First Experience on Japanese Trains in Tokyo!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.พ. 2024
- Public transportation is amazing here! Being Americans, we were surprised with public transportation in Europe, but the timeliness of trains in Japan is a WHOLE NEW LEVEL! Not to mention how quiet, clean and respectful people (and the stations) are! Wow.
Join us in our adventures around Tokyo! We can't say we didn't get lost at Shibuya square, but we sure had a good time taking in the rush of thousands of people passing by.
Have you ever been to Japan? What did you think of the trains? Let us know in the comments below.
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Lots of love,
Tanner, Risa, Willa + Noa! :)
I LOVE riding the Japanese trains (the du-dun du-dun sounds, the quietness, even the train station music because it feels so nostalgic to me every time etc.). Especially because I'm German at least by my passport and moved here over 30 years ago. My mum usually falls asleep, even when she is standing (she is Japanese and grew up in Tokyo).
Aww we love that!! There were so many people sleeping on the trains so it’s fun to hear your mom does/did that too!
Yeah, Tokyo is _insane._ I was up on Tokyo tower taking pictures of the cityscape going clockwise around the platform...at some point I was like, "wait a minute...", checked my photos, and noticed that I was on my second trip around. The city stretches to the horizon in every direction. You could spend your whole life there and not see everything because, by the time you've seen the last thing the beginning is entirely new. It's fascinating and exhausting, endlessly exiting and mundane all at the same time.
Wow we haven’t been here too long but this is exactly how we are feeling! You have a great way with words! We went to shibuya sky and couldn’t believe our eyes!!
In my experience, Tokyo is largely overrated. There are many much more beautiful and interesting places in Japan. As a tourist and new to Japan, Tokyo is of course a mandatory stop. It is also a good place to start your stay in Japan as it usually begins in Tokyo.
Cannot wait for them to explore all japan.
Aww thanks!! We cannot wait either! 🙌
Everyone is always quiet on the train and/or Shinkansen --- one of the "polite" rules of Japan! My son is married to a Japanese gal and when I visit I am always amazed at the efficiency of the trains/shinkansen! I have noticed the quietness on the trains
We are looking forward to when we can ride the Shinkansen!
That’s so cool! What fun experiences I’m sure your family has seeing each other and traveling in Japan together! 😊
Love your guys' videos so much! You're taking us with you to so many places in this beautiful world! Thanks so much for sharing your experiences. Love watching you exploring this wonderful world and to seeing your lovely daughters experiencing all of this. Take care and enjoy. Love to you guys. ❤
Aww love to you!! 🫶🫶 it means so much you watch the adventure and join in on the fun!!
Yes the quietness!! Loved it, when we visited 10 urs ago! I tell everyone that Tokyo is the best, cuz its quiet! April is the flower show at the big garden. Ask someone i don't recall the place🤷♀️💐💐🌹🌷
Oooh thank you! We will be sure to look into it!
What an adventure!! Y'all are the sweetest couple and those girls are just too precious 💕. Y'all take everything in stride and looks like you've done exactly that with the train system. Thanks for sharing 😊
Aww so much love to you 🫶 It’s such a fun adventure to do life with our family!
You will be amazed at all of the other "polite" rules of Japan as you navigate your way in the coming months! Have fun and I am having fun watching you have fun! Ha! Ha! 👍😉 from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦
Oh we love to hear that! 😊🫶 We can’t wait to learn more!
And so fun to hear you’re from Ontario!! It’s on our bucketlist to visit there someday! 😊
Oh my goodness, my anxiety went through the roof just seeing all those foreign signs, crowds, trains, and tunnels😂 Very interesting to see. Even though it doesn't look like it, it's probably all very well organised and smooth running. For me though, a 62 Yr old Oma living alone, much too overwhelming and way out of my comfort zone🙈😅
Is Willa in Kindergarten there or not yet? I'm curious to see how she picks up the language❤
Haha we can understand that! It’s a lot being in a new place with a different language. Thankfully they have English signs to help. 😊 Willa is not in school yet but she will be starting a Japanese school in April.
@OurStorytoTell
😁Thank you for your response.
Bless Willa, she's so bright she will be chatting with her new friends in the local language in no time and she will come home and teach you😄 I'm wondering if you will settle down SOMEwhere in the world once she starts her formal education when it won't be so easy to uproot her to travel.
Welcome to my busy neighbourhood of Shinjuku/Shibuya! 🙂 It's great using apps like Google Maps and always making connections on time (versus the increasingly common delays of DB in Germany), and if you know your exit number there's generally lots of signs pointing the right way. Looking forward to seeing your experiences with the Shinkansen or the nice limited express trains to places like Hakone/Atami/Shimoda (though reminder for the Shinkansen toward Osaka/Kyoto that if you take large luggage you need to reserve a free spot for the luggage ahead of time).
We're almost at plum blossom season, starting mid-February
Ohh that is such a helpful tip to know about reserving a spot for the luggage!! Thank you for sharing!
Marissa, if you ever travel the rail lines with just yourself and your daughters, use those pink train cars (which are for women and girls only) whenever possible. Yes, I know that one may not think it fair that men and boys over 12 aren't allowed on those (alas not all men riding on trains are gentlemen like Tanner) . However, they're not as crowded as the regular train cars and you & your little one could use less crowding whenever possible.
Great vid showing the Tokyo-Yokohama area train system and you and Tanner gave some good tips on how to navigate the zillions of different lines and the labyrinths that stations often have (and I look forward to watching your impressions of Tokyo Disney to say nothing of exploring Tokyo San and Yokohama [e.g.check out the Chinatown there])! Thanks!
Oh this is all super helpful information!! Thank you so much for sharing!! 🫶 We can’t wait to check out Chinatown at Yokohama! Definitely on our list!
Beautiful Family! I have to say Wow because Mom is a “Sandra Bullock”lookalike! Younger and prettier! Keep having Fun!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Okay wow now that is a huge compliment! Thank youuu 🫶💗
Some years ago I collected japanese trains. 🚃 in N-scale (1:160) from Kato and Tomix. Commuter trains, Nighttrains and of course many different Shinkansen. So I know them well and how they look...🤓
What no way! So awesome!
仲良しファミリー😃🍒😃
Nice family video
Thank you so much for watching!! We hope you'll stick around for more :)
...please guys always have your daily vlog, we get bored not watching new vlogs 😊
What about your house hunting?
Ahh yes we have so many “firsts” here in Japan that we are showcasing a bit of all of them so the next few videos will be a mixture of travel, car shopping, and eventually another house hunting video! We are still filming the house hunting video because things took a surprising turn for us!! Stay tuned!! 😅😊
The soundtrack makes me feel like you guys are on a caper of some sort. :)
Haha 🤣
You may have already noticed but Japanese children take their shoes off if they are climbing on the seats in the train. Also make sure your backpack is in front of you if you are on a packed train because you don't want to hit someone if you turn around.
We actually haven’t seen the children on the trains do that, but I’m sure we will soon. So fun to learn and see the politeness. Great tip about the backpack!
In my experience I never noticed that. Normally the parents make sure that the children did not step onto the seats with their feet. In general, the Japanese are very careful not to cause offense. However, it is also unusual to criticize others and let it be known that you are disapproving of certain behaviour.
Wow. That was a quick one 😉. Interesting for sure. I'm wondering how you find your way, because of those funny signs. I wouldn' t understand it. Have fun 😍
Haha yes it’s a shorter video then some of our others videos, but we hope you enjoyed it! 😊 They typically have English written underneath so that helps us navigate our way.
They are in English too
@@gsmith6897 Great 👍
Wow how confusing. Glad you guys firgured that out about all the different trains 😮😮
We’ve been surprised at how many English signs there have been! It helps for sure 😊
@@OurStorytoTell That sure does help LOL
Just got back from 10 days in Japan with my hubby and my 2 year old to visit his family. Important lesson learned: DO NOT take your little ones on the Tokyo metro during the hours between 5-7pm. We made that mistake coming back from harajuku and were absolutely smooshed. I had to hold my sleeping toddler and had a Japanese salaryman have to put her blanket back on her when it fell off bc my hands were literally full. 😂 Do yourselves a favor and just take a taxi during those hours or plan to be home already.
Oh man that sounds like quite the experience!! Thanks for sharing the tips!! It’s an adventure going anywhere with two kiddos but during rush hour!! Wow super mom!
Also Japanese etiquette is that you don;t talk on the trains and buses.
That makes sense. It was soo quiet!
The forest is most likely the "Shinjuku Gyoen" park. It's a paid park with a Starbucks. It is a very nice park.
The Shibuya station is very not easy to understand right now. I mean they bulldoze a build that is the station build without shutting down the station ... I mean, it's crazy.
Oh that makes sense why it’s so crazy right now!! We will have to visit the forest and park sometime!
That is the Meiji Shrine + Yoyogi Park cos they are right next to Shibuya. that is a true forest in the middle of downtown whereas the Shinjuku Gyoen has a luge lawn and relatively fewer trees
At first I thought it was all in one day and I was thinking, how did you end up going the right way to Maihama and then end up further away 😂 when you got to Shibuya I realised😂.
I find the Navitime by Japan Travel app much better for trains.
Haha yeah we could see how that is confusing! 😂 We put a little note in it to break up the days, but it could have been missed! You know Tokyo well it sounds like! Do you visit here often or live here? Also thank you! We need to try that one!
@@OurStorytoTell I used to live in Osaka but have been to Tokyo quite a few times, including twice last year (we live in New Zealand 😊). Japan is the most amazing place ❤️
The thumbnail is the subway from the Police's "So Lonely" video. Asakusa line
Too funny we had no idea!!
曲を聴いただけで何駅かわかるなw
「ここは横須賀〜♪」
Wowww 👏👏 I love it!! Haha you are good!
Man, Deutsche Bahn catching strays our here. :D
Hahaha trueee
Thank goodness for those Apps. Otherwise i would be absolutely lost 🫣. I been told that Japans Disney is mind blowing seen a few other yt families visit and they were just grinning from Ear to Ear at their adventures on this park . Looking Forward to seeing your reactions 😜💕.
Have a Good week 🥰
Aww yay!! You’re going to love the video next week!! It truly is amazing!
I frequently watch a live stream showing the train track leading to the main station in Tokyo. The have 6 normal tracks and 2 high speed tracks there. And there is a train going by about every 10 seconds! If they would try that here in Germany, it would take about 5 minutes until everything comes to grinding halt. Because some train is late, then other have to wait, and because of that more have to wait and so on. The German Deutsche Bahn cals a train delayed if its more than 10 minutes late or so. If a Japanese train is 5 minutes late, the train driver breaks down in tears and wants to commit suicide. Not to mention cleanliness in the trains and such things...
Oh wow that is so interesting to hear!! Makes us sad to hear about the reaction of the Japanese train conductor. Amazing timeliness though and very impressive!
@@OurStorytoTell May be I exaggerated a bit with the train driver, but check out this video: What happens when a train get late in Japan.
And have a look how they proceed in their work: Why do Japanese train drivers point at everything?
You are only seeing some of the JR lines in the stream cos they are above ground. There are a few more JR lines running underground and many more metro lines connecting to Tokyo Station from underground (though the station for metro lines is called "Otemachi" rather than "Tokyo")
Ouch..... This accustical overload would drive me crazy....also all the concrete as far as you are able to look, all these people. I'm tired already. 😅
I could not live there. Gives me a headache and wears me out totally. It must be torture for Japanese autistic people, to deal with this on a daily level. - Glad that you enjoy yourself. 🙂
Greetings from Castle in Höllrich Germany
Hans
Oh Hans!! 👋 So fun to see a comment here from you! We hope you’re doing well and that your castle is too!! Maybe we will see you again someday? 😊
Also research about the etiquette of filming on trains.
We will have to!
You should do a video comparing to the health care cost in japan and america you’ll be shocked on how cheap it is in japan
We do have a video coming out in a bit about our first healthcare experience in Japan! Stay tuned!! 😊
@@OurStorytoTell I live in America and for healthcare I fly to South Korea because it’s so much cheaper
The music you listened at Yokosuka Chuo Station, the title is "The Yokosuka Story"(横須賀ストーリー) by Momoe Yamaguchi in 1976.
This was one of the greatest hit music in 1970s in Japan.
The music you listend at the station.:
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Original song:
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Please listen the other music of each Keikyu train stations. You will listen all music at the each station when the train approaches on the platform.
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Wow thanks so much for sharing!! So interesting to learn more about the Japanese music! 😊
@@OurStorytoTell Furthermore, songs at Keikyu stations are characterized by the fact that the singer is from the area or that the lyrics are set around the station.
I'll leave some examples and I hope you enjoy your stay in japan.
But the music at Shinagawa Terminal in Tokyo and Haneda Airport T1/T2 stations are from Keikyu's advert song, "Akai densha"(the Red Trains) by Quruli.
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"Natsu-iro" by Yuzu(1998) for Kamiooka Station.
The singers "Yuzu" are from Isogo ward, Yokohama city, near this station.
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"Misaki meguri" by Kotaro Yamamoto(1974) for Miura Kaigan Station.
The song is about the bus trip around the cape and beaches.
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I heard that almost no one in Japan speaks English. That's why it's very difficult. You can only get apartments or houses if you have a Japanese person to vouch for you
The english language skills in Japan are for the most part low. Even in large hotels in Tokyo, the staff are quickly overwhelmed if anything goes beyond the memorized English sentences.
But it depends from the area. In rural areas english did not work at all. One of the reasons for this is that hardly any English is spoken in class. In addition, many Japanese people never travel abroad and therefore do not need english language skills. It's a bit like in the US, where foreign language skills are often very poor because you simply don't need them.
Yes here where we live there are more individuals speaking English but still… we are using Google translate quite frequently!
Tokyo has still a lot of rather classic/old trains running (fat seats/pillows, (wooden ring) holding (like the old Indian trains)) - gives me some classic vibes. Those old fat seats are not very economic but very comfy! Tokyo/Japan as such has a lot of 70-80ties like profane architecture but thanks to its size and many diverse lively urban/metropolis hotspots (and here and there other more intersting architecture beween modern and old) it is a really fascinating city. yep, the trains in Japan are (thanks to own tracks) usually very punctual, but in difference to Germany the regions are less connected. very good in the metropole area (except a few bad designed lines), not as good the more regional you get (and those are also getting more into deficits due to the combination of a shrinking demographics and ore urbanization especially of the youth (like global) ...
Tokyo Sky Tree.
Thanks for the suggestion!!
よりによって日本の鉄道に中でも特殊な京急かｗ
We love it lol
Why can you live inside Yokosuka Air Base? Are you a military person?
Great question! Yes we are civilian working for the us government, but now we live off the base. That was just temporarily as we found our Japanese house. You should watch those videos! 😊
You should visit Okinawa. It's called the Hawaii of Japan - very beautiful. Although there is a big US military presence. Okinawa was returned to Japan only in 1972 after WW2.🤓
We want to! It looks amazing!! 😍
サムネが新作の8番出口かと思った
Oh wow!! We don’t even know what movie that is so we will have to look into it 😅
@@OurStorytoTell Since I posted the comment above, I'm watching your videos through. It's impressive for me that you and your family are very positive in an "unfamiliar" place.
Keep on good work.
The Asian culture is respectful and reserved in public places. Your family will get used to the peaceful atmosphere of Asia. The laws in Japan are strict. Check out Paolo from Tokyo vlogs to be informed about Japanese culture 💖
Asia is quite big and diverse. Japan, South Korea and Singapore are for instance not India, Pakistan or Central Asia states or the Middle East and Iran. The Catholic Christian Philippines have a more lively/louder/open culture than Thailand, Japan, Malaysia etc... and btw: technically even Europe is part of Asia - the border/continent is rather more political/historical which often results in to name the whole thing Eurasia.
Thanks for suggesting someone for us to watch on TH-cam! We will have to check it out 😊
@@publicminx There are similarities between some asian cultures, but there are many big differences too. I know Japan and South Korea very well and it's not the same. When foreigners mix it up, it is offensive to Japanese and Koreans.
@wizardm only stupid people get offended if foreigners mix things up due to a lack of knowledge. smart ppl reflect that there is a lack of knowledge and can differ intentions from that. btw, this is true for most/all cultures. and it is also true for individual ppl (everyone also represents its own culture). idiots: easy to offend. smart and more evolved ppl: not! apart from that, yay, there are differences but the difference between Afghanistan and Japan is bigger (and more significant) than Southkorea to Japan (the cultural impact on each other is also different which every oine could see by the exchange of kpop, manga, anime etc.). and the main topic was about general differences within Asia. there are also differences between Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland. In reality such differences are close to irrelevant compared to the differences to other cultural spheres. that most people like stereotypes and bla bla about every minor differences (like between Bavaria in Germany and Berlin or Tirol and Vienna or Texas to California or US vs. Canada etc.) should not bias to much the view on the grand scheme of things ...
Compared to Europe, Tokyo looks... gray and " boxy" 🏢 😉
Haha a lot of cement that’s for sure!! Stay tuned to see a perspective from above in two weeks!! 😱
To be exposed to such music while waiting for the train would put me in a very dark state of mind.. to say it very diplomatic..because actually for me that is cruel torture
In Japan you hear very often such Jingles in public, for a foreigner from Europe or USA its weird but you quickly get used to it and no longer consciously notice it.
We enjoyed it but can see how it would not be enjoyable haha!
That makes sense to us after living here because they are in quite a bit of places!
電車が来ない間ずっと流れるわけじゃないから…
電車がホームに来る時に警告する音楽だから、少しだけの我慢で済むよ。
@@OurStorytoTell20 seconds late and they apologized
Take off the children's shoes.
Yes we didn't know that was a thing, but it makes sense & we will do it next time!!
Public spaces should not be polluted. The only thing you can get dirty is your sofa. Please follow Japanese rules.
10:35 日本では俳優のドラマ撮影やけが人、病人の心臓マッサージを除いて、外で誰かと仲良くキスをすることはとても下品なことです。絶対にやめましょう！