Fast and Reliable Trains-
Relativelty expensive by my standards after only having to pay 2.25 to go anywhere in the city of new york. But for timelyness, cleanliness, reliablity, and generally considerate passangers it can't be beat. In 4 months have only been on a train that has stopped once. I don't ever recall a train being late and if I was ever late it was my fault not the trains.
There has been stoppages due to certain cases im not sure myself, but if the train is ever late there is a station worker at the gate who hands out late notices from the train company explaining it was the fault of the train and not the individual.
There are those vidoes of trains being packed but i was smart enough to choose afternoon classes to avoid the rush, and the rush in the evening is usually not as bad as most japanese work long into th night past 5 o'clock. But really there is no place in japan than is not accesable by train and you can't get to with realitive ease... In that respect Cars are not as needed here....
