Re: It has been 6 weeks in Tokyo!!!

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Yup I will be here

> On Jul 29, 2018, at 02:44, Bob Frankston <Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for hosting us and sharing your experience. Managed to run out my SUICA card taking the cheap train to Narita 
> (no slower than the much more expensive alternatives).
>  
> One the last day we did the Edo Tokyo museum which was done very well.
>  
> Tokyo does seem to be very livable. Next trip I hope to see more of the country.
>  
> From: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> 
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2018 02:14
> To: ip <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: [IP] It has been 6 weeks in Tokyo!!!
>  
> Its been just 6 weeks here and I am getting to get used to the pulse of the city. I commute to the office using the 
> subway (which is jammed at least from 8 am to 10 am). I am beginning to get used to the behavior of the Japanese in 
> at lease subways and walking. I queue up boarding the train after waiting for people to exit and queue up going to 
> the escallator (both things that New Yorkers never seem to do.
>  
> Walking proocols are. Mostly the same as cars except you have to be careful of bikes that ride on the sidewalks (but 
> are fine if you don’t suddenly shift ). I am also a frequent (very frequent) user of the Convientence Stores (like 
> Larsons, 7 11 etc). I pay my health insurance there, reload of the my Suica card — at least in Tokyo a cask card that 
> I put on my IPhone wallet that allows me to pay JR and the subways and many many stores). I can reload it at the 
> stores or from my debit cards on the phone and at JR stations. It is VERY Very convient.
>  
> I am getting braver in stopping at small eating places. The combination of pictures, pointing  and often English 
> clues (sometimes menus) make it easy.  Prices are roughly NYC or less and NO tipping!! That makes it 15 to 20 % 
> cheaper).
>  
> I am at home today since Tokyo is being hit by a Typhoon (so far very mild Maybe Hurricane 1 at best). 
>  
> We had our official Center kick-off last week with good attendance. Here are some pictures 
> https://share.icloud.com/photos/0Lv50Rx1hqraPhW9YYbroM9NQ#Minato_-_Mita .  We expect to put up a streaming of the day 
> soon. 
>  
> More soon.
>  
> Dave
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