08/04/13 04:27:06
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In the early 1950's, if a man who had grown up in Tokyo started living in Paris, he didn't
recognized big differences between Tokyo and Paris, at least in dayly life.
That was the case with me, too. It was not in France that I saw subway for the first time.
I just had an slight impression that the transportation system in Paris is
more convenient than that of Tokyo.
(It's not that I was surprised at foundamental differences of the system
but it's just that I recognized a few differences in how to run the
system, which shares the same charactersitcs as those of Tokyo's.
Coffee wasn't uncommon drink, and since I had slept on bed in the hospital in Hongo,
sleeping on bed wasn't new experience to me. My first impression on Paris was not
differences but similarities.