Sardines, Horns and Fish

Have you opened a can of sardines, notice how there all jammed packed. Well imagine the can being 377,923.1 km and there being 127.3 million sardines, that's Tokyo for you. I can only imagine the smell of that place, with it being one of the top seafood markets in the world and with that many people, it must smell like the grange garbage disposal times ten. Also, if you were to walk down the street it mush sound like world war two with all of the car horns, taxis and talking going on. That would be the last place on earth I would want to be if I had a migraine. Finally can you imagine what the railings to stair ways must be like? I would have to put on hand sanitizer every couple seconds to not fear about getting the flu. Japan seems like a lovely place to visit, but with all of these factors can you imagine living there?  
                                                       

1 man in a crowd

Everyone should have the idea that Tokyo is heavily populated.  But there is more to Tokyo then you think.  For example the Tokyo Tower (can’t believe this exists) was inspired by the Eiffel Tower.  Every five years they repaint it taking a year to paint.  Wow!  As you look at the tower there is a crowd with loud conversations.  If you’re getting tired sleep in a capsule hotel, you can see the many skyscrapers covering the landscape.  Go for a refreshing, cool walk after waking up.  Sounds nice right, I think so myself.  Do you want to go to Tokyo now?

My Room Is Too Small!!!

What do you think of When you hear the word hotel? I’ll tell you what I think. When I hear the word hotel I think of a large room with lots of space in it. I’ll also think of a vocation. Sleeping in not worrying about school. Will not in Tokyo. Some of the hotels in Tokyo are really small each room will only fit one person. Do you wanna know why? there are few reasons but the main reason is Space . There are a lot of people in Tokyo and there is not much space there. So many people go to these Capsule Hotels to rest for few hours. From my point of you I think this is a great Idea and the small rooms will feel cozy and home. I’d like to try it for one day but not more than that. Because if its for more than that I’ll probably feel trapped inside that little room and it will not feel like a vocation at all. Do you like to visit The Capsule Hotels?

Stuffing

I would not want to ride one of the trains in Japan. I would not appreciate someone stuffing me into a train where I would be smooshed against lots of strangers. I bet it would smell like body odor, which I hate the smell of. I do not like to think of what it would feel like to be that close to so many strangers. That feeling makes me cringe. I think it would be very loud in a train in Japan with that many people. If I was a small child, I would not want to go on that train because I would probably lose my parents. Not being able to see my parents in a situation like that would be frightening! Anyways, I hope I never have to go on a train in Japan because I’m sure it would smell, feel, sound, and look terrible.  Would you ever want to go on a train in Japan?

Toronto vs. You

For eight years of my life I lived just 131 kilometers away from the capital of Ontario. Toronto. And it was great. I didn’t necessarily go there often but, I did go the chain of cities leading up to if from my city. Ajax, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Whitby. Thats only a few. Going to metropolitan area whose population is 2.79 million from a city that’s population is only a small fraction of that size is exciting the first couple of times. after a while it’s just life. If you haven’t had this experience, then it probably would be way different for you, coming from Okemos. It takes some getting used to. For example, the smell is not like it is here. Ha! Not at all. Pretty much every time you go into the meaty parts of the city you get wafts of garbage, or sewer. But it’s not all the time, and after a while you don’t even notice. When you walk down a street in Okemos you maybe pass five people every two kilometers. In Toronto, you pass five people every second...and that is not an exaggeration. Crossing roads is hectic yet a pleasant sight because  you see so many heads bobbing with diversity in the crowd. You can picture every race unified into one crosswalk, and that’s a basic Toronto street. I could go on and on about how one day in this great city can change your view, but I won’t because I don’t feel like writing a novel today. But think about this: Would you be one to handle the bustling streets of Toronto firsthand?

Crowded in New York City

New York City is very crowded city in the state of New York. When you take a train or a subway in the city it can be hard to find a seat and most people will end up standing instead of sitting. The streets are crowded and it takes a long time to get through all of the people in the street. Most people that live there don’t own a car because they don’t need to use one. There is also a lot of traffic so people that have a car will get them the to the places they need to go slower than walking, taking the subway, or taking the train.

Oh My Beijing!!!!!

Have you ever been to Beijing, do you want to? Well if you do then I have some enthralling information for you so keep reading. Did you know that Beijing has a population of 21.52 million that's more than New York? Well it’s true and Beijing has a lot of complications due to their population. They are trying to control their population but its not going so well their population grew 50% in a year. In Beijing there is not a lot of water or landfills due to so many people. Each person only get 119 cubic meters of water and the international standard is 1,000 cubic meters per person. 119 cubic meters is 502984 cups thats not a lot if you think about. So my question to you is would you move to Beijing if you only had 119 cubic meters of water per year?
                                         

OH MY POD

One of the aspects of life in Japan that I thought was interesting was their pod hotels. I thought it was very cool how they could have all the aspects of a normal hotel room but have it all fit into such a small space. I think that it would be a good idea to also have these in America because I think that it would appeal to the younger generations, such  as people like me. I would expect these places to smell like fresh laundry, which would make the whole experience even better. The aspect that I found interesting (in a strange way) was the wave pool. It makes me wonder why someone would even want to go there. Imagine if you had to go to the bathroom and you were in the middle of that. I think that it would smell like chlorine and urine (due to the amount of people in there).

Tokyo?

Have you ever been to Disney World? Or the happiest place on earth? Well it amazing other than how many people a day visit it. Each year about 25 million people enjoy the experience. Someday’s like Christmas and just regular days reach maximum capacity of 100,000 people for Magic Kingdom. Which if you think about it is a crap ton of people. More than 58,000 worker spending more than 1 million on a payroll. Again thats nothing compared to the amount they make each day, with all of the food sales and ticket prices. The population density is high for the area they have to work with. Going to Disney World is a very fun experience. If you have been there what was your favorite ride?

Population in India

When you go to India you see animals all over the place. There are cows roaming the roads and bulls that sleep in front of your car. The smells outside are so weird and disgusting. The smells when you enter a house are sweet and spicy because of the curries and sweets that are placed in circles on a table. When you look outside there are so many people walking around and people selling vegetables and toys. They scream at the top of there lungs that even the person on a apartment that is 5 stories long could hear them and come buy stuff. India is a busy country.

Adeventures in Tokyo!!!!!

You woke up this morning at 7:30 which for you is sleeping in late compared to your usual 5:40 wake up time. You're overjoyed, today you are going shopping in the big city of Tokyo! Of course, you travel from your hometown of Oiso, in Naka Distict, to Tokyo every weekend to visit your older brother who is training to be a computer coder. You have gone shopping there a few times before with your friends, but you have to be very cautious while shopping in Tokyo. The Tokyo stores are always jam packed because of the high population density. As you and your friends board the train to Tokyo, people behind you are suddenly shoved into you, so annoying right? Then, you hear the train doors close. You and your friends exchange nervous looks as you all realize you are basically packed into a tin like sardines. Finally, after a grueling half hour of having no personal space at all, you arrive in Tokyo. You suddenly smell that unforgetable odor, the smell of pollution. It encircles you in a warm, sticky, thick, cloud as the train doors open. You barely have time to realize it because you and your friends are half running, half being shoved out of the train. Once you get out onto the platform, everyone decides they need a nice refreshing drink. You exit the train station in a torrent of people and walk to the nearest Starbucks for a nice grande caramel ribbon crunch frappuccino. Sadly, this Starbucks has a line down the street. So you and your friends make a mad dash to the Starbucks on the next block which is much less crowded, the line only goes 2/3 of the way to the door! Still, it takes everyone 40 minutes to get your coffees'. Now, you can finally go shopping. Slowly, yet surely your group weaves through the crowds to a new boutique that everyone's been talking about at school. There's a line to get into the front door but, you and your friends decide to wait in line. As you get closer and closer to the store's entrance, Toyko seems to get louder, but surprisingly smells better. Soon, while you are studying a super cute high waisted skirt in the window, you get bombarded by a spray of perfume. Which, actually smelled really good, like kind of like orange peel, vanilla, and peaches mixed together.You have to buy some! 15 minutes later your group finally makes it into the boutique. While you go in a sales lady is trying to geet some customers to leave. They are argued, the sales lady said,
"You have been here for five hours that is two hours past the time frame you could be here!"
"If you don't calmly leave now, I will have to call the police."
With that, the other customers left in a ranting group. Then, the sales lady apologizes for having such confusion. You and your friends begin to shop at the boutique, the clothes are a little pricey, but nothing you can't deal with. Then you find what you were looking for. The perfume, it's the last bottle on the shelf and another girl is quickly walking towards it yelling at other customers to get out of her way. You speed up up your pace and reach the perfume before she does. Thank goodness! You have heard stories about people fighting over items in Tokyo so you go back to the register and buy it. After that close call, you and your friends leave. Off to another store! The rest of the day goes well. Still, you are happy to return to Oiso after a long day of weaving through hoards of people.
What if this was normal for you here in the U.S.? What would you do?