SoraNews24 —Japan News—

Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.

RocketNews24 Japanese

Featured

Riding the B Line in Argentina? Better bring a Japanese dictionary

There’s apparently a running joke in Beunos Aires, Argentina, that if you’re planning on riding the subway’s B Line, you’d better bring a Japanese dictionary. No, Argentines don’t have a bizarre and nonsensical sense of humor; it turns out the country imported the B Line’s trains from Japan and didn’t even bother to change all the Japanese writing.

The B Line trains were sold to a Buenos Aires subway operator in 1994 after Tokyo Metro refitted the Marunouchi Line with new trains. The scrapped cars, despite a modern design and amenities, apparently received a mixed reception to their new home in Argentina.

Traditionally, train cars in Buenos Aires had been fitted with four-person box-style seats, so the Japanese setup of two rows of seven-passenger seats facing each other was jarring, since Argentine commuters suddenly found themselves sharing a more intimate riding experience with strangers next to and across from them.

At first, the train’s interiors were also plastered in Japanese writing, including the helpful map above the door that lists stops; not so helpful, it turns out, when written in an indecipherable language.

Recently, most of the Japanese writing has been replaced on the B Line, but the crew room of each train, at least, still proudly proclaims the car’s Japanese heritage.

Source: Sekai no Arukikata

Like this:

Like Loading…

Related Stories

Trackbacks

  1. There are no trackbacks yet.
  2. Trackback URL

Trending Today

  1. Starbucks Japan releases new Bearista glass tumbler that changes character with every drink
  2. Ichiran releases an at-home counter kit that turns your desk into a ramen restaurant
  3. Move aside, Asahi Super Dry – Asahi Spice Beer is in town, and it’s hotter than you think
  4. Tokyo police arrest the Ame-zing Spider-Man
  5. Starbucks Japan reveals new Joyful Capsule gacha toy release date
  6. “Sweet sake” with yuzu is coming to Japan’s wonderful world of hot canned drinks this winter
  7. KFC now sells takikomi gohan rice boxes in Japan, if you know where to look for them [Taste test]
  8. Historical-themed illumination display returns to Osaka Castle this winter
  9. Is hamburger patty ramen a case of too many good things in one bowl? Let’s find out! [Taste test]
  10. Tokyo cracks down on Airbnb-style rentals with new laws limiting operator days and more

© SoraNews24 —Japan News— / SOCIO CORPORATION

Powered by WordPress VIP

%d