Thursday, January 29, 2009

Public transportation System in Japan....

Hello,

I'd like to write about public transportation system in Japan.... It's fantastic, mainly about buses and trains' schedules those are always prompts in most of time. We know exactly the time they will arrive and leave the bus and train station, helping us to program our commitments. I've experienced it a lot when I'd travelled around Japan.
In Brazil, there is not schedules for the public transportation, so I think this system could be introduced there, improving the way of public transport for Brazilians. Other interesting fact is that in Brazil, we pay just one fixed tax to take buses and trains, diffently in Japan that we pay it for the distance.


Thursday, January 22, 2009

Coin country...


In Brazil, I was not used to take many coins in my pocket. On the other hand, in Japan it's becomes so necessary to carry it. Moreover, there are many self-machines working by coins in Japan, those we can find everywhere in the country. Mainly of this self-machines we can find frequently are bevarages, foods, cigarettes, coin laundries, tickets, parking places, etc. It's amazing because it so convenient, but on the other hand, I think it's not working in Brazil as well as in Japan. Why not?? There are many reasons, and I think the main issue is the robbers that can break machines, stole coins and products those are inside the machines.