A Day in Japan

A day , rather a working day in japan ...

I generally get up at around 8 am with a target to reach ofc by 9:30. Get up, get ready. Then I coordinate with my room-mate to make some breakfast. mostly it is senka hua bread and jam. Bread (half wala, with 8 slices), the cheapest we get is for 100 yen. Yen to Rs (INR) conversion is pretty easy, just half it. so 100 yen is about Rs50.. Otherwise bread of other varieties/shops cost from 200 or even 300 yen. Brought a jam here. Small jar for about 250 yen. Along with that a cup of tea. Without a good cup of tea, my day never seems to start. Brought tea-bags, sugar and milk powder from home. My roomie has a red-label Herbal tea dabba. Then there isn always a glass of milk. 1ltr milk cost between 100 to 200 yen. Then I run to office. Station is just 5 min walk. from hotel.


We take a train which takes about 10 mins including waiting time. Ticket one side is 150 yen. and distance is of two stations, which is about CP to Karol bagh or maybe a little more. Japan has probably the best public transport sytem in the world, with the extensive rail network touching almost everywhere you need to go. The frequency of trains and punctulity deserves special applause. Specifically the Shinkasen network (Bullet trains), which boasts of an average of reaching within 6 seconds of scheduled time and accident free operations in till date. So, for Bullet trains, no late trains and no accidents in about 45 years of operation.

From station to office, it is a 10 min nice, enoyable walk, crossing a small bridge over a small river. Only Pedestrians are king in japan. If you cross the road, car will stop 10 meters away as soon as you put your step down from the footpath. Mostly people here go to office in train+walk or just cycle down to office. Most of our peers in panasonic, including higher management, either walk or cycle to office.

In office work is very hectic now a days. But japanese people are really really very nice an polite people. Their lunch time starts at 11:45 am :-) I generally eat at office. Mostly it is either sea-food, or chicken or similar items. Mostly with rice. Today tried a dish with seafood, fish and spagetti. Actually taste of japanese ppl r very different from indian taste. Bare minimum spice and minimum sweet and salt. However out of the lot of 8 ppl, I seem to enjoy the most :-) Lunch at office costs generally upwards of 500 yen. By 4 or 5 we r hungry again. So some of us go to try some cakes or cookies. It is not luxury here. It is necessity. Otheerwise we will not get anything to eat till 10pm. (Shops in office campus close by 6pm, and there is nothing nearby) Generally one round cost us about 200 to 300 yen per head. Then again work continues till late night. After that going home. Stations and trains still show that we are not alone in Japan who go home late!!