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Japan: Learning Japanese in Tokyo Subway

TOKYO CITY GUIDE : TRANSPORTATION

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Following many of your emails, here’s an updating of my Tokyo posts : check out this useful city guide to help you prepare your trip (in a very Mademoiselle Le K’s way, lol)! Let’s start with the famous chiketatsu (subway): here are some pictures to give you the mood (lol) …

The Chiketatsu is THE safest and cheapest way to move in Tokyo.

Don’t panic, indications and station names are translated in English! It is a world with huge stations where several companies officiate on different metro routes (wide range of prices, lol).

And for the more active, you can even learn Japanese … on the wharf, decrypting the ideograms (and their phonetic) sticked on graphic cars (photo below).

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I revised verbs before the train leaves.

Time is precious. Once in the train, I will be sleeply between stations like every Tokyo people. Sat, stand-up, young and old, women, children, salary men or hypesters: everybody falls sleeping!

Lulled by the sweet female voice that dis-tinc-ly announces the next station, I could improve my pronunciation, “Shin-ju-ku, Shin-ju-ku“, “Taka-dano-baba” (I love it!). Not to mention in the endless corridors,  I practised the classics: “leftO“, “rightO!”! Tokyo forever …

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Photos : Mademoiselle Le K – copyright 2014, tous droits réservés 

Informations

More about Tokyo subway & trains : http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2017.html  

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Japon: métro tokoïte et cours de japonais

CITY GUIDE TOKYO : TRANSPORT

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Suite à plusieurs de vos emails, voici une petite réactualisation de mes posts sur Tokyo, en un city guide pratique (façon Mademoiselle Le K, lol!) pour vous aider dans la préparation de votre voyage! Et si on commençait par le fameux chiketatsu (le métro), avec quelques photos pour vous mettre dans le bain (lol)… 

Le chiketatsu est LE moyen le plus sûr et le moins coûteux de se déplacer.

Pas de panique tout est aussi très bien indiqué en anglais! C’est un univers à part entière, avec d’immenses stations, où plusieurs compagnies officient sur des trajets différents (vaste choix de tarifs, lol).

Les plus actifs pourront même apprendre le japonais… sur le quai, en décryptant les idéogrammes inscrits (et leur phonétique) sur de graphiques wagons (photo ci-dessous).

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J’ai révisé mes verbes

dans l’éminence du départ. La minute est précieuse. Une fois dans la rame, je serai gagnée par le contagieux sommeil qui colonise tous tokyoïtes entre chaque station. Assis, debout, jeunes et vieux, hommes, femmes, enfants, salary men ou branchés : personne n’y échappe.

Bercée par la voix suave féminine qui annonce dis-tinc-te-ment la station suivante, j’ai pu améliorer ma prononciation : « Shin-ju-ku, Shin-ju-ku », « Taka-dano-baba » (j’adore)! Sans oublier dans les interminables couloirs, la pratique des inégalables : « leftO », « rightO »! Tokyo forever.

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Photos : Mademoiselle Le K – copyright 2014, tous droits réservés. 

Informations

Métro et trains à Tokyo : http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2017.html   

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Esplanade Zagreb: A Room

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I arrived in the evening at the Esplanade Zagreb,

the cuisine of Le Bistro Esplanade closed soon. Check-in completed at the reception desk, I was kindly directed to the restaurant. After dinner, I wanted to do few snapshots of the hotel and I spent lots of time… of course … Still not seen my room. Along the way I discovered a kind of debutante ball, among the thousand decorative objects that arouse my curiosity. Then completely knockout (more than 24 hours without sleeping), I finally go to my room. Opening the door, I have the feeling that I know the place which is very nice. Even the Coca Zero “Frend” (mate) greets me! The room is spacious and cozy, with a comfortable seating area and long windows.

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But the real good surprise: the bathroom

designed as an open space, large, clean and functional with a glam touch of Art Deco. A pleasure to use: no door or wall with the room. Without vampirizing space, such as when the tub is placed opposite the bed: I hate and it can be found in a plethora of design hotels! Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge fane of design and crazy architecture.

But in some upscale hotels that were palaces in the past, I especially like their ability to anticipate the notion of comfort for each guest. In my case, I need a large number of electrical outlets in the room for my several chargers (cameras, mobile and laptop). I also need indirect lighting that is not too strong (neither too dark) and a perfect bedding. And do I have to mention free efficient wifi in all areas of the hotel? The Esplanade Zagreb has perfectly fulfilled all these criteria.

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Informations

Zagreb Tourist Board, www.visitcroatia.beEsplanade Zagreb    

Follow my whole trip in the CROATIA section. ENJOY! I was hosted by the Office National Croate du Tourisme and of course all my opinions are mine.

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