Some Nostalgia...the picture above is the ticket of the tram at Mitake-san. Can you see the punched half-hole on top? There used to be ticket punchers at the entrance to punch your ticket at all railway stations in Japan. I wonder if this was a common scene in other countries as well? The station staffs were really proud of their job, they were able to click-click-click their punchers so fast! The shape of the punch differed according to station.
We don't see many of these staffs anymore because of automation, especially in the Tokyo area. I don't know if this is an eco-friendly habit, but at least it was nice to have someone say "Hai, do-zo" (okay go ahead) when entering and "Hai, do-mo arigato" (Thank you) when exiting the train.
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