Tokyo is a Village
Fun Fact for the week: It is estimated that around 20 million people use Tokyo's trains and subways daily, passing through 1000 stations. (wikipedia)
On Friday I took the Marunouchi Line to Otemachi, near the Imperial Palace. The train leaves every 4 minutes (at least) throughout the day and passes through Tokyo Station, the main hub for the Shinkansen and JR trains out of Tokyo. It's a busy line.
As I was standing on the train, in my own little dream world and listening to BEP, I noticed a family at the other end of the car: Japanese guy, blonde chick and their daughter. The blonde caught my eye as she was the only other foreigner in the car. And then she turned around ...
... this random blonde woman on the train, amidst millions of other taking the train in Tokyo on Friday was non other than Ange - an old soccer team mate from Christchurch Tech who now lives in Nelson with her husband Tosh and their daughter! They were in Tokyo for two days as part of their annual trip back to Japan.
It really is a small world, huh.
On Friday I took the Marunouchi Line to Otemachi, near the Imperial Palace. The train leaves every 4 minutes (at least) throughout the day and passes through Tokyo Station, the main hub for the Shinkansen and JR trains out of Tokyo. It's a busy line.
As I was standing on the train, in my own little dream world and listening to BEP, I noticed a family at the other end of the car: Japanese guy, blonde chick and their daughter. The blonde caught my eye as she was the only other foreigner in the car. And then she turned around ...
... this random blonde woman on the train, amidst millions of other taking the train in Tokyo on Friday was non other than Ange - an old soccer team mate from Christchurch Tech who now lives in Nelson with her husband Tosh and their daughter! They were in Tokyo for two days as part of their annual trip back to Japan.
It really is a small world, huh.
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