Sunday, 18 November 2007
Your Friendly Japanese Taxi Driver
After waking up on the other side of Tokyo near the Imperial Palace yesterday morning and realising that I was WAY too hungover to attempt the 3 transfer train trip home I decided to treat myself to a taxi ride.
Having already thrown up twice I figured it was all out of my system, but within minutes of getting into the taxi I began to feel a bit woozy again and was soon ripping out my comics and Metropolis magazine out of their plastic bag (a little shopping the day before) so I could throw up in something.
I quickly informed the driver in Japanese what I was about to do and apologised and then continued to burp, dry heave and hurl for the next few minutes.
The driver was such a nice guy that he constantly asked me if I was okay and when we had to stop at traffic lights he surprisingly ran out of the taxi to a nearby vending machine to buy me some water. Funnily enough he ended up not having the correct change on him and had to run back to the taxi for his wallet. This is when I told him I was okay as I'd already drank water and it obviously wasn't staying down.
Much to my surprise I realised that I knew the Japanese to get me through this entire conversation! I could tell him where my apartment was, that I was going to be sick, that he was a very nice and thoughtful person and that yes I'd drunk a lot the night before but it was really fun and worth it. ;)
He was such a nice guy and made the ride home all the more pleasant.
P.S. On a side note the trees on the street near the palace looked really beautiful with their golden yellow leaves.
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Welcome. My name's Brad and I'm about to start my fifth year in Tokyo, Japan though lately I've found that that defines me as badly as saying I'm from Sydney, Australia.
But how much did the ride cost in the end???
Omedeto on the nihongo though!
Oh, only about 5000 yen or so. Haha. It was worth it in the condition I was in though. ;)
I agree with you though. Japanese taxi drivers may be some of the friendliest people in Japan!
When I lived out in the country, a taxi driver that took me home late one night in my first week there, became a regular fixture in my life. I had a car then so I didn't need his services much, but it was always nice to hear his greeting when I was out and about!
It's just a shame they're so expensive here! You should have seen me in Shanghai! I was getting taxis for just 5 minute trips! So cheap there!
I remember my first weekend in Japan (four years ago, wow) when I got stuck in Shibuya unaware of "last trains" and not knowing what to do I go a taxi home to SAITAMA. That was a nice 30000 Yen or so spent. Proabably more.