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| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH | 日本語 |
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Japan has a very well-developed network of public transport.
The high-speed train SHIKANSEN is also famous. It connects the largest cities in the country. With a speed of 300 km / h you can travel comfortably from city to city. But there are also plenty of regional trains and subways in the cities. As a tourist you can buy a Japan Rail Pass before traveling for one, two or three weeks. You have to activate the pass before your first trip in Japan and thus you can use all means of transportation from Japan Rail at a particularly reasonable price. The intervals in the conurbations are short, and the trains come on time. On each platform there are markings, where to wait an to go to the entrance. The trains really stay exactly where the markings for the doors are. There are buses besides trains and subways; However, trams are rare. Also to mention: Japan has left-hand driving. On the streets you can almost only see Japanese cars; European or American brands are very rare. The Japaneses loves either large road crosses or very small, manoeuvrable cars. The mid-range cars so popular in Europe are almost completely missing. The streets are often narrow and winding. I only think of the bus trip on a mountain route - somehow I was even glad that it was so foggy on this day! Impressive are also the large urban motorways, where the traffic often runs in several levels. |
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