When riding on a train or on the subway in a country you were visiting for the first time, have you ever had the experience of being worried whether you could get off at your destination or change trains without making a mistake?
In Tokyo, most of the announcements on train and subway include the name of the next station and instructions for changing trains in Japanese and English. Above the doors inside train cars constructed fairly recently, there are liquid crystal display monitors that provide information in Japanese and the Roman alphabet. On some lines, this is also provided in other languages, including Chinese and Korean. So you can feel secure even if you don’t understand Japanese.
However, when trains are not in operation or have been delayed due to an accident or bad weather, the announcements are made only in Japanese. That is the time when your Japanese skills are tested! Please stay calm and listen carefully to the announcement.
