You know what's the worst part? It happens all the time.

There's always a place like this in any Train-loving country.

JR Subway Rail map in Tokyo can be quite a challenge to understand in the first try. This happens to me when I wanted to get to Akihabara from Shibuya. Took the wrong line and I have to spend more time to get to my destination.

I dread the day I will ever set foot in Tokyo Station... (Assuming I'll get there at all.)

Seems Osatou-san.....
*sunglasses*
Trapped in spider web.

More like he needs to be trained.

Indefinity said:

You know what's the worst part? It happens all the time.

There's always a place like this in any Train-loving country.

Hell, any large city will have at least one transportation hub like this. Budapest, for example, has all three subway lines converge beneath one square. The result is a ring of subway stations at three different depths, each with two or three exits: to ground level, directly to one of the other stations, or to the underground ring (which, by the way, also has openings to all three stations). So take the wrong exit, and you'll find yourself walking around the square looking for a way back in in a maze of escalators.

ThunderBird said:

Budapest, for example, has all three subway lines converge beneath one square.

Meanwhile, in New York City....

Seeing Yamame-san clicking her tongue and lecturing Osatou-san, how I can say this...she seemed like his mother. :-)

Osatou-san apparently wandered around Tokyo Station, wondering where the Hibiya Line was. Ask a station attendant!

And even if he'd seen eye to eye on that, he'd break even on train fare to Tokyo Station! :-)

Reader-added quotes include "I've been there too, Osatou-san", "Please let me call you 'Mother', Yamame-san", "Speaking from experience", and "That's a gallant face and idea, Osatou-san".

The poll's been worried about going to the big city:

How did I imagine Tokyo before going there?
• Everyone on the streets is scary
• The stores all rip you off
• The trains are full of pickpockets
• The subway's a slum
• Show weakness, and you're done for

Don't worry, Osatou-san, it happens to everyone at least once, right? I would imagine it would. I'm sure I'd get lost if I ever made it out to Japan.

For the poll, beware showing weakness.

Cliff_Edge said:

Meanwhile, in New York City....

NYC has proper subway maps, though...

In a fantasy setting Tokyo Station would be the perfect dungeon.