The Passenger

In a crowded city like Tōkyō, Japan the transportation plays an important role. Road construction works or interruptations in public transport could cause major problems – and are therefore often carried out at night and in high speed – something Europe can really learn from.

Japan is a country where things are done differently than in the west. And you always start thinking about the things that seem normal to you and that you’ve never questioned. I wonder why in Europe nobody hat the idea to hang up the items of a gasoline station – it safes a lot of space.

Choosing a meal isn’t too easy in Japan. Sometimes the menus are just in Japanese and you also have the language barrier. My best choice where small sushi sellers near residential areas. And I went to soup eaterys underneath subway stations where you select your meal at a vending machine and give the receipt to the chef.

While toilets in public spaces normally look like the typical western standard, you might find special devices in hotels. My hotel had one of these with buttons – bringing up water streams like a shower. Nothing I really made use of.