Working trip la bro, time very tight.
Hey rotikosong, many thanks for your lead. Cheers.
Time tight still can appreciate some unique things about Tokyo. The beauty for me is to spot the differences in places I go to.
1) There are more than 1 rail company operating the metro network. You can often walk long distances totally underground from one station to another.
2) every station plays a different music track when trains come and go.
3) many pay their train fares, combini etc using their phone (osaifu[wallet] keitai [mobile])
4) Japanese do not generally eat/drink while walking
5) Japanese kids walk to school by themselves
6) old ladies are tough and sometimes don't queue (japanese call them obaterian; obasan is aunty)
7) when you hit the suburbs, lots of bikes everywhere. (japanese call them mama-chari [chariot]). Must watch out for them while walking
8) You will get lost because Tokyo has very squiggly roads and a obtuse road naming system that's based on numbers. That's why most advertisements show a map to the shop that usually involves directions from a train station.
9) Tokyo humidity (especially now) will kill you.
10) The one thing you may not realize: there are more Chinese in Tokyo than in there are in Singapore.
11) Japan is still very much a cash society. Unlike the US for example a lot do not use cash anymore and usually have less than $20 in their wallets max.
Many more.