sanjo 2 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I was on the shink yesterday and read the following message on the electronic news thingy: "JR East together with the Police are now on the alert." Scary! Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Hummm...What for? Any riot? Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 Not sure. Spooky message if you ask me... Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Mebbi sukebe sanjo alert!?!?!? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 It is the JR anti-terror campaign, I have seen it also! Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 I bought a sandwich at the station and on the pack it said: "Fresh sandwiches are great anywhere, anytime and give you a variety of delicious to choose from." I sure had a variety of delicios to choose from. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by tsondaboy: It is the JR anti-terror campaign, I have seen it also! Do they just do it or got some informations that some cult plans some which is an indiscriminate terrorist attack? Hope it's not. Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Just do it. And gamera it's the bad English that is the point more than the security measures themselves. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 A woman gave me 5000 yen on the train once. (And I didn't even have to sleep with her!) Link to post Share on other sites
brett_jackson 0 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 When I took the 'Asama' Shink to Nagano, I noticed all the places at the ends of carriages where you normally stow your baggage were all closed off "For Security Reasons" (according to the sign). I wondered whether it was to prevent people from dumping a suitcase bomb in such an area, since you could just walk on, put it there and walk off without anyone being the wiser. Or is there some other reason these areas were closed off? Maybe they've always been that way.... Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 They havent always been like that, since last year or so. All the bins closed off on the shinks now. I just leave my rubbish on the floor in a nice neat bag when I leave. Link to post Share on other sites
green 0 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 As a token of appreciation, I would have given here The Sex as a freebie. Thats the kind of guy I am. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Huh, voidhawk, I took that back to Kansai just after N.Y.s holidays and was able to put my suitcase there. It wasnt closed then. Strange eh? When did you ride it? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 How come people give you money on the train. I don't quite get that. Please explain. Link to post Share on other sites
brett_jackson 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Yamakashi - this was on Dec 20th from Tokyo - Nagano. I was in Car #1 and walked as far as Car #4 looking for an non-taped up rubbish bin (as GG mentioned) before I gave up. All the baggage storage areas were also taped up or closed off with stickers mentioning "security". I ended up just storing my suitcase in an empty seat section. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 The bomb warnings on the shink here take me back a bit, growing up in England in the 70's and 80's, you couldn't leave your bag for a minute in a public place without creating a furor (of course, I exaggerate, but did have a bag of mine removed to the local nick on one occasion!) Link to post Share on other sites
M 0 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 When I first came here I got hassled on the trains by a few people seemingly wanting to practice their eikaiwa for free which didn't seem like a good idea to me. So since then I have a very visible set of 'phones on. Not only can I listen to some cool chunes, but it also acts as a "Not Available" sign. Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I noticed this when I was just over there! It made me sit up straight and behave I tell you. Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Sava, you not living in J-pan anymore??? Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 I lived there for a month in Hakuba! that's the closest I've come to living there Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Hold on Curt, you need to explain a little more about that. She just gave you 5,000 yen and walked away??? Did you have an English lesson or what? Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by voidhawk: Yamakashi - this was on Dec 20th from Tokyo - Nagano. I was in Car #1 and walked as far as Car #4 looking for an non-taped up rubbish bin (as GG mentioned) before I gave up. All the baggage storage areas were also taped up or closed off with stickers mentioning "security". I ended up just storing my suitcase in an empty seat section. No problem a couple of weeks ago. We used the storage areas there and back. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 No lesson. We spoke for about 10 minutes in broken Japanese. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 And then she just gave you 5,000 yen? The question is why? Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I really don't know. She seemed to like me. Lovely lady she was. Link to post Share on other sites
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