Transportation

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Transportation in Ibaraki
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Its not like Tokyo.
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The End.
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Oh dear, now that my idiosyncratic attempt at
comedy is over I suppose Ill actually have to
speak.
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Shit.
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OK, OK, well start with cars

• Car kuruma / ?
• Pages. 21-22

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Two Types of Japanese Car

• Yellow plate
• White plate

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The Basics

• WHITE PLATE
• Proper engine
• Considerably more expensive
• Purchasing price
• Shaken (pg. 22)
• Insurance

• YELLOW PLATE
• Also called a kei car.
• Pretend engine, usually installed in mopeds and
  wind-up chattering teeth.
• Will simply disintegrate upon collision with
  another car.
• Cheap!

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Licenses (page 21)

• International
• Only for your first year
• Only obtainable in your home country
• Japanese
• Many required documents.
• Extremely difficult driving test for certain
  nationalities.
• Basically a big pain in the arse, but 100
  necessary if you cant have an international
  license.

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Pass Nicks Driving Test!
CONGRATULATIONS! If you're British, you can
drive in Japan!
In which direction is this arrow pointing?
What colour is this dot?
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ZERO TOLERANCE!!!

• The alcohol limit for drivers is ZERO.
• The alcohol limit for cyclists is ZERO.
• Passengers can be charged if they are in the car
  with a drunk driver.
• Random checks DO HAPPEN, and as a foreigner you
  are considerably more likely to be pulled over.

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Speeding

• Speed limit is absurdly low, and virtually no
  drivers stick to it. However, speeding is an
  offence.
• Recently police activity has upped a bit - be
  careful!

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What happens if you commit a driving offence?

• MASSIVE fines - 18,000? (speeding) or 500,000?
  (drink driving)
• Say bye-bye to the JET programme.
• You bring JET into bad repute and everyone hates
  you.

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Next - trains!

• Train densha / ??
• Pages 17-20

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V.I.W.

• www.jreast.co.jp/e/ - JRs English site.
• www.hyperdia.com - excellent for planning train
  journeys.

jr-central.co.jp/eng.nsf - fantastic English info
on buying tickets, etc.
Very Important oh, have a guess.
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Buying your ticket from a machine - easy!

• 1) Look above at map to find price.
• 2) Press button saying ??? if a price list is
  not there.
• 3) Put in money.
• 4) Press correct button on screen.

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The Super Hitachi Express

• An express train on the Joban line to Tokyo.
• Costs twice as much as the Joban, but takes half
  the time.
• Comfy seats, drinks and snacks served, toilets,
  etc.

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Buying a Super Hitachi ticket

• 1) Go to the green window.
• 2) Look at the schedule and select which time you
  want.
• 3) Choose reserved or non-reserved.
• 4) Take your tickets and wait at the Super
  Hitachi platform.

• 5) Look at your ticket or ask a staff-member for
  the right carriage number (gou/?).
• 6) Enjoy your trip!

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Alternatively -
GAIJIN

• 1) Walk with such total confidence that people
  around you are physically thrown back by the
  force of your ego.

• 2) Smash straight through the barriers without a
  hint of apprehension.

• 3) Head down to your train, safe in the knowledge
  that people behind you have decided to completely
  ignore what just happened.

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Moving on - buses

• Bus basu / ??
• Pages 15-17

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Using a bus

• 1) Get on via the middle door.
• 2) Take a ticket from the machine.
• 3) Press the button when your stop is coming up.
• 3) When getting off, match the number of your
  ticket to the numbers of the screen above the
  driver.
• 4) If necessary, use the change machine to the
  drivers left.

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Useful buses

• ROSELINER http//www.ibako.co.jp - Mito/Narita
  Airport
• HIGHWAY BUS www.jrbuskanto.co.jp - all over the
  country to Tokyo and back.

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The Roseliner!!!
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? - bikes

• Bike jitensha / ???
• Page 15

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Getting a bike

• Ask your supervisor or your school - there are
  mountains of old bikes just lying around!

You want this
But youll probably have this!
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Legal stuff about bikes

• Crimes against you
• Bike theft is extremely common.
• Cheap bike-locks or chains will be forced - buy a
  good one.
• Register it with the police.

• Crimes by you _
• Unless its signposted otherwise, cycling on the
  pavement is illegal.
• Same as cars - no drinking, both hands on bars at
  all times, no speeding.
• Costs 3000? to spring your bike from an impound.

Japanese people commit these crimes ALL THE
FREAKIN TIME, but as a foreigner you are highly
visible and memorable.