The Psychology of Japanese Train Stations

Re:The Psychology of Japanese Train Stations by Fins on Thursday May 24, 2018 @06:47PM (#17149191)

Same here (well, I can manage a few basic phrases in Japanese, but that's about it). Navigating Japan's rail system was very easy. Well, unless you enter turnstiles at the station and then try to exit right from the same station, that seems to confuse SUICA a lot and you have to go through the manual lane...

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Re:The Psychology of Japanese Train Stations by ajdlinux on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:17AM (#17151072)

Last time I was in Japan (a couple of months ago) I learned that at some stations they actually sell a station-access-only ticket (~JPY200 for a few hours IIRC) for people who want to go in to meet someone or to use the shops.

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Re:The Psychology of Japanese Train Stations by Fins on Friday May 25, 2018 @02:35PM (#17156637)

Ah, nice. Might be something new, unless I missed in 2 years ago when I was there last time.

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Re:The Psychology of Japanese Train Stations by ajdlinux on Friday May 25, 2018 @11:10PM (#17159969)

Oh, if you use a Suica card the system still gets confused. So they haven't really fixed your problem. Also, the notion of paying for access purely to a rail platform was super foreign to me...

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Re:The Psychology of Japanese Train Stations by Fins on Saturday May 26, 2018 @01:28AM (#17160391)

I guess that's how they can keep the place reasonably clear and moving along.

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