Tokyo, where the transportation network is very active, has many lines such as JR, Tokyo Metro, and private railway, and the traffic of the subway is very high every day, but have you noticed the significance of the subway entrance signs? Which pit stop music is an AKB48 song? I didn't expect to take the underground iron actually have these cold knowledge, hurry up and take a look at it!
▋(1) The entrance to the subway is marked with mysteries!
Entrances to the subway are marked with hidden mysteries
When boarding the subway from the entrance down, if the station has multiple lines converging, you will often see a map with the station name and the line below, but do you know that its order is actually meaningful? The original order from left to right represents the shortest to longest distance from the entrance to the line! That is to say, the far left is closest to this entrance, and the far right is far away! Isn't it very practical to ride knowledge?
▋(2) A station subway music using AKB songs?
The lively anime mecca of Akihabara
Did you know that every station on the Tokyo Metro has a song called "Station Music (駅メロ)"? It is played when the train enters and leaves the station, and such music often becomes the background music of the trip! "When I hear this song, I think of my trip to Tokyo..." And when I say AKB48, I can't help but mention the "Akihabara" station in anime paradise, where the departure music is AKB48's "Love Fortune Cookie (恋するフォーチュンクッキー)" oh!
▋(3) Where does the color of the subway Ginza line come from?
The silver of the Hibiya line comes from the stainless steel body
When you go to Tokyo to take the Tokyo Metro subway, do you find that 9 routes have different colors? It turns out that there is also little-known cold knowledge behind it! The color of Japan's first subway line, the Ginza Line, was inspired by Berlin, because the original running body was a reference to the orange subway in Berlin at that time, so the ginza line is now orange! In addition, the red color of the Marunouchi line is a reference to the Cigarette Box of London, and the Hibiya Line is the silver one that commemorates the first stainless steel tram!
▋(4) The temperature of "weak cold motorhome" is 1 to 2 degrees Celsius higher!
Weakly cold RVs are 1-2 degrees warmer than other cabins
In Japan, where the summer is very hot, there is air conditioning in the tram, but there are always people who are more afraid of cold, so the railway company has intimately set up a section of carriage with a temperature of slightly higher than 1 to 2 degrees, which is called "weak cold caravan" in Kanto and "weak cold car" in Kansai. If you are more afraid of the cold, or wear less in the summer and are afraid of blowing cold air and getting cold, you can pay attention to whether there is a sticker on the carriage "weak cold motorhome" when taking the subway!
▋(5) When is the time band used for "women-only vehicles"?
The time band for women-only vehicles is very different from that in Kanto Kansai
In Japan, in order to prevent "idiots", there are "women-only vehicles", will girls traveling to Japan use this vehicle in particular? Sexism aside, the reporter quite likes women's special vehicles, especially during the work hours when there are many people, and the air feels fresher! In Tokyo, the women's vehicles of various railway companies only run around 7:30-9:30 a.m. on weekdays, but in Osaka, women's vehicles can be used every day including weekends.
After reading the above cold knowledge about subways, do you feel that you have learned another lesson? The next time you visit Japan, pay attention to the entrance signs of the subway, the color of the subway routes, and the presence of weak cold RVs and women-only vehicles! Hurry up and share the article to reminisce about your trip to Japan!