My Impression of Tokyo

Whenever I think of Tokyo, I remember all those people I saw dozing in the trains! I mean it was so bad..I practically saw a mass of people wh0 are over worked and I felt so sorry for them.
I remember this particular student dressed in a school uniform; a black suite. He was seated right opposite me and had a Portable Music Player in one hand, earphones and his blue racksack was on the floor.

It was nine in the morning but this boy was dozing so much. Its good that there was no one seated next to him because he kept falling sideways. The sleep seemed so nice but I was amazed that he never let go his music player and when his train station was mentioned, he woke up and went out like he had never dozed at all!
This young man is not alone. There are thousands of such cases in Tokyo.Since Life is so busy, to some, a train ride is the only break they have to catch a nap.




People live large
I have never seen so many fancy cars. Every five seconds, a merc , beemer , chevey or Jaguar passed by me. I stared until my neck hurt! I dont know when Uganda will receive this latest models ..probably 10 years from now :)I was told that the majority of wealthy people in Tokyo dont buy Japanese cars. I guess that explains the cars! So if you want to see the literal version of living large, visit Tokyo

After my visit, I can see why its recommended as one of the places one should visit before they die. I was blown away by the beautiful architecture!

The crowd...
Tokyo is also a crowded city. I have never seen so many people at ago like that. I felt so overwhelmed. Imagine making a u-turn, and you find yourself being suddenly approached by over 2500 people. In one minute, a train subway can change from empty to too crowded reason being that there are so many trains picking and dropping off people.

Speaking of trains, there is alot of running involved. A train stops for approximmately 30 seconds. So if you are slow, you can be left behind. And its worse if you have luggage, you have to negotiate staircases and push through people in order to get to the train in time.
One thing that however amazed me was the orderly nature people get off the train. All people coming into the train keep left and allow those leaving to alight before they enter.

Even on the staircases, all people keep left to pave way for anyone who is in a hurry. Imagine if this was Kampala..what organised disorganised mess would we have? May be it would be like the case of the traffic jam situation where we are used to our disorganised organisation:)

I could go on and on about Tokyo but I guess I have said enough..for today.
Will end here
till the next entry