01-24-2008, 07:12 AM
Those images of white-gloved station men pushing people onto trains is the exception, not the rule. Round trip from Shin-Yokohama to Tokyo station on the shinkansenn would be about 5000 a day. (About 50 bucks). Reserved seats on slower trains would be a little less. Taking the train every else does will be about 20% of that (with monthly passes)...maybe less.
It's not as bad as you think.
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