Cars in Japan

Two words: "Not impressive!"

When you come to Tokyo, you feel that you went in time around 10 years of car making years...!

If you're living in Dubai, you should feel happy now, the Japanese humbleness appears very clearly in their cars... they love Station-Type cars... They use the extra space for either extra seats or extra luggage area...

And while I do see Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi cars everywhere (naturally!) Most of them are of unknown models for us in the Gulf! The only model I have seen which I was able to recognize is the Corolla :-D

Plus, you will not see 1/10th the number of luxary cars here in Japan as much you would see in Dubai or the Gulf in general! I think I saw only 2 or 3 Lexus cars since I've been here, but people here seem to appericate highly the German cars, like the Audi, BMW and the Mercides (they call them here "Benz" for short). They like the Mini also..

And the Taxis...
One word... "Ugly!" you would think that they are from the 80s! And hugely overprized (6$USDs for every 1km!)... And definitely not worth the ride... People usually go for them if why stay outdoors after 2.00pm (after the last Metro)

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One thing is for sure, Japanese are not of those people who over-rate the appearances... Practically is King here in Japan! If something just does the purpose, there is no reason to spend 1 more Yen on making it looks impressive... Cars are only one example... You have houses with plain exterials, Opera houses with Cement finishing (no final painting) and people living in a big house with a very small bedrooms, not enough for a couple to sleep in..

Well, not to say that it makes Japan any less in my view... it is just... different, and when you look at the over-all picture, it makes you very impressed, becaues those people pay attension to the things that truely matter...! A mirror at every intersection so that you can see that cars coming, a very blind friendly system with audiable alarms at every streetlight or metro station, and a metro system that is almost unmatchable anywhere...!

Cars in Japan