Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1 Odakyū-sen
- 2 Shinjuku Station
- 3 Shinjuku
- 4 Mukōgaoka-yūen North
- 5 Mukōgaoka-yūen South
- 6 Mukōgaoka-yūen Platform
- 7 January Monday
- 8 Odakyū Notables
- 9 Odakyū Line Sounds Familiar
- 10 Train Notices
- 11 Odakyū Commercials
- 12 February Tuesday
- 13 Odakyū Keitaispracht
- 14 By-line, Setagaya Line
- 15 March Wednesday
- 16 Odakyū Day-out Sendagi
- 17 Shimo-Kitazawa
- 18 Bicycle!
- 19 Odakyū Bike Interview – Toda-san
- 20 International Interlude via Narita Airport
- 21 Keitai Train Culture
- 22 April Thursday
- 23 Odakyū Tamagawa
- 24 Station Sights
- 25 Odakyū-sen, Yoyogi-Hachiman Eki
- 26 May Friday
- 27 Mukoōgaoka-yūen, Day for Night
- 28 Odakyū Day-out, Hakone
- 29 June Saturday
- 30 Odakyū Commercials
- 31 Odakyū Smokes
- 32 By-line, Nambu Line
- 33 Odakyū Bag Watch
- 34 Seijo Times
- 35 Odakyū Day-out, Yokohama
- 36 July Sunday
- 37 Odakyū Trains of Thought
- 38 Train Signs, Train Sounds
- 39 By-line, Tama Express
- 40 August Monday
- 41 Odakyū Day-out, Chiba
- 42 September Tuesday
- 43 Odakyū Lady-grooming
- 44 Odakyū and Near-Odakyū Women’s Hairday
- 45 Odakyū Evenings-out
- 46 October Wednesday
- 47 Odakyū Day-out, Ibaraki
- 48 Chikan! Odakyū Misbehaviour
- 49 November Thursday
- 50 Odakyū Blues
- 51 Odakyū Men’s Haircut
- 52 Odakyū Day-out, Ō-Sumo
- 53 December Friday
- 54 Odakyū Store
- 55 Odakyū Bookshelf
- 56 Last Train
- Glossary
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1 Odakyū-sen
- 2 Shinjuku Station
- 3 Shinjuku
- 4 Mukōgaoka-yūen North
- 5 Mukōgaoka-yūen South
- 6 Mukōgaoka-yūen Platform
- 7 January Monday
- 8 Odakyū Notables
- 9 Odakyū Line Sounds Familiar
- 10 Train Notices
- 11 Odakyū Commercials
- 12 February Tuesday
- 13 Odakyū Keitaispracht
- 14 By-line, Setagaya Line
- 15 March Wednesday
- 16 Odakyū Day-out Sendagi
- 17 Shimo-Kitazawa
- 18 Bicycle!
- 19 Odakyū Bike Interview – Toda-san
- 20 International Interlude via Narita Airport
- 21 Keitai Train Culture
- 22 April Thursday
- 23 Odakyū Tamagawa
- 24 Station Sights
- 25 Odakyū-sen, Yoyogi-Hachiman Eki
- 26 May Friday
- 27 Mukoōgaoka-yūen, Day for Night
- 28 Odakyū Day-out, Hakone
- 29 June Saturday
- 30 Odakyū Commercials
- 31 Odakyū Smokes
- 32 By-line, Nambu Line
- 33 Odakyū Bag Watch
- 34 Seijo Times
- 35 Odakyū Day-out, Yokohama
- 36 July Sunday
- 37 Odakyū Trains of Thought
- 38 Train Signs, Train Sounds
- 39 By-line, Tama Express
- 40 August Monday
- 41 Odakyū Day-out, Chiba
- 42 September Tuesday
- 43 Odakyū Lady-grooming
- 44 Odakyū and Near-Odakyū Women’s Hairday
- 45 Odakyū Evenings-out
- 46 October Wednesday
- 47 Odakyū Day-out, Ibaraki
- 48 Chikan! Odakyū Misbehaviour
- 49 November Thursday
- 50 Odakyū Blues
- 51 Odakyū Men’s Haircut
- 52 Odakyū Day-out, Ō-Sumo
- 53 December Friday
- 54 Odakyū Store
- 55 Odakyū Bookshelf
- 56 Last Train
- Glossary
Summary
Shinjuku Station.The Odakyū's home terminal. Like Tokyo Station, Shibuya Station, and Ueno Station, one of Tokyo's great railway hubs. Quite its busiest. Indeed, reputedly, the world's busiest. Six railway companies. A dozen railway and subway lines. sixty-plus Entrances/Exits (iriguchi/deguchi). Fourteen major platforms. More than three million passengers overall. A.m. to p.m. Human motion and flow through its automatic ticket gates and stairways. Shinjukueki serves as train and train-change centre, a people centre, and a Japan centre. Etymologically: The New Inn. Other Shinjuku Lines, in equal rank with the Odakyū-sen, are part of JAPAN RAILWAY EAST. Known simply as the JR.
JR Lines
Chūo Main Line (Limited Express)
Chūo Rapid Line
Chūo-Sobū Line
Shōnan-Shinjuku Line
Saikyō Line
KEIŌ CORPORATION
Keiō Line
Keiō New Line
TOKYO METRO
Marounuchi Line
TOEI SUBWAY LINE
Toei Shinjuku Line
Toei Ōedo Line
Plus The Yamanote Line
The Circular Line of Tokyo
ODAKYŪ LINE
Shinjukū Station Departure
Two Levels
Ground level (3 Tracks 6 platforms)
Romance Car (Limited Express). Express.
Semi-Express. Rapid Express. Tama Express.
Sub-Ground Level (2 Tracks, 4 platforms)
Local. Section Semi-Express
ODAKYŪ LINE
Trains
ODAKYŪ LINE
Entrances
Day
Time
ODAKYŪ LINE
Exits
Day
Time
South
West,
East
New South
ODAKYŪ LINE
Rush-hour and off-peak
Weekday and Weekend
Day-time and Night-time
Tokyo travels
Japan travels
Nihonjin
Gaijin
Night
Time
GET YOUR TICKET
PASMO and SUICA. Twin all-purpose ticket-passes (regular tickets are kippu). Either will do (PASMO originally was issued by private companies like the Odakyū, SUICA by the Japan Railway or JR). Simply buy one and it can endlessly be renewed by paying in any amount. Renewable everywhere – stations, kiosks, vending machines. Besides travel you can use it to pay for newspapers, snacks, drinks, and stores will give you points from purchases to help recharge the card. Press ‘English’ on the ticket-machine screen and each service is available in your own language. Tokyo, to date, is the only major city where you can use these plastic beauties for all public transport. Not just the Odakyū but every train and bus-line in Tokyo.
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- Tokyo CommuteJapanese Customs and Way of Life Viewed from the Odakyū Line, pp. 7 - 15Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2011