The Tokyo Traveler

While Japan is known as a very proper country when it comes to etiquette, and most times people will go out of their way to be polite, it seems that the some of the busy residents of Tokyo, and the city’s smokers, may have forgotten some of their manners.  Tokyo Metro and Japan Tobacco have both created campaigns to remind the people of what is, or isn’t, acceptable behavior.
Tokyo Metro’s ad campaign comes in the form of eye catching yellow and white posters that feature an image and a phrase, in English and Japanese, starting with “Please do it…”.
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Tokyo Underground, written by a foreign university student, is an interesting read about what you can learn from taking Tokyo Metro, the city’s vast and often intimidating subway network.
Townsend Harris was one of the key figures that helped open Japan to the west, was first American consul-general in Japan and negotiated a treaty that established trade between the two countries.  A group from Shimoda, Japan makes an annual pilgrimage to his graveside in Brooklyn, New York to honor his memory.
Jim Allen writes that “Hideo Nomo changed Japanese baseball more than any player of his generation” in his weekly column for …read more

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Are you flying into Narita International Airport?  Do you want to save some money while riding the subway around Tokyo?  You can now purchase Tokyo Metro Open Tickets for Tourists at ticket counters in Narita International Airport.  One or two-day tickets are available and offer a 15-30% discount of the rates that you would normally pay for a Tokyo Metro One-Day Open Ticket.
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Tokyo Metro Open Tickets for Tourists can only be purchased at the airport.
Tokyo Metro 2-Day Open Ticket (Adult: 980 yen, Child, 6-11: 490 yen)
Tokyo Metro 1-Day Tourist Open Ticket (Adult: 600 yen, Child, 6-11: 300 yen)
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Commuting from southwest Saitama prefecture to Ikebukuro and Shibuya will get a lot easier with the opening of the newest subway line in Tokyo. The brand new Fukutoshin line is due to open June 14 and is the 13th urban line in Tokyo. It will also be the last line constructed by Tokyo Metro and will utilize the modern looking 10,000 series train pictured below.
The Fukutoshin line is the deepest line of the 13 at 40 meters (131 feet) underground and it will be the first to offer express service. The express will make the run from …read more

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