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Tokyo part 2

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So it wasn't "tomorrow" as promised. Time flies by and I find that creating the picture show on the blog takes time to organize. I could write daily blogs without pictures, but I find that is not what this blog is about. So here I am leaving Tokyo on the Shinkansen or bullet train to Hiroshima. A 5 hour ride which gives me time to write and once in awhile glance at the world outside zooming by. (Tokyo basking in morning light) What is our big take in experiencing Tokyo? The civil etiquette! This giant city unlike New York (which is less than half Tokyo's population size) is quiet, very quiet. No horn blowing cars. Reinforcement of etiquette People whisper instead of talking loud on the walkways. No talking on phones (a lot of texting though), no smoking on the streets, everybody and I literally mean everybody walks on the left side. The only noise maker They keep coming You should see morning rush hour near the towering office buildings, when the

Tokyo part 2

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So it wasn't "tomorrow" as promised. Time flies by and I find that creating the picture show on the blog takes time to organize. I could write daily blogs without pictures, but I find that is not what this blog is about. So here I am leaving Tokyo on the Shinkansen or bullet train to Hiroshima. A 5 hour ride which gives me time to write and once in awhile glance at the world outside zooming by. What is our big take in experiencing Tokyo? The civil etiquette! This giant city unlike New York (which is less than half Tokyo's population size) is quiet, very quiet. No horn blowing cars. Reinforcement of etiquette People whisper instead of talk loud on the walkways. No talking on phones (a lot of texting though), no smoking on the streets, everybody and I literally mean everybody walks on the left side. The only noise maker They keep coming You should see morning rush hour near the towering office buildings, when the salarymen and women in long winding throngs walking fast