@@jefffromchicago6321 it was almost 4K yen I believe, a little more expensive than I had anticipated!
@@AndrewJohnEgan Thanks, I've only taken small town taxis for out of the way castles.
Hi, thanks for this helpful video. Hmm I need to get to Hibiya line from Ueno station to get to my hotel and reach Iriya station exit 4. Which floor exactly is Hibiya line located?
Ueno Station was also my station to enter and leave Tokyo ^^
Umeda station is one helluva maze to navigate.
I'm traveling to Japan in September 2023 and will be taking the Keisei Skyliner - NRT/Ueno Station. Which exit do I take to get to the taxi stand?
John, when you were saying which train lines were in Ueno station, you forgot to mention the Keisei line, that has a pretty respectable network of train destinations, specially to Narita airport
Yes,that's good for connections, but it's really a different station. You go outside,cross the street, walk 1/2 block in a sea of people. Unless you know of a better way. Let me know.
I find it odd that maps in Japan do not have the orientation of North as up consistently. I don't know if I've ever seen North as up. Is there an explanation for this? Thanks John!
Quite change from 20 years ago ! Next year I will get lost ...
Good
That’s unfortunate for foreigners that in Tokyo not all signs over the stations and on maps reflect the exact names as Keisei Ueno and JR Ueno. Also, it’s impossible to find the maps of exits and interior of the Keisei Ueno Station.
8:25 Shiki-Shima is a really beautiful train ;)
Any new travel updates ?
Hope one day the shinkansen will sponsor John a ticket to Shikishima and show the viewers the luxury behind it!
上野駅行きたい🥲
That’s me for sure, always LOST!!
I didn't know you could get a platform ticket. Well that explains something. I use the route finder machine near the ticket machines. Get a printout of train, track and time and enter the turnstiles to the track. If my train doesn't come to the minute, I don't get on. Afraid I'll get on the wrong train. I go back out to the route finder for a new printout. However the turnstiles don't let me out. I have to go to the attendant.
Yes, the platform ticket is very useful if you’re going to greet coming or helping a friend going - or to get an ekiben 😋 or just look at trains!
Hi John, I know this may be a long shot but can you please greet me for my Birthday(Oct. 22nd) on your next video maybe? That would make a long time follower feel delighted. More power to you man. Keep doing what you do best.❤
Must ask, why is the map at 1:25 reversed. Most maps start out with north on the top with south on the bottom. Having a map going from south (on top) to north (toward the bottom) can easily get some people lost if they do not notice it. At least if they do that they should also print a north to south compass symbol.
Good observation!!
hello! do we need to get or pay for platform ticket everytime we go insode the jr station?
Only if you want to go to the trains, through the turnstiles. The lobby is open, full of shops before that. Only to the trains.
@@onlyinjapanGO Thank you! I got confused about the platform ticket.
the touchless vending machine is very bad screen calibrated, that is why it doesn't work. why the voice isn't working is still a mystery to this day.
Ueno has the only underground Shinkansen station on the entire Shinkansen network.
All trains station 🚉 there are very famous
No wonder to get lost on that station , looks huge ! Atleast i would probably be so lost 😅 !!! Entertaining and educational stream even though i missed this almost entirely , arigato 👍!!!
I think you were supposed to hover over the screen and not touch it. Hence touchless
when is the next travel update?
Probably after the election. There is no new news until then - everything else is just guessing.
Ueno, Tokyo's northern gateway to the rest of Japan. So many great memories of that station. It was the first train station in Tokyo I arrived at.
Ueno Bueno
Hi
next time take the panda bridge, you have a view and there's a giant panda to see and there's lots of pigeons.
I'm ready to get lost in Japan...
The fancy train is Shikishima.
9:50 it's called Lollipop Syndrome :P
Lol, not a tourist. I used to be like that, even though I am black from Bermuda!
SenKyU!!
Do the train stations have wheelchairs?
I don’t think so - (why would they? I think people arrive in their wheelchairs for public transportation.) they’re available at hospitals and some station may have one if there’s an accident … but I doubt for general use.
@@onlyinjapanGO Now that I'm thinking. Wheelchair isn't what I meant. Transportation for someone who can't walk a long way from the train to a bus.
Something like that.
Ai will replace humans. 23:30 AI...
@@furinkazan4464 Artificial intelligence.
@@furinkazan4464 Sure, but I was just making a joke, so I don't see why that would be relevant. And yes, I know that the vending machine isn't real AI, it's just a number of if statements. Nowadays everything gets labeled as AI unfortunately. Marketing be damned.
Wow Shiki-Shima train ride looks nice!!!!!! 😎🛤
Never get sick of the city hoods!!!!👍🏻
I'm confused: At the start of the video John says "Join me for 30 minutes or so" and the video was 35 minutes.... whaaaaa? I feel cheated :D
Love a good Train station video, thanks John :)
Haha! Cheated - or bonus material? 😂 people don’t get notification for live streams for about 30 min sometimes which is why it’s advantageous to go a little longer.
@@onlyinjapanGO Noooooooooo I mean I'm cheated because when you say 30 mins you normally mean at least an hour, and it was only just over the 30 mins. So we were cheated by the 25-30 minutes extra you normally do :D
I don't really like that Hardrock Merch from Ueno as it says Ueno-eki which no non japan fan would know of what it is supposed to be ... they should just put TOKYO only on the clothes instead of Ueno-eki
I usually prefer to go to the one in Roppongi
Also yeah slightly hard to navigate .... I probably took most of the exits already and am always a little bit confused when I am not at the exit below the bridge XD
catch up time. E5 is the colour. us neighbours have to learn about clean public toilets in Japan. Shiki Shima nice plaque. couldn't miss the Canary Yellow Train. careful John... no more hard bbq ribs.. ruins the choppers. zooming off to your next video
ウエノ oo-e-no not way-no
It's normal to adapt the pronunciation to fit the language you're speaking, just like how Japanese people will pronounce English names in a Japanese way in videos that have Japanese speakers as their target audience.
@@furinkazan4464 The point is not whether he can or not, but that people who speak one language will adapt the pronunciation of foreign words to the language they're speaking. Also, many of the people in the audience have never even been to Japan or don't speak Japanese, so he mixes up correct and anglicized pronunciation. This is not a big deal at all. But the internet mob needs to find something to be outraged about.
@@welaka1578 You sound like you've got nothing to do except for making a simple stylistic choice into a huge deal, what's your agenda? Checking your comments, you always write comments and whine about stuff
@@aristeon5908 hey, I know this wasn't directed at me but my original comment was just so people know how to pronounce it and not so much to say John is wrong. People might get in a cab and say 'Way-no ikitai' and the cab driver will take them somewhere completely different. Like it or not John is an influencer, and he should know people are getting educated watching him. He informs people about the history of places, the people, etc so getting the pronunciation of words is important. I remember John himself correcting or informing people during the Tokyo Olympics on how to pronounce Tokyo correctly but this is so different then people just saying To-ky-o. Maybe if he was saying uu-e-no it would have been similarly incorrect. I've been watching John for YEARS, backed his Kickstarters (I don't back anything Google/youtube) so this isn't me being critical.
@@obake3175 Honestly if I go to Japan and take a cab I can just show the driver the address on my phone. People who don't speak the local language sometimes can't even get it right if they try. Imagine you going to Thailand or Turkey or Germany and trying to pronounce the names right. People need to be practical and non-ideological if they're really trying to make things easier for tourists.
I don’t care for Eric 😕
He seems to love everyone he meets! Can’t say enough good things about him. Off camera, he’s the same kind hearted guy and I can’t say that for a lot of other creators. And he make me laugh a lot, great conversationalist too. So much life experience. I wish we lived closer to hear more of his stories. Honestly, heart of good! 💛