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Tokyo Day 5 : Keiyo Line (京葉線) At Tokyo Station
By admin | July 21, 2008
- Tokyo Station map : http://www.jreast.co.jp/estation/stations/1039.html
- Tokyo Banana : http://www.tokyobanana.jp/
We have selected a wrong station to take the Keiyo line (京葉線) to Mahaima (舞浜). We directly took a train at JR Mitaka (三鷹) to Tokyo station and thought that should be easier to find the Keiyo Line subway because Tokyo station not as big as Shinjuku Station, but we were wrong! We have to walk from Tokyo JR platform to the Keiyo Platform which took us more than 20 minutes! Oh my! That such a long journey especially when you are pushing a stroller that full of shopping spree to walk through the endless escalators plus dragging two children.
Tokyo station is a very prosperous station. The time we reached there was around 7pm. There are so many people who are rushing back home after work. I am quite worry we will block their way, therefore, we just walk at side and avoid blocking people. Many stalls that selling souvenir and food on the way we heading to Keiyo Line platform. I bought two boxes of Tokyo Banana at 1000 yen each as souvenir. Each box only has 8 pieces of banana cake. Quite costly although the taste is not bad. Well..an ordinary BANANA taste. 
I think I would not buy again if visit Japan again.Oh Yeap..You could buy it at Narita Airport actually, with 5% tax free somemore! Around 950 – 960 Yen per box! Rugi lor me..
We wait at the subway platform that extremely full of persons. I could not find a place to stand ler..all the people are queue up and waiting for the train. We didn’t get the first train we saw in the platform because a Japanese guy had gave me a wrong info. I asked him is that train go to Maihama but he answer me no and ask me to wait at another train the other side. 1 platform got 2 trains which come from right and left mah..He asked me to wait at the other side. After the train gone, I only know that we missed the express train which stop at less station. However it still stop at Mahaima Staiton. Anyway, very lucky we were able to get another train after wait for 10 mins time only.
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Topics: 2008.06.05 - 2008.06.13 (Tokyo), Tokyo, Transport | No Comments »
