Train Accessories

I had read and heard that many people in Tokyo and the rest of Japan read a lot of manga (comics) on the train. It really is true! There are all sorts of manga on sale at the news stands, and people of all ages read them; in fact I haven’t seen any kids reading manga.

Another thing that I thought was cool was that a lot of people on the train play Nintendo DS (Gameboy), or other video games. Cool. Again, not too many kids playing games, but mostly adults, men and women. In fact, there are a lot of video game arcades that we walked past on the street, and there were a lot of people inside playing games.

I like that lots of the things that I like seem to be in the mainstream in Japan.