It’s not such a big deal but I rode the 「山の手線」 (Yamanote Train Line) yesterday and I finally saw a Yamanote Line train that was painted brown and decorated with Meiji Chocolate ads to commemorate the 100th anniversary of both the Yamanote Line and Meiji Chocolate.
I wrote a post about these special trains when they debuted (click here to see it).
I was glad that I was finally able to see one of these trains because they will only run until next Friday (2009 December 4)!
Unfortunately though, I didn’t have my camera with me…so I was only able to take a photo of it with my cell-phone.
Here’s the photo I took:
Tokyo Five 
I rode on one of these quite a while ago. I knew about them, but I was surprised when I saw one come into the station.
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It couldn’t have been that long ago.
They only ran this brown train from last September until last week.
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September was quite a while ago 🙂 It feels that way.
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I saw on your blog that you’ve been in Japan since 2005.
How long do you plan to stay in Japan?
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At the moment, I have no plans to leave Japan, except for overseas holidays. Enjoying life here too much.
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How often do you go overseas?
I’ve only visited America a couple times in nearly twenty years. It’s too expensive…especially for five people!
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Once a year only. That’s to Canada. It is expensive, but I live alone and I can afford it.
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Once a year? When? X-mas?
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Yeah, at Christmas. It’s awfully cold when I go there.
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Tokyo winter is cold enough for me…
I guess you’re going back to Canada soon then.
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I’ll be going on Sunday and back 2 weeks later.
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Have a good time!
How long is the flight? Thirteen hours?
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Thanks. It’ll be about 10 hours to Canada, a short layover, then a 1 3/4 hour flight. On the way back to Japan, it’ll be 13 hours.
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Yeah, I remember…I flew back to the east coast of America a couple times and it took about that long.
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Yes! I rode it too, even though I hardly ever use the Yamanote Line. If I had known it was a rare occasion, I would have reached for my camera too.
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Yeah, you should’ve taken a photo because this special Yamanote Line train ran only until last week.
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Oh no, two more days left – I haven’t seen or ridden this yet (maybe I don’t ride the Yamanote Line often enough).
I guess I’ll just have to eat a Meiji chocolate bar instead 🙂
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I don’t eat much junk food…but I’ll recommend the bitter chocolate.
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Why will the trains only run until next Friday?
Is it because of the advertisement only running for a limited time?
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Yes, that’s right. It’s basically a big ad for Meiji Chocolate.
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